Simmons College News

Sophia Hartdegen, 26, is lucky to be alive after falling on the tracks in front of an on coming train in Boston.

Deborah Merrill-Sands is known as the "Green Dean" at Simmons College because she not only talks about the importance of sustainability, she lives it.

Seat being sought: Worcester city councilor-at-large and mayor Address: 24 Hadwen Road, Worcester Age: 64 Occupation: Lawyer Education: Bachelor's degree, Simmons College; law degree, University of Connecticut School of Law Political experience: Worcester City Council since 1990, current mayor, past vice chairman; four terms on School Committee ...

Boston's elections are right around the corner, Tuesday Nov. 3, and the outcome for the District 8 City Councilor isn't looking good for college students.

NORTH ADAMS, MAa 'The Career Services Center at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts hosts its annual Graduate School Fair Wednesday, November 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Murdock Hall, Room 218.

Project Nur will be hosting a screening of "They Call me Muslim" at Simmons College.

Tulsa is lucky to have men and women who dream dreams and then work to make them reality.

Brookline - it's the place that harboured HM the King's humble beginnings. The building at 63 Longwood Avenue, where Thailand's beloved monarch took his first steps, his father cooked meals and family members converged on the rooftop to play, doesn't look like anything special.

Quite incredibly most Thais who I have ever spoken to haven't known where the present king of Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej was born.

Investment firm Goldman Sachs recently reported big, third quarter profits providing a bright example of economic recovery on Wall Street.

"Firecracker" is a word often used to describe Joan Hart. She was active and outspoken and fun-loving, say her many friends.

Immigrant and women's rights advocates in Massachusetts plan to take on the issue of domestic violence among immigrants.

School Stuff Submitted by Janice Potter on 2009-10-15.   Suffield High School welcomed four new teachers on opening day in August.

There could be fecal matter in your refrigerator. Thata s right. Fecal matter. According to a study financed by LYSOL brand products and conducted by the Simmons College Center for Hygiene and Health, 30 percent of dorm refrigerators harbor fecal indicators.

In June, HomeHealth Visiting Nurses recently presented $100 scholarships to several graduating seniors from York County high schools who will be pursuing careers in nursing at an accredited post-secondary institution.

The heroine of Kristin Cashore's second novel, Fire, is named for the color of her hair -- a prismatic red that mixes shades of ``sunrise, copper, poppy, fuchsia, and flame'' into a mane so dazzling she keeps it covered with a scarf to deflect attention.

Dr. Frederick "Fred" Wirth Jr., the physician to America's first test-tube baby, has died, his family said Friday.

Girls in food-insecure households are more likely to be overweight than their counterparts from food-secure homes, according to a study in the October issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association .

Couple was married during World War II in 1943 in Mystic Congregational Church in Mystic, Connecticut.

City Theater Associates has announced the appointment of Linda Sturdivant to the position of artistic director.