School of Nursing

Professor Thomas Long gives a lecture in the Widmer Wing of the School of Nursing on Feb. 4, 2019.

Nursing Faculty Member Receives First Year Experience Program’s Teaching Innovation Award

Professor-in-Residence Thomas Long's FYE classes are guided by two principles: "Presence is more important than programming" and "Students need character development more than resume development."

A newborn baby sleeps while wrapped in a blanket.

Nurse Researcher Studying Women’s Experiences Giving Birth During COVID-19 Pandemic

A researcher at the University of Connecticut School of Nursing is beginning to dive into the emotional and psychological impacts COVID-19 is having on mothers with newborn children.

Navy blue graphic that reads, nursing.uconn.edu and "caring, innovating, advocating" in white text and features the UConn oak leaf insignia, also in white

Thank You, UConn Health

A message from the UConn School of Nursing's 2020 Senior Class to the providers and staff at UConn Health.

START Proof of Concept Awards Announced

Through support from the CTNext Higher Education Fund, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) has been able to administer the START Preliminary Proof-Of-Concept (PPOC) Fund to help advance promising technologies towards commercialization. The OVPR has recently finalized award decisions for the first three quarters funding rounds of the program. START recipients are […]

Professor Cheryl Beck meeting with a mother and infant child.

Meet the Researcher: Cheryl Beck

Cheryl Beck has devoted her research career to helping women struggling with postpartum depression and traumatic birth experiences.

Spring 2020 Scholarship Facilitation Fund Announcement

Through this program, the OVPR is able to provide up to $2,000 to UConn faculty across all disciplines, on a competitive basis, to promote, support, and enhance research, scholarship and creative endeavors.

A man inside a house holds up a hand-drawn sign that says "Social Distancing Please."

Yearlong UConn Study to Look at COVID-19, Pandemic Preventative Health Behavior

UConn researcher Natalie J. Shook has received funding to study how people respond to recommended behaviors during health crises like COVID-19.

Portraits of Steven Kinsey and Natalie Shook

New Faculty Hope to Marry Nursing Research with Psychology, Neuroscience Studies

Recent transplants from West Virginia, Natalie Shook and Steven Kinsey have brought their collaborative approaches to research and their interactive styles of teaching to the lab and the classroom as the UConn School of Nursing’s newest faculty members.

School of Nursing staff accept the trophy for the school’s winning performance in UConn Office of Veterans Affairs and Military Programs’ 7th Annual Homeless Veteran Care Package Drive on February 10, 2020, in the Wilbur Cross North Reading Room.

For Second Year in a Row, School of Nursing Recognized for Supporting Veterans

For the second year in a row, the School of Nursing was recognized by UConn’s Office of Veterans Affairs and Military Programs for collecting the most donations to the 7th Annual Homeless Veteran Care Package Drive.

Anysley Diamond and Thomas Van Hoof hold an plaque honoring Van Hoof as a Center for Excellence in Teaching 2019-2020 University Teaching Fellow

Nursing Faculty Member, Neag School Alum Receives UConn Teaching Fellow Award

Neag School alumnus Thomas J. Van Hoof ’92 MD, ’96 MA, associate professor at UConn’s schools of Nursing and Medicine, has been recognized by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) as one of two 2019-20 University Teaching Fellows.