News 

Addressing School-age Obesity
School of Nursing receives $3 million NIH grant to study what school nurses can do to help curb obesity in school children.

Record 450 Attend Nursing Research Day 2013
Speaking about her research on improving quality of care during patient transitions, keynote speaker for Nursing Research Day, Kathryn Bowles, PhD, RN professor and endowed chair in gerontological nursing from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing spoke about new ways to apply decision science and information technology to improve care.

Associate Professor Renee Sieving, PhD, MSN, RN, was featured AHC's Health Talk blog for an article she was the lead author of for the journal Prevention Science. The study's findings demonstrate that teen girls at high risk for pregnancy reported being significantly less likely to engage in social bullying after participating in an 18-month preventive intervention program.

School of Nursing’s Health Informatics course is among the five pioneering Massive Open Online Courses offered by the University of Minnesota this spring. Learn more.

Events

June 1
Caring for a Person with Memory Loss Conference
Mayo Memorial Auditorium

June 3-5
Facilitated Learning to Advance Geriatrics (FLAG) Program
Phoenix, Arizona - Arizona State University

June 5
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Information Session for Prospective Students 
Room 397 Rochester

June 11
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Information Session for Prospective Students
2-565 Moos Tower

June 12
2013 e-Health Summit Pre-Conference
Co-sponsored by Minnesota TIGER
Double Tree Hotel, Bloomington, MN 

July 29 - August 1
Summer Institute in Adolescent Health
Amherst H. Wilder Center

August 7-9
Facilitated Learning to Advance Geriatrics (FLAG) Program
Chicago, Illinois - Rush University

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