Stories indexed under: School of Nursing
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- Gift of $5 million establishes two faculty chairs at School of Nursing April 16, 2013 The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing has received a gift of $5 million from John and Tashia Morgridge in honor of Mary and Carl Gulbrandsen, establishing two permanently endowed faculty chairs - one in pediatric nursing and one in health systems innovation.
- Nursing heeds the call for psychiatric health care Feb. 14, 2013 Recently, the Pentagon reported 349 military suicides in 2012 — outnumbering the 295 American soldiers who died in 2012 in Afghanistan — and warned of a worsening trend as more soldiers return stateside and transition back to their families and communities. The sobering statistics, advocates say, drive home the need for yet a stronger commitment to accessible community-based mental health services.
- School of Nursing hosts interprofessional education symposium Jan. 18 Nov. 27, 2012 The first annual Signe Skott Cooper Symposium, "Building a Foundation for Interprofessional Education," will be held Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at the Health Sciences Learning Center on the UW-Madison campus.
- New building drives changes at School of Nursing Aug. 16, 2012 The School of Nursing is always in the process of evolution, but bigger changes – including a new building – are driving a more comprehensive redesign of its curriculum.
- Nursing program in La Crosse to end April 19, 2012 As the UW-Madison School of Nursing re-engineers its curriculum, a mutual decision has been made to end a La Crosse-based offering of its nursing program that the school operated jointly with Gundersen Lutheran Health System.
- Baumann appointed to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Feb. 23, 2012 Linda Ciofu Baumann, professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing, has been appointed to a four-year term on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
- School of Nursing building to be named for Signe Skott Cooper Feb. 10, 2012 Signe Skott Cooper's generosity and lifelong commitment to the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be recognized when the university names the new School of Nursing building in her honor.
- Oscar Rennebohm Foundation made $1 million gift to School of Nursing near spring game Oct. 12, 2011 The secret is out. The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation made its second $1 million gift to the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing in advance of the Badgers' spring football game.
- UW-Madison School of Nursing program wins national award Oct. 1, 2011 A UW–Madison School of Nursing program that identifies academically talented undergraduate nursing students for immediate admission to the nursing PhD program in order to provide seamless progression and preparation for a career in research has been recognized by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Innovations in Professional Nursing Education Award.
- Two UW-Madison academic nursing students win $100,000 scholarships May 28, 2011
- UW-Madison’s economic impact statewide hits $12.4 billion March 30, 2011 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's profound impact on Wisconsin's economy, one that totals $12.4 billion annually, is detailed in a new report that underscores the importance of the university to the state's economic well being.
- New School of Nursing building, WIMR research tower included in budget March 23, 2011 “We are ... turning away three well-qualified applicants for every one we accept’”
- Badger spring game proceeds to benefit School of Nursing Feb. 21, 2011
- Hospice materials too complicated to help families Jan. 25, 2011 Families facing the death of a loved one also face an unnecessary additional obstacle: Many of the written materials hospices give to families to prepare them for the death are too complicated for most families to understand.
- Community health partnership involving UW nursing school secures $1 million grant Oct. 13, 2010
- Shalala delivers 2010 Littlefield Leadership Lecture Oct. 7, 2010 The School of Nursing presents the 11th Annual Littlefield Leadership Lecture with keynote speaker Donna Shalala on Friday, Oct. 15.
- Major gift, choice of architect propel Nursing Science Center campaign April 16, 2010 A $500,000 gift from Barbara D. and M. Keith Weikel ('62 MS PHM, '66 PhD BUS) has provided further momentum to the campaign for a new University of Wisconsin-Madison Nursing Science Center.
- Students care for the community at MEDiC clinics Feb. 26, 2010
- As newborn screening expands, parents need more help Dec. 22, 2009 Parents leave the hospital with a newborn who looks perfectly healthy. But a short time later, their doctor calls to say that the baby has had an abnormal screening-test result and needs follow-up testing.
- Major gifts give momentum to School of Nursing building campaign Oct. 2, 2009 Two major gifts announced today (Oct. 2) provide a major boost to the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing and its Power of Nursing Campaign to build and staff a new nursing science center.