All Articles: Awards
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Professor Niloufar Hadidi, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, FAHA, will receive the 2023 Mathy Mezey Excellence in Aging Award from the American Heart Association.
![Professor Emeritus Merrie Kaas and Professor Kathleen Krichbaum](/sites/nursing.umn.edu/files/styles/magazine_listing/public/2023-05/kaaskrichbaum_700x467.jpg?itok=lwNXyxCe)
New resources for teaching introductory aging content are available from the Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP), including toolkits created by School of Nursing faculty.
![Zachary Taylor, Emily Gorzycki and Niloufar Niakosari Hadidi](/sites/nursing.umn.edu/files/styles/magazine_listing/public/2023-05/award.jpg?itok=RF0LdiU1)
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students Zachary Taylor and Emily Gorzycki were named recipients of the Sandra R. Edwardson Award for Excellence in Post-Baccalaureate DNP Scholarly Project.
![Donna Bliss](/sites/nursing.umn.edu/files/styles/magazine_listing/public/2023-05/donna_bliss_article.jpg?itok=F6FnftDU)
Professor Donna Bliss, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, was selected to be inducted as a 2023 Fellow of the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses (WOCN) Society.
![MNRS award winners](/sites/nursing.umn.edu/files/styles/magazine_listing/public/2023-04/all.jpg?itok=0HjA93x3)
The University of Minnesota School of Nursing is one of the co-hosts of the 2024 MNRS conference, which will be held in Minneapolis Feb. 28-March 2, 2024.
![Joanne Donnelly](/sites/nursing.umn.edu/files/styles/magazine_listing/public/2023-04/donnelly_joanne.jpg?itok=NSFOyPi8)
Clinical Assistant Professor Joanne Donnelly, DNP, APRN, CRNA, was selected to be inducted as a 2023 Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA).
![Professor Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, Associate Professor Sarah Hoffman and clinical Associate Professor Dorcas Kunkel](/sites/nursing.umn.edu/files/styles/magazine_listing/public/2023-03/professor_lucy_mkandawire-valhmu_associate_professor_sarah_hoffman_and_clinical_associate_professor_dorcas_kunkel_700x467.jpg?itok=VwQIIWVw)
Two School of Nursing research projects were among the eight projects awarded approximately $160,000 by the University of Minnesota Global Programs and Strategy Alliance.
![Roxanne McMurray Kevin Smith and Robin Austin](/sites/nursing.umn.edu/files/styles/magazine_listing/public/2023-03/roxanne_mcmurray_kevin_smith_and_robin_austin.jpg?itok=RvZ7Lq6N)
The awards highlight, recognize and celebrate exemplary nurse innovators who improve patient safety and health outcomes.
![Jane Anderson](/sites/nursing.umn.edu/files/styles/magazine_listing/public/2023-03/anderson_jane.jpg?itok=ViMj8mBo)
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) named Jane Anderson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, ANP-C, the recipient of the Nurse Practitioner Award for Excellence for the state of Minnesota.
![PhD candidate Charles Osingada](/sites/nursing.umn.edu/files/styles/magazine_listing/public/2023-02/phd_candidate_charles_osingada.jpg?itok=qTSH6kRF)
PhD candidate Charles Osingada’s abstract was named a Distinguished Abstract among all abstracts submitted for 20x20 presentation to the Midwest Nursing Research Society 2023 Annual Research Conference.