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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Receives $2 Million Gift for Nursing Program]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College has received a $2 million gift from a nursing program alumna and her husband to enhance the nursing program of the Simmons School of Health Sciences.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vanderbilt University Vice Chancellor Elected Simmons College Board Chair]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Simmons College Board of Trustees has elected Lauren J. Brisky, vice chancellor for administration and chief financial officer of Vanderbilt University, as its new chair.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Five Simmons College Rowers Receive National Honors]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Five Simmons College rowers were recently recognized by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) for their athletic and academic achievements this past season.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Prestigious Pushcart Prize Awarded to Simmons Professor]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Afaa Michael Weaver, Simmons College professor of English and a nationally acclaimed poet, has won the Pushcart Prize, one of the literary world's most respected honors, for his poem "American Income."]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[National Lecture Examines 'Our Invisible Black Youth,' May 28 In Boston]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the nation's leading sociologists will counter mass-media "hip-hop" images of black youth who, she says, often take on an unrealistic, hyper-visible role in today's popular culture, in a May 28 national forum at Simmons College. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College President to Step Down to Promote Public Health]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Simmons College Board of Trustees announced today that President Susan C. Scrimshaw will leave Simmons at the end of the academic year to engage in work that promotes public health on the international level and to undertake a specific consulting assignment.  Helen Drinan, senior vice president of Caritas Christi Health Care System and a member of the Simmons Board of Trustees since 2003 and Board Chair since 2007, will replace President Scrimshaw and serve a two-to-three-year term as the College's interim president.  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA["DASH" Diet Lowers Risk of Heart Disease, Stroke in Women]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Women who adhered to the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension), which is high in fruits and vegetables and low in animal protein, significantly lowered their risk of coronary heart disease and stroke, according to a study published April 14 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Burgeoning New Media Requires  "Another Kind of Public Education" ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Asserting that various kinds of burgeoning "new media" - social networking sites, YouTube, personal blogs, pop music and television  - have become key avenues of education for young people, one of the nation's top sociologists will challenge educators and community activists April 16 in Boston, to design "another kind of public education" that better prepares students for democratic citizenship in a diverse society.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Women Must Lead Health Care Reform: National Health Care Conference April 17-18]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Some of the nation's leading women's health advocates, including former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, will convene at a national conference April 17 and 18 at Simmons College in Boston, to help mobilize a grassroots movement for creating a progressive U.S. health care system that meets the needs of women and their families.
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<title><![CDATA[Fulbright Scholarship Awarded Simmons College Senior]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Fulbright award&mdash;one of the world's most prestigious academic research scholarships&mdash;has been awarded to Chelsea Graham, a senior at Simmons College in Boston.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Survey: Many Women Aspire to For-Profit Board Membership]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Many women executives who currently serve on non-profit boards of directors actively aspire to serve on for-profit boards&mdash;where women currently are dramatically underrepresented&mdash;according to a survey released today by the Simmons School of Management in Boston]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons Library School Professor Receives National "Distinguished Service" Award]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The American Library Association has named Ching-chih Chen, a professor in the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science in Boston and an international leader in digital library research and development, as the recipient of its 2008 award for "distinguished service" to education for librarianship.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beating the Odds: Preparing African American and Latino Students for Success in Science, April 3 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A nationally known African American research scientist will address what high schools and colleges can do to prepare African American and Latino students to achieve in math, science and engineering, April 3 from 4-6 p.m. at Simmons College.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons School of Management Graduate Named President of Starwood Hotels, North America]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Denise Coll, a 1995 graduate of the Simmons School of Management in Boston, has been named president of Hotel Group, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., North America.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Trustman Gallery Presents "Inside the Outsider World: Gateway Arts at Simmons College"]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College presents "Inside the Outsider World: Gateway Arts at Simmons College," a group show of paintings and mixed media works on paper, March 25-April 25, at the Simmons College Trustman Art Gallery, fourth floor of the Main College Building, 300 The Fenway, in Boston.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Professors Honored for Outstanding Achievements in Social Work]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Two Simmons College School of Social Work Professors have been honored by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Massachusetts Chapter for their significant contributions and excellence in the field of social work.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Graduate Ann Fudge Honored As "Corporate Trailblazer" by National Business Publication]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College Alumna Ann Fudge has been named a "corporate trailblazer" by Black Enterprise, the nation's premier business, investing, and wealth-building resource for African Americans.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons Library School Professor Named National Academic/Research Librarian of the Year]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Simmons College professor whose research over 30 years sheds light on library service quality and satisfaction, government information, leadership, and research as an inquiry process, has been named the 2008 national Academic/Research Librarian of the Year by the Association of College and Research Libraries.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College to Host Award-Winning Poet and Author, Feb. 21]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Award-winning poet, author, and civil rights activist Sonia Sanchez will read from her work, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. at Simmons College.  The event, hosted by the Simmons College Zora Neale Hurston Literary Center, will be held in the Linda K. Paresky Conference Center, Main College Building, 300 The Fenway, in Boston.  It is free and open to the public.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Receives President's National Community Service Honor ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College is one of 127 universities across the nation named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction, for its students' volunteer service contributions to the community.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA["Can Democracy Be Promoted?" Simmons College Hosts Feb. 26 Lecture]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Harvard University political scientist will dissect a central theme in international development in her public lecture "Can Democracy Be Promoted?" Tues., Feb. 26 at 5:00 p.m. at Simmons College. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Chorale and President Susan Scrimshaw to Perform with New England Philharmonic]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Simmons College Chorale will perform with the New England Philharmonic in the concert, "From Mozart to the Middle East," on Feb. 23, 8:00 p.m., at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, in Boston.  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Receives National Award for Groundbreaking Practices in Faculty Career Flexibility]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College today was named one of six master's-level universities in the nation to receive a $200,000 Alfred P. Sloan Faculty Career Flexibility Award, for its leadership in developing and implementing groundbreaking policies and practices to support career flexibility for its faculty.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College to Host Noted Artist and Author Ann Fessler, Feb. 28]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College presents "The Girls Who Went Away," a lecture and film screening by noted artist and author Ann Fessler, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m.  The event, which is free and open to the public, will be in the Linda K. Paresky Conference Center, Main College Building, 300 The Fenway, in Boston.  A reception will follow.

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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Awarded Prestigious Sloan Foundation Grant]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College in Boston (www.simmons.edu) recently became the first private college in the nation to be awarded a grant from the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to demonstrate that small colleges can offer high quality courses that combine classroom and online learning, while still maintaining close student/faculty relationships.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA["Building Global Women Leaders" Subject of Jan. 28 Address by Global Business Leader at Simmons School of Management ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Veteran computer industry executive Radha Basu, who launched Hewlett Packard's thriving operations in India and later became the chairman and chief executive of a highly successful software company, will speak about "Building Global Women Leaders with Powerful Impact," on Jan. 28 at the Simmons School of Management, where she is the new entrepreneur- and executive-in-residence. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Trustman Gallery Presents "Lost in Place," an Exhibition by Robert Walden, Heidi Whitman, and Phyllis Ewen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College presents "Lost in Place," a three-person exhibition of works on paper by Robert Walden and Heidi Whitman, and mixed media relief sculpture by Phyllis Ewen, Feb. 11-March 21, at the Simmons College Trustman Art Gallery, fourth floor, Main College Building, 300 The Fenway, in Boston.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Hosts "Status of Women In Mass. Politics" Talk Jan. 23]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Amid the backdrop of a national election featuring the first viable woman candidate for president, members of the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus will discuss the status of women in politics within the Commonwealth in both parties, Jan. 23 at Simmons College. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons Senior Named to "ESPN The Magazine"  Academic All-District Women's Soccer First Team ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College senior Sarah Daniel of Rochester, MA, has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Women's Soccer First Team, as presented by the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA). ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA["One Blazing Glance": Nov. 13 Benefit Concert For Women's Groups At Simmons College]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The world premiere of "One Blazing Glance," a benefit concert celebrating the strengths and creativity of women around the world, will be held Nov. 13, from 6-9 p.m. at Simmons College in Boston.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Competition for Women Entrepreneurs Nets Simmons School of Management Graduate $20,000 for Ecotourism Start-Up ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A recent MBA graduate creating her own ecotourism consulting company targeting Africa won $20,000 in seed money and in-kind prizes during the second annual Silverman Business Plan Competition held this month at the Simmons School of Management, the only business school in the U.S. specifically designed for women. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons School of Management Makes Top Global List for Educating Students in Corporate Social Responsibility ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Simmons School of Management in Boston is one of the top 100 business schools in the world in the integration of social and environmental issues into its MBA program, according to the Aspen Institute's 2007-2008 edition of  "Beyond Grey Pinstripes," a biennial survey and alternative ranking of business schools.  The Simmons School of Management was ranked 32 on the Institute's Global Top 100 Schools.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Renowned Art Critic Donald Kuspit at Simmons College, Nov. 14]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College presents "The Ethics of Transgression: Is it Still Possible?" a lecture by renowned art critic Donald Kuspit, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m.  The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be in the Linda K. Paresky Center, Main College Building, 300 The Fenway, in Boston. A reception will follow.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Best-Kept Secret of Your Teen: They Really Do Care What You Think, Simmons College Study Shows ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It could be one of the best-kept secrets of surly adolescents: it may look as if they're turning away from their family in favor of their friends, but what their family thinks matters to them. A lot.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Professor Honored for Work Improving Quality of Life For Children & Families]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College School of Social Work Associate Professor Gary Bailey has been awarded the 2007 "Legacy of Caring" award by a leading social service agency for his work in improving the quality of life for children and their families on a national and international basis. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Receives $1 Million Gift for Study Abroad Programs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College has received a $1 million gift from an anonymous Simmons alumna and her husband to enhance students' study abroad opportunities.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Leadership Today: What Shakespeare Can Teach Us]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If Shakespeare were alive today, he could teach us a tremendous amount about leadership.

That's the theme of a free public lecture Oct. 22 at Simmons College, in Boston, by the acclaimed Shakespearean director and actor Tina Packer, founder and artistic director of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass. 
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Wins Grant to Find Links Between Family Environment and Adult Mental Health]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College School of Social Work Professor Helen Reinherz, head of the nation's longest-running study of predictors of poor or good mental health from early childhood onward, has received a major federal grant to study the influence of family factors on adult mental health. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Trustman Gallery Presents "Trappings: Stories Of Women, Power And Clothing," Oct. 9-Nov. 9]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College presents "Trappings: Stories of Women, Power and Clothing," a show of photography and video works by Two Girls Working: Tiffany Ludwig and Renee Piechocki, Oct. 9-Nov. 9 at the Simmons College Trustman Art Gallery, fourth floor, of the Main College Building, 300 The Fenway, in Boston.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Innovative Program Launched to Empower Women in Japan to Become Leaders for Social Change]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In an innovative new program designed to help empower women in Japan to break through their traditional background roles and become leaders in social change, several Japanese women have come to Boston to receive intense exposure to American women's leadership strategies, and the strategies of successful American non-profit organizations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Islam and Emerging Feminism: Topic of Fulbright Visiting Scholar Speech Oct. 2 at Simmons College]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Fulbright Scholar from Bangladesh who is visiting Simmons College will discuss the Muslim faith and emerging feminism in Bangladesh - one of the largest moderate Islamic countries in the world - Oct. 2 at the college. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Former Sierra Leone Ambassador To Discuss Implications Of Country's Elections For Democracy In Africa]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Former U.S. ambassador to Sierra Leone Thomas Hull will discuss the implications of the country's recent elections on democracy in Africa during a lecture Sept. 27 at Simmons College in Boston. The event, at 5 p.m. in the Linda K. Paresky Conference Center, 300 The Fenway, is free and open to the public.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[National Advocates Convene on Healthcare Disparities of Black Women Sept. 23 at Simmons College ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Boston Black Women's Health Institute is hosting an afternoon of tea and conversation on the state of black women's health with Byllye Yvonne Avery, founder of the national Black Women's Health Imperative, Sept. 23, from 3-5 p.m. at Simmons College in Boston.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Trustman Gallery Presents "Transgress," A One-Person Exhibition of Photographic Works by Chantal Zakari]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College presents "Transgress," a solo show of photographic works by Chantal Zakari, Sept. 5-Oct. 5 at the Simmons College Trustman Art Gallery, fourth floor, Main College Building, 300 The Fenway in Boston. There will be a reception featuring the artist, from 5-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 6. The exhibit is free and open to the public.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Named A "Best College" by U.S.News & World Report and Princeton Review; Kaplan Calls Simmons "Cutting-Edge School"]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College (www.simmons.edu) has been named a "Best College" in its category in the 2008 U.S.News & World Report rankings of "America's Best Colleges."  Simmons also is named in the 2008 Princeton Review "Best 366 Colleges," an honor held by 15 percent of the four-year colleges in America, and is highlighted in the 2008 Kaplan college guidebook as one of "25 cutting-edge schools with an eye toward the future."]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Named One of "America's Best Colleges" by US News & World Report ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College in Boston has been named a "Best College" in its category in the 2008 US News & World Report publication, "America's Best Colleges."]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top Marketing Executive Ann Fudge to Speak Aug. 3 at Simmons School Of Management Commencement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ann Fudge, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Young & Rubicam Brands, one of the world's leading global marketing communications groups, will speak at the Aug. 3 commencement of the Simmons School of Management, the nation's only business school designed for women.  The ceremonies will begin at 10 a.m. at John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkeley St., Boston. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[National Children's Literature Conference July 26 at Simmons College]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In an age when savvy children's books are more likely than ever to appear on adults' reading lists, one of the nation's premiere children's literature conferences will bring nationally recognized children's literature authors and illustrators to Simmons College in Boston, July 26-29, to discuss children's books as works of art.]]></description>
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<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/610.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Names U. S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone As New Warburg Chair of International Relations]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[-Simmons College has named Thomas Hull, the U.S. ambassador to Sierra Leone in West Africa, the college's new Warburg Chair of International Relations. ]]></description>
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<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/607.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[$1.5 Million Endowment Awarded Simmons College to Encourage Women to Pursue Politics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Young women often don't see themselves as politicians, political leaders, or policymakers, research shows. But the Barbara Lee Family Foundation has awarded Simmons College a $1.5 million endowment for a program to change that.
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<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/605.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons Creates Alliance with Premier Business School in India]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Students at the Simmons School of Management in Boston will be able to study at India's premier business school and gain valuable global business experience under a new partnership between Simmons and the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.]]></description>
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<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/603.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College and Madrinas Partner on Needs of Rapidly Growing Number of Latina Professionals]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recognizing the rapidly growing number of Latinas flooding the corporate workplace, the Simmons College School of Management and Madrinas - a national network for Latina professionals - are forming a unique partnership to develop resources and strategic programs to help them advance in their careers. ]]></description>
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<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/596.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons President Susan Scrimshaw Calls Urban Violence a 'preventable public health epidemic' in Boston Globe Op-ed]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons President Susan Scrimshaw wrote an op-ed in the April 22 Boston Sunday Globe on the deadly cycle of urban violence. In the editorial "The Violence Virus," Scrimshaw said shootings between young people armed with guns should be approached as a public health epidemic.]]></description>
<!-- <a href="/about/news/releases/2007/595.php">Simmons President Susan Scrimshaw Calls Urban Violence a 'preventable public health epidemic' in Boston Globe Op-ed</a> -->
<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/595.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[International Voice in Human Rights is Simmons College Commencement Speaker]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the world's leading voices in bringing attention to the shameful and sobering atrocities in Sudan and other African nations will deliver the Simmons College commencement address Saturday, May 19, at the Bayside Exposition Center in Boston. ]]></description>
<!-- <a href="/about/news/releases/2007/593.php">International Voice in Human Rights is Simmons College Commencement Speaker</a> -->
<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/593.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[MCC and Simmons Present Award-Winning Massachusetts Artists]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BOSTON (April 10, 2007) - Simmons College and the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) present "Uncommon Denominator" Drawing/Printmaking/Artist Books by MCC Fellows and Finalists from April 26-June 1st at the Trustman Art Gallery at Simmons College, fourth floor, Main College Building, 300 The Fenway. The exhibition offers a range of styles and perspectives from some of the Commonwealth's most talented artists. ]]></description>
<!-- <a href="/about/news/releases/2007/589.php">MCC and Simmons Present Award-Winning Massachusetts Artists</a> -->
<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/589.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons Grad Gwen Ifill Speaks Out on Imus Comments in NY Times Op-ed]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In an April 10 "New York Times" op-ed, Gwen Ifill, a 1977 graduate of Simmons College, addressed the racist and sexist comments radio host Don Imus recently made about the Rutgers University women's basketball team.]]></description>
<!-- <a href="/about/news/releases/2007/586.php">Simmons Grad Gwen Ifill Speaks Out on Imus Comments in NY Times Op-ed</a> -->
<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/586.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[High School Students Demand Quality Education: Urban Youths Speak Out April 25 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Disproving the myth that today's urban youth are indifferent about the quality of their education, recent graduates of an urban Baltimore high school - who vigorously and successfully protested the city school system's educational inequities through civil disobedience and court action - will talk about how they made a difference, April 25 at a Simmons College community forum.]]></description>
<!-- <a href="/about/news/releases/2007/584.php">High School Students Demand Quality Education: Urban Youths Speak Out April 25 </a> -->
<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/584.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons Celebrates Inauguration of Seventh President Susan C. Scrimshaw]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The young and the old, the festive and the solemn, all blended together in an elegantly moving ceremony March 31 for the inauguration of Susan C. Scrimshaw as the 7th president of the century-old college. The inauguration, which marked the formal launching of Scrimshaw's presidency, was the culmination of three days of celebratory and academic events that showcased the past, present, and future vision of Simmons.]]></description>
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<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/582.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Confers Awards on Top Librarians]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science has conferred its 2007 Alumni Achievement Awards on a Vietnamese librarian who created new services for children and the visually impaired, and an expert on urban libraries who runs the largest library in Oregon.]]></description>
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<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/580.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Nationally Known Black Education Historian To Question If Brown V. Board Has Achieved Educational Equity For Minorities, April 5 in Boston]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With the Supreme Court poised to reconsider the merits of public school desegregation because of recent cases in Seattle and Louisville, the nation's leading historian on black education, James D. Anderson, will dissect the promise of the historic Brown v. Board decision and the current realities of achieving educational equity for all students, on April 5.]]></description>
<!-- <a href="/about/news/releases/2007/578.php">Nationally Known Black Education Historian To Question If Brown V. Board Has Achieved Educational Equity For Minorities, April 5 in Boston</a> -->
<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/578.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Inauguration Of Simmons President March 31:  A "Family Affair"]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[More than 1,000 guests will gather in Boston Saturday, March 31, to witness and celebrate the inauguration of Susan C. Scrimshaw, Ph.D., as the 7th president of the century-old Simmons College.]]></description>
<!-- <a href="/about/news/releases/2007/577.php">Inauguration Of Simmons President March 31:  A &quot;Family Affair&quot;</a> -->
<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/577.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Trustman Gallery Presents "Hot And Cold: Abstract Prints From Center Street Studio"]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College presents "Hot and Cold: Abstract Prints from Center Street Studio," from March 15 - April 20, 2007 at the Trustman Art Gallery, fourth floor, Main College Building, 300 The Fenway.

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<!-- <a href="/about/news/releases/2007/574.php">Simmons College Trustman Gallery Presents ?Hot And Cold: Abstract Prints From Center Street Studio?</a> -->
<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/574.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ National Conference To Address Looming Teacher Shortage, March 25-27 in Boston]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Faced with a national crisis in attracting and retaining new teachers, hundreds of educators and policymakers from around the nation will gather in Boston March 25-27 to grapple with the problem and search for solutions.]]></description>
<!-- <a href="/about/news/releases/2007/572.php"> National Conference To Address Looming Teacher Shortage, March 25-27 in Boston</a> -->
<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/572.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Leading Historian on Black Education Addresses Achievement Gap at National Public Forum on Race and Education, March 14&15 in Boston ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Challenging the belief by some that African Americans don't value education and academic achievement, a leading historian on black education will present powerful, historic evidence to the contrary, to help educators, activists and policy makers get at the real reasons for the education achievement gap. ]]></description>
<!-- <a href="/about/news/releases/2007/569.php">Leading Historian on Black Education Addresses Achievement Gap at National Public Forum on Race and Education, March 14&amp;15 in Boston </a> -->
<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/569.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Simmons College Trustman Gallery Presents "Transparent Couture And Other Pleasures", Sculpture By Cynthia Atwood]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Simmons College presents "Transparent Couture and Other Pleasures" sculpture by Cynthia Atwood, from February 5 - March 2, 2007 at the Simmons College Trustman Art Gallery, fourth floor, Main College Building, 300 The Fenway.]]></description>
<!-- <a href="/about/news/releases/2007/557.php">Simmons College Trustman Gallery Presents &quot;Transparent Couture And Other Pleasures&quot;, Sculpture By Cynthia Atwood</a> -->
<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/557.php</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Women Leading the Way in New Career Model, Simmons Study Says]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Contrary to numerous reports that imply women are "opting out" of the work force in large numbers, a study of professional women released today finds that the great majority of those women are negotiating flexible work arrangements as a way to remain in the workplace, while continuing to see their incomes grow. Study authors say the women are leading the way to a new career model for women and men.]]></description>
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<link>http://www.simmons.edu/about/news/releases/2007/556.php</link>
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