DEI News and Features
MLK Symposium and MLK Health Sciences Lecture set for Monday, Jan. 16
Jan 09, 202337th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium The MLK Symposium will be held at Hill Auditorium. The 2023 symposium kicks off at 10 a.m., with a live stream available for those who cannot attend in person. The keynote address, which will have an in-person component for the first time since...
Avid U-M supporters establish McLelland Endowed Professorship at the School of Nursing to address nursing’s role in health equity
Oct 10, 2022The University of Michigan (U-M) School of Nursing today announced that Mike (MBA ’79) and Nancy (LSA ’75, MBA ’79) McLelland, longtime financial supporters of student scholarship at the University, have established the McLelland Endowed Professorship.
Message to the community on the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial
Apr 21, 2021All of us,I’m calling out our president’s and regents’ message, which I fully endorse. No verdict can change the pain, anger, yet hope, around the trial and all it could mean for the future. We have work ahead of us, for our students and patients. They deserve the best of our energies.Patricia D....
Student spotlight: Understanding the business of health care to create change from within
May 10, 2019Nursing students are known to have some of the busiest schedules, but University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) Honors Student Kathryn Parkhurst isn’t letting that deter her from taking on extra challenges to benefit her future career and patients. She’s following an uncommon academic path by...
2019 Research Day: Driving nursing innovation to the forefront
Apr 11, 2019“Nurses are in closest proximity to the problems patients face and are well positioned to deliver and implement solutions,” said Nancy P. Hanrahan, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, as she kicked off the Brouse Lecture at University of Michigan School of Nursing’s Research Day: Innovation at the interface of...
