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Staff Summer Series: Wesley Revangil Engages Students on Financial Aid

Mon, 07/19/2021
Associate Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Wesley E. Revangil, MBA, was born and raised in Stamford, CT, and started at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) as the Assistant Director of Financial Aid in October 2019. Now as the Associate Director of Admissions and Financial Aid in the Office of...

Nursing’s Newborns in Need Initiative Thrives in Virtual Format

Fri, 07/09/2021
After a yearlong postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a shift to an all-virtual setup, Yale School of Nursing’s (YSN) annual Newborns in Need initiative raised more than $3,000 from dozens of donors to provide new babies with welcome kits that include diapers, wipes, and board books. The...

Feder, Julien, Kearney Share Research Journeys: ‘There’s Always More to Learn’

Fri, 07/02/2021
Nursing can truly become a lifelong pursuit. As subject matter experts, these clinicians and researchers deepen their skills across years and decades, consistently finding a new thread to pull or developing a new intervention to improve patient outcomes. Profiled here are three faculty members at...

Distinguished Alumni Awards Honor Brandman, Clark, and Tillman

Fri, 07/02/2021
“It is always a highlight of the year and a great honor to recognize our Distinguished Alumni award winners,” said YSN Alumni Association President Christa Hartch ’02 MSN, RN. “Their contributions to the nursing profession and to society never cease to amaze and inspire us. We are particularly...

New DLC Chair Focuses on Midwifery, Maternal and Neonatal Mortality

Fri, 07/02/2021
Jim Leitner ’75 cordially invites you to join the current and future generations of midwives and nurses to do no less than change the world. Actually, he enthusiastically invites you, which is how he does everything. Visitors to the Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium at Yale College...

Meet the New Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Maurice Nelson, Med, CDE

Thu, 07/01/2021
After a nationwide search and series of interviews including input from faculty, students, and staff, Yale School of Nursing (YSN) welcomed new Director for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Maurice Nelson, MEd, CDE, in April, and his inbox has been full ever since. Nelson...

Nursing’s Vlahov Conducts Urban Health Discussion with Moscow Mayor

Thu, 07/01/2021
Professor of Nursing Dr. David Vlahov, PhD, RN, FAAN will conduct a discussion centered on COVID-19 and cities as the plenary speaker at the Moscow Urban Forum with the city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, on July 1. “I am looking forward to a productive discussion with Mayor Sobyanin,” Vlahov said. “The...