Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students Annie Shen ’25 MSN and Brenna Keogh ’25 MSN both recently won $10,000 through the CVS Health Caring Hearts Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Student Scholarship.
According to the organization, scholarships are awarded to 50 outstanding FNP students nationwide who...
Dean Emami Elected to American Academy of Nursing Leadership
Wed, 10/16/2024
Dean Azita Emami, PhD, MSN, BSN, RNT, RN, FAAN was recently elected to serve on the Board of Directors for The American Academy of Nursing.
The Linda Koch Lorimer Professor of Nursing at the Yale School of Nursing (YSN), Dean Emami brings over 25 years of experience in the field of nursing to the...
Nurses and Midwives Celebrate Master’s Inauguration with White Coat Ceremony
Thu, 10/10/2024
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students entering their first specialty year celebrated the school’s master’s inauguration on September 27, a formal ceremony in which specialty directors attire each honoree in a white coat.
This significant academic milestone officially welcomes nursing and midwifery...
Reproductive Justice Activist Loretta Ross Joins Yale Nursing as Visiting Professor
Fri, 10/04/2024
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Loretta J. Ross as visiting associate professor for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Professor Ross is a reproductive justice and human rights activist who has reframed reproductive rights within the broader context of human rights...
Author and Health Equity Advocate Daniel Dawes Joins the Yale School of Nursing as a Presidential Visiting Fellow
Wed, 09/04/2024
We are delighted to announce that Daniel E. Dawes, an internationally recognized leader in the health equity movement and scholar on the political determinants of health, will join the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) as a Presidential Visiting Fellow for the 2024-25 academic year.
Dr. Dawes joins YSN...
Yale Alumni Magazine Profiles 10 Nurses and Midwives
Tue, 09/03/2024
By Dylan Walsh ’11 MEM
The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) admitted its first students in February of 1924. Their classrooms and offices were located in a space on the top floor of 310 Cedar Street, near where the School of Medicine housed animals that were used for experimentation.
The modesty of...
The Year in Review: 2023 - 2024
Thu, 08/29/2024
From the Dean:
When I arrived at Yale School of Nursing (YSN) in August 2023, I was honored to kick off the celebrations for our centennial. YSN began making history in 1923 as the first school within a university to prepare nurses under an educational rather than an apprenticeship program, and...
Yale Nursing Orientation Leaders Give Expert Advice on Clinicals, Self-Care, and Apizza
Thu, 08/22/2024
Yale School of Nursing (YSN)’s new nursing and midwifery students streamed through the front door for the first day of orientation on August 21, and they are prepared to ask a lot of questions. Here to answer them are the Orientation Leaders (OLs), a squad of current students who are excited to...
Future Yale Nurses and Midwives Can Now Connect with YSN Student Ambassadors
Mon, 08/19/2024
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) just launched a new program to connect with the future Yale nurses and midwives applying before the priority deadline of November 1: current students serving as ambassadors.
Ambassadors are equipped to guide applicants without a background in healthcare toward the...
New Haven Promise Scholar Reflects on Summer at YSN
Fri, 08/16/2024
Trinity Higgins (center), served as a New Haven Promise intern at YSN for eight weeks this summer.
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) welcomed Trinity Higgins as its New Haven Promise intern in June, one of the 84 student interns spread out across the university’s campus. Higgins is a rising junior at...
