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Assistant Professor Cynthia Bradley, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE, was named a recipient of the McKnight Presidential Fellow Award, a three-year award given to the most promising faculty at the University of Minnesota.
U.S. News & World Report placed the University of Minnesota School of Nursing No. 4 in its 2025 ranking of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs. This is the program’s highest rating in its history.
Postdoctoral Fellow Nadeen Alshakhshir received the Research Dissertation Award from the Adolescent Health RIIG for Awakening the spiritual identity in adolescents and young adults with cancer: A phenomenological study at the Midwest Nursing Research Society annual conference in Indianapolis, March 26-29.
Clinical Professor Judith Pechacek, DNP, RN, CENP, was named a recipient of the 2024-2025 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education by the University of Minnesota.
Clinical Professor Mary Benbenek, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FNAP, received funding from the Minnesota Department of Health for APRN Nursing Workforce for Northern Minnesota.
The Katharine J. Densford Center for International Nursing Leadership at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing will host a parallel event during the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) Forum about The Future of Caring: How AI is Transforming Nursing.
Caroly Shumway, PhD, executive director for the Center for Behavior and Climate, delivered the keynote lecture at the DNP Enhancement & Enrichment Programming (DEEP) Day, which is designed to foster relationships and engagement among the school’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students.
The School of Nursing will host the 2025 Planting Seeds of Innovation Conference on April 25 to explore transformative strategies that integrate systems thinking, interdisciplinary collaboration and human-centered design to strengthen relational dynamics within health care environments.
Associate Professor Lauren Martin, PhD, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to lead the planning of a research center aimed at disrupting human trafficking. The