News: School of Nursing

portrait of woman
People |

Minnie Wood wins a UNLV Community Engagement Award for her work with community partners.

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Campus News |

Awards recognize those on campus who demonstrate a commitment to community partnership

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Campus News |

U.S. News & World Report ranks UNLV degree program in top 20 for sixth consecutive year.

Angela Amar
Campus News |

Amar brings program leadership and innovation from previous roles at Emory University and Boston College; she will begin Jan. 1.

Portrait of Aaron A. Bellow Jr.
People |

This professor says being able to positively impact people’s lives makes nursing a satisfying career choice.

Kayla Bland, a participant in UNLV's Journey program examining a microscope slide.
Business and Community |

UNLV is a host site for the federally-funded Journey program, which puts Native American and other minority high school students interested in health research into college labs.

Nursing professor Jay Tan examining a person's mouth
Research |

Nursing professor Jay Tan uses pharmacogenetics to unlock the medications and dosages that work for a patient's individual genetic makeup.

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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.