School of Nursing
Spotlight on Services: CRNAs
When it comes to procedures requiring anesthesia, UConn Health’s certified registered nurse anesthetists are a crucial part of patient care.
My Eye-Opening Nursing Placement in Sri Lanka
UConn Nursing graduate Teresa Lynders '17 (NUR) recently traveled to Kandy, Sri Lanka, on a nursing internship to see the differences between healthcare in the U.S. and the developing world.
CEIN/BS Students Celebrate Pinning, Commencement
On December 12, 2019, students from four UConn campuses – Avery Point, Waterbury, Stamford, and Storrs – gathered with their friends, family, and faculty at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts to celebrate the newest graduates from the School of Nursing’s CEIN/BS program. In total, 142 graduates earned their pins and certificates and embarked on the next steps in their nursing careers.
2019 SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund Recipients
Past SPARK recipients have won over $4 million in extramural follow-on funding and have formed several startups after receiving the $50K proof-of-concept grant.
Hundreds of UConn Interprofessional Health Students Gather at UConn Health
On Oct. 4 for the annual Deans’ Afternoon more than 450 health professional students from across 9 UConn schools and programs gathered together at UConn Health.
‘I’m a Nurse… I Can’t Let You Do This’
UConn Health nurse practitioner shares her story of how she talked a disturbed patient off the ledge.
START Preliminary Proof of Concept Fund Recipients
Through a generous grant from the CTNext Higher Education Fund last year, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) has been administering an early stage translational research funding program called the START Preliminary Proof of Concept Fund. Under the grant, funding is provided to investigators at Central Connecticut State University, Southern Connecticut State […]
Bridging Science at UConn’s Biophysics Facility
The University of Connecticut houses its very own Biophysics Facility, where expert technicians use specialized equipment to help UConn researchers better understand how biological systems work.
OVPR Announces Research Excellence Awards
The primary goal of the REP is to provide seed funding to fuel innovative research, scholarship, and creative endeavors with strong potential for significant extramural funding and/or achievements consistent with the highest standards of accomplishment in the discipline.
Learning Diabetes Skills on the Inside Helps Ex-Inmates Stay Out – of Hospital
Training prisoners with diabetes how to manage their disease could prevent hospitalizations and diabetes-related medical crises after they are released, say researchers from UConn and the state Department of Corrections.