Nursing News

University-community partnerships focused on AI literacy for children and on care for the homeless are the focus of two projects awarded funding from the CTSI.

When children are transferred to another hospital’s NICU, parents can connect via video messaging.

For Cindy Sickora, community health is not a setting. It is a responsibility. As director of faculty practice initiatives at the University at Buffalo School of Nursing, Sickora is advancing nurse-led, community-academic partnerships that bring care directly to neighborhoods while preparing students to deliver high-quality, culturally responsive care where it is needed most.

The rankings, from U.S. News & World Report, highlight the excellence of these innovative educational courses.

The REACHvr platform, which uses virtual reality and online training to prepare students to assist rural and underserved communities, won first place at a recent meeting on simulation in health care. 

UB Nursing’s REACHvr initiative, led by Kelly Foltz-Ramos, won the first place abstract award at IMSH 2026 for its innovative approach to preparing students to serve rural and underserved communities.

The lab, led by Carleara Weiss, explores the relationship between Alzheimer’s disease and biomarkers of neurodegeneration, sleep disturbances and cognitive decline.

UB DNP alumna's career illustrates the power of nurses when they lead at the bedside, in research and in policy.

The UB assistant professor explains how her personal experiences led to her research focus on aging and dementia.

Friend-based motivational interview takes into consideration the effects drinking may have on an individual’s ability to recognize and respond to risk.

With new funding from the New York Health Foundation, UB School of Nursing is expanding its Mobile Vaccine Initiative to improve access to childhood immunizations across Western New York.

UB is tied for No. 36 among 225 public universities and comes in at No. 75 in best national universities, which includes major public and private colleges and universities nationwide.

Study shows communication is key to improving care for unhoused people after hospitalization.