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Roxanne McMurray Kevin Smith and Robin Austin

The awards highlight, recognize and celebrate exemplary nurse innovators who improve patient safety and health outcomes.

Jane Anderson

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. 

Matthew Desmond: Photographer Barron Bixler

The School of Nursing is hosting Matthew Desmond, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, to discuss one of the most-anticipated books of 2023, Poverty, By America.

The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP) of the Health Resources and Services Administration recently submitted its 18th Report to Congress via Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, who appoints all NACNEP members.

PhD candidate Charles Osingada

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.

Kelsey Wirth

Kelsey Wirth, board chair and co-founder of Mothers Out Front, will deliver the third annual Planetary Health Guest Lectureship, Building the Power We Need to Create a Better World for our Children.

Clinical Professor Judy Pechacek, Densford Center Director Teddie Potter and Densford Center Director Holly Shaw at the United Nations in New York City.

The Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing was awarded associate member status in the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO).

Tumani Jackson,

Doctor of Nursing Practice student Tumani Jackson, BSN, RN, was accepted as a 2023 Health Equity Scholar at the Center for Health Equity Education and Advocacy (CHEEA) at Harvard Medical School.

Wilkie Misty

Clinical Associate Professor Misty Wilkie, PhD, RN, FAAN, (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa/Métis) was elected to the Minnesota Organization of Registered Nurses (MNORN) board of directors. Her two-year term began Jan. 1.

Shukutoku University MOUSchool

The University of Minnesota School of Nursing and Shukutoku University School of Nursing and Nutrition in Japan signed a five-year agreement for cooperation and exchange to promote the wellbeing of the people of both countries.