News is profiling Texans who are making an impact today and inspiring future generations. Nelson Mandela once said “education ...

Ruth J. Simmons was the keynote speaker at The Dallas ... beginning in the early ‘70s when she started as an assistant professor of French at the University of New Orleans.

Ruth J. Simmons, president of Smith College in Northampton, Mass., was recently inducted an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first Greek letter organization in the United States for ...

The Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice collaborated with the Smithsonian Institution to create a new ...

Ruth Simmons, president of the ... success at Virginia Commonwealth University. Simmons said she would remain at the university as a professor and continue to help with university fundraising ...