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Summer Institute 2026

The Summer Institute in Adolescent Health Partnering with Purpose: Enhancing Adolescent Communication and Trust in a Digital Age explored how to partner with adolescents on their health through strength-based communication and trust-centered approaches, June 28-30 in West St. Paul.

State Fair 2025

Three nurse-led teams will be conducting research at this year’s Minnesota State Fair, which runs Aug. 27-Sept. 7.

Siobhan McMahon

Professor Siobhan McMahon, PhD, MPH, GNP-BC, FGSA, School of Nursing Foundation Research Professor, was named a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA).

mary whipple

Assistant Professor Mary Whipple, PhD, RN, PHN, FSVM, FAHA, was named the 2026-2027 Fesler-Lampert Chair in Aging Studies by the University of Minnesota’s Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation.

Margaret Moss

Professor Margaret Moss, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN, FADLN, enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation with DakhĂłta lineage, was appointed to serve as chair of the National Academies of Medicine (NAM) Interest Group on Health of Populations/Health Disparities. Moss, Katherine R. & C. Walton Lillehei Chair in Nursing Leadership, serves as associate dean for Policy, Access, and Ethics.

Center for Artificial Intelligence and Nursing Informatics

Building on more than two decades of leadership in nursing informatics, the University of Minnesota School of Nursing announced the evolution of its nursing informatics center into the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Nursing Informatics. 

bradleyeccles

Associate Professor Cynthia Bradley, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE, ANEF, and Jennifer Eccles, PhD, RN, FAADN, Center for Nursing Equity and Excellence executive director, were named to the class of 2026 American Academy of Nursing Fellows. 

Edwardson Award 2026

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students Celeste de los Santos, Rebekah Vonasek and Kerena Saltzgiver were named recipients of the Sandra R. Edwardson Award for Excellence in a Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Project.

Jennifer Eccles

Jennifer Eccles PhD, RN, FAADN, received the Exceptional Leader Contribution State Representative Subscriber Award from the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers.

Connie Delaney

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) announced Dean Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FNAP, will co-chair its Emerging Technologies in Nursing Task Force. White Delaney is co-chairing the task force with Jerry Mansfield, PhD, vice president and system chief nursing executive at The University of Texas Medical Branch.