News & Announcements

For information on College of Nursing faculty featured in the media please click here!

Alumni Phd 2009 Reunion Slideshow click here.

College of Nursing Interim Dean Announced
Dr. Mi Ja Kim has been named Interim Dean of the College of Nursing. Please see Provost Tanner's announcement here. For information for the College of Nursing Dean Search please click here.

Departmental Teaching Excellence Award
Congratulations to the faculty and staff from the Department of Biobehavioral Health Science for being awarded the Departmental Teaching Excellence Award by the UIC Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning!

Tax-Free Gifts from IRA Accounts Re-Authorized!
Congress has re-authorized legislation that allows certain donors to make charitable gifts from their IRA accounts until the end of 2009 without incurring income tax on the withdrawal. If you are age 70 ½ or older, this may be a great way to make a gift to the UIC College of Nursing. To learn more, click here!

The College of Nursing NIH ranking
The College of Nursing has ranked third in the country for National Institutes of Health research funding. More information here!

Center for Clinical and Translational Science
The website for the UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) is available. Please visit the CCTS site here.

Join our team!
We are looking for senior/junior faculty with scholarship in areas such as: Women, Children or Family Health, Occupational or Mental Health, Health Behavior and Promotion, Health Services, Informatics, Gerontology, and Bio-behavioral Science. Please send CV to Kathy Lesinski.

Newly Funded Projects

Lorna Finnegan, NCI grant entitled Symptom Cluster Subgroups in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancers.
Carol Ferrans and Dick Campbell are co-investigators.

Beverly McElmurry, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant for the purpose of improving physical activity in low-income communities.

Carmen Giurgescu, Race Related Stressors and Preterm Birth in African American Women, NINR R03.

Patricia Hershberger, PGD: Couples' Decision Making At The Genetic And Reproductive Interface, NINR R03.

Mary Kapella, Nurse Managed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in People with COPD, NINR K01. (6/08)

Jean Berry, Addressing Cardio-Metabolic Risk in Advanced Practice Nursing, HRSA. Sandy Burgener, Laurie Quinn, Eva Smith and Connie Zak are co-investigators. (6/08)

See all College of Nursing funded projects.

Upcoming Events

Urban Health Program Anniversary
Save the date for the 30th anniversary of the Urban Health Program gala to be held on September 19, 2009. More information here.

12th Annual Power of Nursing Leadership Event
Save the date for the 12th annual PNLE to be held on October 23, 2009. For more information on this and last year's event please visit the PNLE website!

A Father's Tribute
Corsini Coast-to-Coast USA Bike Ride in support of the UIC Lisa Corsini Memorial Scholarship. View our NEW slideshow.

Information Sessions
Check the College of Nursing information sessions schedule for an opportunity to learn more about our programs.

Leadership Recognition

Congratulations to:

Faculty

Mi Ja Kim recieved an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Nursing. (5/09)

Judy Davis recieved the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties Outstanding Electronic Poster Award. (04/09)

Lorna Finnegan received the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties Outstanding Researcher Award. (04/09)

Catherine Tredway has been selected as a recipient for the 2009 Silver Circle Award for Excellence in Teaching. (04/09)

Carol Smith and Gerry Gorman who have been awarded a Council for Excellence in Teaching Curriculum and Improvement grant for their project: Interpreting Social Issues Through an Ethnographic Lens: Writing Performance Texts. (04/09)

Students

Yoko Shimpuku has been selected to receive an International Doctoral Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) for the 2009-2010 academic year. (06/09)

Srisuda Ngamkham and Ornwanya Poomsrikaew received awards in the Graduate Student Poster Competition at the 2009 MNRS conference. (04/09)

Jessica Day and Renee Landa have been selected as the Lazzara Family
Foundation Nursing Scholarship award recipients. (03/09)