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Five alumni were among the 253 distinguished nurse leaders inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in October.

Margaret Moss, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN, professor and associate dean for Nursing and Health Policy and Katherine R. & C. Walton Lillehei Chair in Nursing Leadership, will be inducted into the National Academy of Medicine at a ceremony on Oct. 7 in Washington, D.C.

Clinical Professor Judith Pechacek, DNP, RN, CENP, was a recipient of the Award for Excellence in Academic Unit Service from the University of Minnesota. This is the inaugural year of the Awards for Academic Unit Service. 

This fall, the University of Minnesota School of Nursing enrolled the largest number of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students in a Doctor of Nursing Practice program ever.

The School of Nursing announced the launch of the Center for Planetary Health and Environmental Justice to educate future planetary health leaders, promote planetary health practice and advance innovative research.

Dean Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FNAP, was appointed by Gov. Tim Walz to the Governor’s Task Force on Academic Health at the University of Minnesota.