The Latest News from the School of Nursing

  • UB Experts Available to Discuss Hurricane Sandy
    10/29/12
    University at Buffalo faculty members are available to discuss challenges relating to the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast, including threats to buildings, infrastructure and water supplies.
  • UB on Course to Address the Nursing Shortage in WNY
    10/25/12
    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing was recently awarded a $695,000 U.S. Health Resources and Service (HRSA) Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT) grant for the purpose of increasing the number of advanced education nurses trained to practice as primary care providers and/or as nursing faculty
  • 'Pink Glove Dance Video' Premiere Hopes to Generate Funds for UB Breast Cancer Research
    10/11/12
    It's a win-win: a "star-studded" video premiere and the opportunity to generate enough votes to win $10,000 for University at Buffalo School of Nursing breast cancer research.
  • MEDIA ADVISORY; U.S. Navy Rear Admiral 'Comes Home' to Speak at UB on 9/11
    9/10/12

    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing will host a presentation by Rear Adm. Rebecca McCormick-Boyle on Sept. 11 from noon to 1 p.m. on UB's South Campus.

  • UB Nursing Dean Selected for Prestigious Leadership Program
    8/28/12
    Marsha Lewis, PhD, RN, professor and dean of the University at Buffalo School of Nursing was selected by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) for its inaugural class of nursing deans and senior faculty to participate in the first AACN-Wharton Executive Leadership Program.
  • The UB DNP: Faculty and Students on the Frontlines of Health
    7/20/12
    What kind of advanced degree is available to an RN who loves patient care?
  • Inspired by true stories: Two New UB Graduates Fight the Odds to Become Nurses
    5/11/12
    On Saturday, May 12, Jacob Madonia and My Lan N. Le will cross the stage at the University at Buffalo's School of Nursing commencement to get their diplomas in the last leg of a marathon whose finish line must have seemed, at times, impossible to cross.
  • UB Nursing Professor Invited to 'Join Forces' with First and Second Ladies
    5/1/12
    As part of their "Joining Forces" initiative, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden met with nurse leaders from 150 nursing organizations and 450 nursing schools who signed a pledge to educate current and future nurses to treat U.S. soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI) and depression, as well as other conditions caused by the physical and/or mental effects of battle.
  • UB Removes Obstacles to DNP Program for Nurses Near and Far
    4/26/12
    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing is addressing the need for more registered nurses with advanced degrees by making the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP) more accessible to nurses in Western New York and New York State in three distinct ways.
  • UB Makes Four-Year Graduation Pledge to Incoming Freshman Students
    2/16/12
    University at Buffalo Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Bruce D. McCombe today announced the launch of a new program, Finish in 4, which pledges to provide entering UB freshmen with the academic resources they need to graduate in four years.
  • UB Nursing Gets Green Light for Online RN-BS Program
    2/9/12
    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing has received approval by the State Education Department and the State University of New York to reinstate its 12-month online RN-BS program.
  • Culture Weighs Heavily on Chinese Caregivers over Nursing Home Placement, Study Finds
    1/12/12
    Chinese families must confront very specific cultural hurdles when placing a relative with dementia in a nursing home, according to a recently published UB study.
  • Murphy Named Director of Clinical and Translational Science Institute
    1/5/12

    Timothy F. Murphy, MD, has been named director of the UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute, scheduled to open this May on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

  • Emory's Lewis Named New UB Nursing Dean
    12/15/11
    Marsha L. Lewis, PhD, RN, associate professor and associate dean for education in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University in Atlanta, has been named dean of the University at Buffalo School of Nursing.
  • First-of-Its-Kind Patient Simulation Center Opens at UB Health Sciences
    9/21/11
    The Behling Simulation Center—a state-of-the art facility where University at Buffalo health sciences students practice medical procedures on lifelike patient mannequins—held its grand opening Sept. 20.
  • Behling Patient Simulation Center Transforms Health Sciences Education at UB
    9/20/11
    Before treating their first, live human patient, University at Buffalo students in the five health sciences schools will be able to safely practice a full range of medical procedures, from inserting catheters and delivering babies to resuscitating injured patients, thanks to the new Behling Simulation Center, which holds its grand opening today.
  • Medical Students Learn About the Tragic Impact of Medical Errors
    8/31/11

    An addition to the curriculum this year gives all UB medical students a close-up look at the human toll of medical errors.

  • From Healing to Hospice: UB Social Work Researcher Adding to the Shift Toward a Good and Compassionate Death
    7/19/11
    University at Buffalo School of Social Work Professor Deborah P. Waldrop has seen people die. Too often, their lives have ended in pain and despair, spending their final days in an alienating institutional environment, just another patient in an impersonal progression that leads to what she calls "reciprocal suffering" for families who also watch their loved ones die.
  • Graduate Student Making the World a Safer Place for Women
    7/7/11
    When Eman Abu Sabbah, a first-year PhD candidate in nursing at the University at Buffalo, discusses domestic violence against women in Jordan her body is still and her voice is steady, but her eyes shine with a laser-like intensity. A 2011 recipient of a prestigious Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund (MMMF) grant, Sabbah has been working to help women in her home country for years.
  • Cain Named to Expanded Role as Vice President for Health Sciences
    6/10/11

    Michael E. Cain, MD, has been named vice president for health sciences in addition to continuing in his role as dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

  • To Keep Patients Safe, Innovative UB Nursing Course Teaches Students to Speak Up
    6/10/11
    Every time you are admitted to a hospital, you place your life in the hands of health care professionals. You trust them to provide the best treatment for you during your stay. You have no other choice.
  • American Cancer Society Funds UB Program to Help Women Cope with Breast Cancer
    5/12/11
    The breast cancer pretreatment period -- the time during which a woman is diagnosed, meets with physicians and awaits initial treatment -- can be extremely distressing, lonely and confusing. Research demonstrates that approximately one-third of women diagnosed with breast cancer will develop symptoms such as depression and post-traumatic stress at some point in the course of their illness. These symptoms may continue for up to 20 years after diagnosis.
  • Team Grassroots Gardens: Sharing Stories to Celebrate a Mission
    4/20/11
    A team in our very own sophomore living learning community is planning a project that will help a local organization celebrate and communicate their amazing impact on the Buffalo community. Kateryna (Kat) Semenova (computer science and cognitive science, left), Emmalee Sherman (intended nursing, middle) and Abby Grabowski (biomedical engineering, right) were all looking for ways to make a difference and gravitated towards Grassroots Gardens and its mission.
  • Flexible, Patient-centered Approach Can Help Vets Better Manage Chronic Mental Illness, Study Suggests
    1/25/11
    For veterans who have returned from conflicts overseas, fighting mental illness once home can be overwhelming. Often there are multiple medications prescribed for specific times throughout the day and adding to that are the medications that must be taken for chronic physical problems.
  • Distinguished Nursing Alumna to Present Margaret A. Nelson Inaugural Lecture
    1/5/11
    Anne Skelly, PhD, RN, ANP-C, associate professor of nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a University at Buffalo School of Nursing distinguished alumna, will present the inaugural Margaret A. Nelson Lecture at 2 p.m. on March 4 in 114 Wende Hall on UB's South Campus.