News: School of Nursing

Closeup of books
Research |

From professional reasons to personal connections, faculty across campus share why they’re fond of certain works they penned.

Tomas C. Walker
People |

Tomas C. Walker, the 2017 Nursing Alumnus of the Year, working to develop an artificial pancreas to help patients with diabetes.

Barbara St. Pierre Schneider and Alison Deng
Research |

A faculty-and-student research team is shining a light on white blood cells to better understand what their location implies about their role in muscle repair.

Rachell Ekroos
People |

A lifelong commitment to help never-served populations is one of the things that drew this nursing professor to her profession.

Nursing students practice on a manikin
Campus News |

Step into the custom-designed training center for UNLV nursing students where manikins talk, blood is made by the gallon, and life-saving skills are mastered.

UNLV’s Team Las Vegas design of a full-size solar-powered house
Business and Community |

Fundraising for universitywide collaboration surpasses $750,000 with support from Switch and NV Energy Foundation.

Dieu-My Tran
People |

The emphasis on research and achieving Top Tier status drew this nursing professor to UNLV.

woman jogging on indoor track
Research |

Smartwatches that help you track daily steps and heart rate? That’s old hat, according to UNLV researchers who have recently licensed their latest patent for a fitness tracker that makes calorie-counting as easy as taking a picture.

Kristen and Caitlyn Miller
People |

The twins plan to throw themselves into the full college experience.

Student jogs in indoor facility
Business and Community |

MealCheck Technologies, Inc. will produce the UNLV invention, which combines the best of existing fitness-monitoring devices to make dieting or staying healthy easier than ever.

Carol Martin
Campus News |

Advice from Carol Martin, School of Nursing Alumna of the Year

Rebecca Benfield
People |

This administrator says the array of opportunities available to nurses today — including research and health care policy work — provides nearly limitless career advancement potential.