It was Michelle Villegas-Downs’ first week working as a registered nurse. She had a new job in a new neighborhood and was in a new stage of her post-grad life. “I was tasked with discharging a patient. All I had to do was assess and sign th…
PhD student Eric Peprah Osei is one of 16 researchers selected for the Advanced Research Training Fellowship Program in social determinants of health at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. He and his 2026 cohort are
UIC Nursing 2026 commencement speaker Alison Hernandez urged nursing graduates to add their voices and perspectives to help shape decisions affecting the health care system. “Your nursing degree is not just a license to care,” she said. “It…
Associate professor Shannon Halloway, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, has been selected to receive the Rising Star Award in the clinical sciences category of UIC’s Research and Scholarship Annual Awards. Organized by the UIC Office of the Vice Chancel…
UIC College of Nursing faculty members Stacy Arriola, Krista Jones and Sara McPherson were selected for the Nurse Educator Fellowship Program from the Illinois Board of Higher Education. The program aims to ensure the retention of well-qual…
The UIC College of Nursing Schwartz Simulation Lab has become the only nursing simulation program in Illinois to receive the Healthcare Simulation Standards Endorsement™ from the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and…
Research happening in the UIC College of Nursing is vast—both broad and deep—drawing national and international recognition for our faculty members and their contributions to health science. Recognized nationally for their outstanding produ…
Promoting access to quality healthcare for all people, wherever they live in the world, UIC Nursing faculty participate in international collaborations between health professionals, governments, educational institutions and other partners w…
PhD student Folarin Olanrewaju was selected for the Minority Fellowship Program, a nationally competitive fellowship of the American Nurses Association and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The program
BSN students Julia Tangen, Madison Preiser and Joseph Dechant reflect on their third week in the study abroad course Culture and Health in Spain. MS student Marilen Garcia and BSN students Claudia Palarz and Dhriti Patel reflect on their th…
As a young researcher in the early 1990s, Tonda Hughes, PhD ’89, RN, FAAN, wanted to study the effects of alcohol on lesbian women’s health. It was an area with little research and the studies that had been done relied on problematic method…
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