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US News & World Report Rankings: 2023-2024 Best Graduate Programs

Apr 25, 2023

The University of Michigan School of Nursing today announced its Doctor of Nursing Practice program is ranked 6th in the latest release of the U.S. News & World Report 2023-2024 Best Graduate School rankings, while its Master of Science in Nursing program is ranked 8th. 

Additionally, several specialty programs are ranked in the top 10:

Doctor of Nursing Practice SpecialtiesAdult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner #8Primary Care Family Nurse Practitioner #8 Master of Science in Nursing SpecialtiesAdult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner #7 ... Read more

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Brigadier General Carol Ann Fausone (ret.) named keynote speaker for U-M School of Nursing 2023 Spring Commencement

Apr 09, 2023

The University of Michigan School of Nursing is pleased to welcome Brigadier General Carol Ann Fausone (ret.) as the keynote speaker for its 2023 Spring Commencement ceremony, which will take place on Saturday, April 29th at Hill Auditorium.

General Fausone, a U-M School of Nursing alumna, is Michigan’s first ever woman brigadier general and is nationally recognized as a key supporter of women in military. She is a decorated veteran with 36 years of combined active duty in the United States Air Force and Michigan Air National Guard, serving in nursing, administrative, and managerial... Read more

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Sara and Robert Rothschild strengthen global health support at the U-M School of Nursing with establishment of endowed professorship

Jan 26, 2023

The U-M School of Nursing today announced that Sara (BSN ’65) and Robert Rothschild, who have supported global health initiatives at the School since 2016, through the Rothschild Global Scholars program, have established the Sara and Robert Rothschild Professor of Global Nursing Fund. The Rothschild’s new gift to the U-M School of Nursing will enhance its mission to provide health for all by supporting a faculty member who contributes positively to the nursing profession and to the world through dedicated leadership, focused research, and by creating programs to enhance nursing practice... Read more

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Research Assistant Professor Rebecca Evans-Polce awarded three-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Nov 15, 2022

U-M School of Nursing Research Assistant Professor Rebecca Evans-Polce, an expert in substance use epidemiology and disparities in substance use, was officially notified that she was awarded a R01 grant from the NIH (National Institutes of Health)/NIAAA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) for titled, “Sexual Fluidity and Longitudinal Changes in Alcohol Misuse and Associated Health Consequences”. The three-year, $853,000 award will support Evans-Polce and her co-investigators build a better understanding of sexual orientation changes across the life course and how it... Read more

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4th Annual Margaret Calarco Leadership Lectureship

Oct 18, 2022

All Michigan Medicine faculty and staff are invited to attend the 4th annual Margaret M. Calarco Leadership Lectureship, which will be held on Friday, Oct. 21, from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

A co-sponsored event by U-M Health and U-M School of Nursing, the Calarco Lectureship is in honor of Margaret Calarco, former chief nurse executive of the U-M Health System.

 

This year’s lecture will be held live at Danto Auditorium inside the Frankel Cardiovascular Center. Attendees can tune in on Zoom or join a live viewing at the School of Nursing’s Lecture Hall (Room... Read more

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Avid U-M supporters establish McLelland Endowed Professorship at the School of Nursing to address nursing’s role in health equity

Oct 10, 2022

The 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. The McLellands’ gift establishing the new professorship will empower the School of Nursing to support a faculty member who conducts research that is focused on health equity and move the School’s mission of providing healthcare for all forward.

Nancy McLelland is a member of the Board of Directors of Community Volunteers in Medicine,... Read more

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Assistant Professor Jade Burns earns NIH K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Career Development Award

Sep 30, 2022

U-M School of Nursing Assistant Professor Jade Burns, Ph.D., RN, an expert in using community-based participatory research and technology (e.g., social media, mobile apps) to improve sexual health services for adolescents and young adults., was officially notified that her National Institutes of Health (NIH) K08 would be funded. The four-year, $794,162 award is supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and will fund Burns’ NIH K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award: The Use of New Media to improve Access to Sexual... Read more

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Three set to receive U-M School of Nursing alumni awards

Sep 20, 2022

The University of Michigan School of Nursing today announced the recipients of the 2022 alumni awards. They are Kristen Choi, Ph.D., MS, RN; Doris Grinspun, Ph.D., MSN, BSN, RN and Dana Tschannen, Ph.D., RN. The awards are selected by the U-M School of Nursing Alumni Awards Committee and will be officially presented during the School of Nursing’s 2022 reunion festivities on Friday, Sept. 23.

Dr. Kristen Choi

Choi, who is an assistant professor at the UCLA School of Nursing, will receive the inaugural Early Career Achievement Award. This award recognizes a U-M School of Nursing... Read more

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U-M School of Nursing taps experienced fundraising pro to lead development team

Aug 17, 2022

The University of Michigan School of Nursing today announced the appointment of Angela Cao to the position of chief development officer effective Sept. 7, 2022. Cao, who has served as the School’s director of major gifts and campaign and senior associate director of development since 2017, will oversee all aspects of development in her new role, including campaign planning, annual giving, major and planned gift and stewardship related to gifts.

“Angela has strong relationships with our existing community here on campus, both internal and external to the school, and has warm and... Read more

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Funding aims to increase access to diverse doula care

Jul 11, 2022

The Region 9 Perinatal Quality Collaborative (PQC) co-chaired by U-M School of Nursing professor Lisa Kane Low, Ph.D., CNM, FACNM, FAAN recently received $34,000 in grant funding from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund to increase and diversify the doula workforce. Doulas provide education, physical comfort and emotional support throughout the birthing process. This new funding will assist in improving accessibility to culturally aligned doula support for birthing families to address health disparities and improve birth outcomes. 

Project lead and Region 9 co-chair, Dr. Lisa... Read more

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