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Breaking Barriers
Kristin Hocker, an assistant professor of clinical nursing at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, began teaching her Spirituality, Religion, and Health course to UR Nursing students in the ...
An Unbreakable Bond
Delores Keefer Seward ’56N and Jane Strother Hill ’56N have always been more alike than different. They both grew up in small towns and spent significant periods of their lives on family-owned farms ...
An Everlasting Footprint
I was amazed at that feeling that you get when you walk through the door. You could see that people were enthusiastic and happy to be there. Everyone – the staff, the students, the faculty – ...
Walking on Air
Kim Olfano, who overcame devastating leg injuries thanks to the help of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, is now a nurse in the hyperbaric suite at the Strong Wound Healing Center helping patients go ...
Doubling Down to Help Others
Born and raised in Jamaica, Ranae and Shanae McKenzie are identical twins with identical passions. Both came to the U.S. for their undergraduate education and now are nursing students together. In ...
Collaboration, Innovative Use of Technology Help Psych NP Students Hone Suicide Prevention Skills
A new collaboration between the University of Rochester School of Nursing and the Department of Psychiatry takes an innovative approach to educating students in suicide prevention.
Stealthily Wealthy
Although she lived modestly, Evelyn Lutz quietly amassed a small fortune. When she died at age 86, she left more than $2 million to universities that helped shape her life as a nurse, professor, and ...
Loretta Ford: Celebrating a Century of Nursing Greatness
During a global pandemic that has underscored the importance of nursing, the profession took a moment to celebrate one of its living legends, Loretta Ford, who turned 100 in December.
Shattering Glass Ceilings
The installation of Kathi Heffner, PhD, and Vankee Lin, PhD, RN, as Wilson Professors was unlike any that had come before it. For starters, this was the University of Rochester’s first virtual ...
When Preparation Meets Opportunity
Brian Graves ’96N, ’01N (MS), ’12N (PhD) always had a deep love for the University of Rochester. You don’t graduate three times from a school you’re ambivalent about.