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(April 2021) Professor Cheryl Robertson, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, was named the recipient of the Faye Abdellah Leadership Award by the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR).

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(April 2021) Eleven faculty at the School of Nursing were elected as Distinguished Fellows of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) in Nursing, the most ever in the School of Nursing’s history.

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Adapting and transforming - We fulfill our North Star mission

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Awards and honors for faculty of the School of Nursing.

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Delaney and Monsen were inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame.

Benjamin Mchie was awarded the School of Nursing’s Richard Olding Beard Award.

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University of Minnesota School of Nursing PhD student Mary Whipple has been awarded a $100,000 scholarship, the only such award bestowed this year by the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence.

Nursing Collaboratory, the award-winning academic-practice partnership between the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Fairview Health Services and University of Minnesota Health, was among the co-signers of a call-to-action for clinicians to mobilize around planetary health published in the medical journal The Lancet. 

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Professor Susan O’Conner-Von, PhD, RN, was named a recipient of the 2018-2019 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education by the University of Minnesota. This honor is awarded to exceptional candidates nominated by colleges in their quest to identify excellence in graduate and professional education.

Known as “the Great Minnesota Get-Together,” the Minnesota State Fair attracts nearly 2 million visitors during its 12-day run. While the pronto pups and butter sculptures may capture the headlines, this annual gathering provides an extraordinary opportunity for University researchers to engage with the public.