Dr. Holly Powell Kennedy speaks at Frontier Nursing University Commencement Ceremonies
Thu, 10/25/2018
Dr. Holly Powell Kennedy, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, was the keynote speaker at Frontier Nursing University’s commencement ceremonies on Saturday, October 20 in Hyden, Kentucky. The Helen Varney Professor of Midwifery at the Yale School of Nursing, Dr. Kennedy is an internationally known midwifery...
West Campus hosts Artspace's City Wide Open Studios October 26-28
Wed, 10/24/2018
This weekend West Campus will be abuzz with activity as it hosts Artspace’s annual City-Wide Open Studios from Friday 26th at 12 noon, through Sunday afternoon. With a theme of wellbeing, hundreds of artists will feature their work in the building adjacent to the School of Nursing. There will...
Reducing alarm rates in a medical ICU: YSN study published in PLOS ONE
Mon, 10/22/2018
Congratulations to Halley Ruppel ’18 PhD and Marjorie Funk ‘84 MSN, ‘92 PhD, whose study on “Testing physiologic monitor alarm customization software to reduce alarm rates and improve nurses’ experience of alarms in a medical intensive care unit” has been published in the peer-reviewed open access...
YSN faculty to be honored at American Academy of Nursing conference on November 3rd
Mon, 10/22/2018
From November 1-3, the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) will hold its annual Transforming Health, Driving Policy Conference in Washington D.C. where three faculty from Yale School of Nursing (YSN) will be honored with awards. Yale School of Nursing will co-sponsor a reception on Saturday, November...
GEPN deadline extended to November 1st
Thu, 10/11/2018
The Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN) program deadline for applications has been extended to November 1, 2018. Apply now.
City-Wide Open Studios at West Campus, October 26-28
Mon, 09/24/2018
For the first time, Artspace’s City-Wide Open Studios (CWOS) Alternative Space Weekend is coming to Yale’s West Campus! New this year is Preview Day on Friday, October 26th! Enjoy an extra day before the crowds. All are welcome.
The Alternative Space Weekend sets New Haven’s CWOS apart...
Dean Kurth attends Global Climate Action Summit
Mon, 09/17/2018
Last week, Dean Kurth attended the Global Climate Action Summit, an international gathering of public and private sector leaders in San Francisco. One of the summit’s sessions was Higher Education Leadership on Carbon Pricing, an event which focused on the experiences of Yale and other schools in...
Meet the YSN Class of 2025 - Jordan Levandoski: Transforming Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Thu, 05/15/2025
By Christina Frank
Jordan Levandoski, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, who is graduating this year from YSN’s Post-MSN Clinical Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program, wants to redefine how clinicians assess and manage cardiovascular risk. His first step: eliminate misleading race-based modifiers....
Nelson Focuses Journal Issue on Black MSM, HIV
Tue, 10/27/2020
Dr. LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FAAN recently curated the historic special edition of the Journal of Urban Health devoted to Black MSM (men-who-have-sex-with-men) and HIV. Nelson’s introduction, “Awakening to an Intersectional Reality: Ending the HIV Epidemic in the USA Starts with...
YSN Alumni Appointed to Yale Alumni Association Board
Fri, 06/26/2020
Lydia Cristobal ’16 DNP (left) and Stephan Davis ’16 DNP (right) have both been appointed to serve on the Yale Alumni Association (YAA) Board. Dr. Cristobal, who currently serves as the YAA Assembly Appointed At-Large Delegate, takes on the additional role of a YAA Board of Governors Representative...
Congratulations to the Class of 2020!
Mon, 05/18/2020
Congratulations to the 134 degree recipients in the Class of 2020! Today’s virtual celebration included encouraging remarks from Dean Ann Kurth ’90 MSN, PhD, CNM, MPH, FAAN and student speaker Danielle Um ’20 MSN. The class is comprised of 115 Master of Science in Nursing candidates, 16 Doctor of...
PhD Students Defend Their Theses
Fri, 03/27/2020
Congrats to Bridget Basile Ibrahim and Krista Knudson, who defended and passed their PhD dissertation defenses. Ibrahim presented “Pregnancy after Cesarean: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Women’s Experiences in a Diverse U.S. Sample” on Thursday, January 30. Knudson presented “Patient and Family...
Breazeale represents YSN at the Three Minute Thesis preliminary competition
Fri, 03/27/2020
Stephen Breazeale represented YSN in the Three Minute Thesis preliminary competition with his presentation on recognizing mental health symptoms in those with traumatic physical injuries. Over the course of his research and work as nurse, he said “it has become obvious that in addition to treating...
Yale Nursing ranks 6th in the world
Wed, 03/04/2020
Yale School of Nursing ranks sixth in the world, per the QS World University Rankings in nursing. Of the top ten schools of nursing in the listing, half are United States (US) schools. The QS ranking system uses six metrics: academic reputation; employer reputation; faculty/student ratio; citations...
Sana Goldberg ’20 MSN Publishes First Book
Sat, 12/14/2019
When Sana Goldberg ’20 MSN, RN, first started working on her new book, How to Be a Patient: The Essential Guide to Navigating the World of Modern Medicine, she expected that its final form would be a concise booklet. “Maybe something you would find in the hospital gift shop,” she said. But as she...
YSN Team Excites with New Nursing Applications
Sat, 12/14/2019
Working with partners across campus, acute care Yale School of Nursing (YSN) student Travis McCann ’20 MSN is pursuing two exciting projects to help providers become better clinicians. His team has developed a visual and auditory hallucinations app that allows participants to better appreciate the...
Nurses Climate Challenge!
Tue, 08/27/2019
Scientists have said we have limited time to make major societal change to stop global warming/climate damage and the resulting extreme weather, coastal flooding, shifting disease patterns, pollution, food and water stresses1. As the nation’s most trusted profession and largest workforce, nurses...
Diabetes Program Utilizes Texting
Thu, 08/15/2019
YSN faculty member Robin Whittemore PhD, APRN, FAAN felt drawn to the culture of Mexico early on in her first RN job in San Diego, California. She has made myriad trips since that first one many years ago, and during her recent sabbatical she combined a research focus on preventing and treating...
From the US Navy to Yale University: A Chat with Dr. LaRon E. Nelson
Wed, 07/10/2019
Dr. LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FAAN arrived at YSN in early 2019 as the Inaugural Associate Dean for Global Health & Equity. He earned his doctorate from the University of Rochester, where he also served as the Dean’s Endowed Fellow in Health Disparities and Associate Director of...
YSN Celebrates 93rd Commencement
Fri, 05/31/2019
When the Yale School of Nursing (YSN) celebrated its 93rd Commencement on May 20, graduates waited until just the right moment to launch their party poppers and colorful silly string. The confetti celebration during the Old Campus ceremony has become a student trademark, and the festive results...
