Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing Content

Nursing School in Nation’s Top 25 in Graduate School Rankings

Julia Ann Easley — April 09, 2024 - 9:56am

The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing tied for 24th place in the nation for master’s degree nursing programs in U.S. News & World Report’s most recent rankings of professional and graduate programs.

The news outlet released updated rankings Monday, April 8, for four disciplines and 11 specialties in its 2024 edition of the Best Graduate Schools.

Making Prosthetics More Lifelike

Jocelyn C Anderson — November 28, 2022 - 12:22pm

See how ΢��Ƶ scientists and surgeons are performing better amputations, using AI, and creating smart prosthetic devices to improve the lives of amputees.

Wellness Check

Jocelyn C Anderson — September 26, 2022 - 9:00am

Veterinary, nursing and medicine researchers at ΢��Ƶ aim to create resilience training solutions for health care workers dealing with stress and burnout.

Graduate, Professional Programs Rank Among ‘Best Graduate Schools’

Julia Ann Easley — March 28, 2022 - 11:42am

΢��Ƶ graduate and professional degree programs are recognized among the best in the country, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 edition of Best Graduate Schools. The updated rankings were released today (March 28).

Grants for Proof-of-Concept and Public Engagement Projects

Dave Jones — August 03, 2021 - 11:29am

The Office of Research recently awarded a total of $435,000 in three proof-of concept grant programs for faculty, while the Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement gave a total of $67,500 in seed and bridge grants to faculty for publicly engaged research projects.

Office of Research

Science Translation and Innovative Research, or STAIR, grants (up to $50,000), listed with the grant recipients:

Nurse Fellowship Program Invites Applicants

Cody Kitaura — January 15, 2020 - 9:20am

Updated 1:30 p.m. Jan. 15: Applications are now being accepted for ΢��Ƶ’ Betty Irene Moore Fellowship Program for Nurse Leaders and Innovators. A new informational video is posted above.

THE DOWNLOAD: Preventing Ski Injuries; Nurse Mentors Former Patient

Cody Kitaura — January 07, 2020 - 12:00pm

With the recent snowfall, many are heading to the Sierra to start their ski or snowboard seasons. There are things you can and should do first, however, to help avoid injury on the slopes.

“The chances of getting hurt are higher at first, because these aren’t year-round sports and you probably haven’t worked the important muscle groups very hard in a while,” said surgeon Cassandra Lee, chief of orthopaedic sports medicine at ΢��Ƶ Health.

What Makes You Curious?

Julia Ann Easley — July 01, 2019 - 3:17pm

Geerat Vermeij, who lost his sight as a child, learned much about his world through the sea shells he started collecting at age 10. He devoted a lifetime of study to them and has become internationally recognized in his field.

“They were so elegant, so beautiful,” he said. “The shapes were out of this world and just a whole dimension of beauty I was unfamiliar with.”

THE DOWNLOAD: Aero, Erinn, Carter, Evie and Cheeto

Dave Jones — June 11, 2019 - 12:46pm

Aero, a 7-year-old German shepherd-Belgian Malinois mix, is back in action with the Anderson Police Department (near Redding) as a narcotics-detecting officer. Four years ago, however, he was forced to prematurely retire after a mysterious illness caused his energy levels to plummet and his muscles to atrophy. His handler, officer Mike Hallagran, did not think Aero would survive.

— Rob Warren, School of Veterinary Medicine

Chancellor Names School of Nursing Dean

Dave Jones — May 06, 2019 - 12:42am

Stephen J. Cavanagh, dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been appointed dean of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at ΢��Ƶ by Chancellor Gary S. May, effective July 22.