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Seven CSON students participated in the Undergraduate Research Symposium

The Connell School had an impressive showing at this year’s research symposium.

Paskausky represented BC at a global summit

M.S./Ph.D. student Anna Paskausky was chosen to attend Womensphere Emerging Leaders Global Summit.

New careers in nursing: “A whole new direction”

RWJ Scholar Karen Jennings shares the path that led her to the nursing field on the Human Capital Blog.

Most downloaded articles of 2011

DeMarco’s article cracks the top ten.

Gregory honored for her research

MARN is set to acknowledge Kate Gregory’s excellence in research in April

A few minutes with Susan Gennaro

The Chronicle featured Dean Gennaro in their Q&A section.

Shindul-Rothschild contributes a chapter to a book that received top honors.

The American Journal of Nursing named Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care, sixth edition book of the year in two categories.

Year two for health you

The Healthy You program thanked the school of nursing for its role in administering flu shots to students, faculty, and staff.

DeMarco named Clinical Nurse Specialist Researcher of the Year

DeMarco honored by the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists.

CNS student learns the value of interdisciplinary work

CNS student Kate Maher and her preceptor Chris DeBruzzi teamed up with the athetic department at Concord-Carlisle High School to create and impliment the Interim Head Injury Management Policy with the goal of turning the interim policy into a regional safety regulation.

Happy CRNA Week

The week of January 22 is Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists week.

DeMarco wins book of the year

The American Journal of Nursing named Rosanna DeMarco’s most recent book as one of the most valuable texts of 2011.

McClain joins national committee

Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council named McClain to new committee.

AANP awards Pulcini

The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners recognized Joyce Pulcini’s humanitarian work.

How Dean Gennaro came to BC

Dean Gennaro addressed the Women’s Collaborative of Boston College.

Starting off the new year with a bang

Christopher Grillo, dean's office assistant, and his wife Sarah welcomed the first and second babies born in Boston in 2012. All are doing well.

Happy holidays

from all of us at the Connell School of Nursing.

Congratulations graduates!

Six Connell School students took part in the December Baccalaureate Mass.

Reading between the lines

Boston College Chronicle highlighted assistant professor Allyssa Harris and her study on urban literature.

DeMarco recieves grant from ILA

Institute of Liberal Arts awarded associate professor Rosanna DeMarco with a major interdisciplinary grant.

mHealth Summit 2011

M.S./Ph.D student Jeanie Capone reviewed her experience at the mHealth Summit, a mobile health event functioning as a global convener of the mHealth ecosystem, for Biotech Boston.

Dean’s reception for peer leaders

30 freshmen peer leaders honored for their volunteerism.

March of Dimes honors Gregory

Kate Gregory was the recipient of the Nurse of the Year Award in the area of Nurse Researcher.

Game-based learning

Professor Ann Burgess' virtual crime scene forensics exercise was mentioned in a larger USA Today story focusing on higher education's trend towards using game-based learning.

Honoring the work of Roy

Nursing Science Quarterly released an entire issue dedicated to Sr. Callista Roy.

Long-term care, pediatric palliative care

Boston College Magazine highlights CSON's cutting edge pediatric palliative care graduate program.

Shindul-Rothschild featured as master teacher

Boston College Magazine chose CSON associate professor Judith Shindul-Rothschild to feature in its article on Master Teachers throughout the University.

Global nursing caucus

CSON faculty, alumni, and students participated together in a seminar focused on global nursing.

Dean Gennaro addresses alumni

View Dean Gennaro's entire talk on 'A 21st Century Approach to Health & Wellness,' sponoserd by the Alumni Education Office.

KILN program highlighted at international conference

A group of KILN Scholars presented a program about their global health experiances at the Sigma Theta Tau International.

Leadership in a global world

Karen H. Morin, President of STT, was the fall Pinnacle Lecture Series speaker

Second annual Haley Nursing Forum

Connell School of Nursing and Brigham and Women's Hospital honor and support Nurse Scientists

In memoriam

Remembering the life of Joyce C. Clifford, RN, Ph.D., FAAN, former Senior Vice President and Nurse-in-Chief at BIDMC and guest lecturer at CSON.

Doctoral student conducts research at Children's Hospital in Boston

Rachel DiFazio discusses her Patient Services Research Grant-funded study on surgical outcomes for patients with severe cerebral palsy.

M.S./Ph.D. student published in nurse.com

Anna Paskausky explores how student nursing organizations can be laboratories for professional and political development.

Harris in the Huffington Post

Allyssa Harris researches the influences of 'Urban Lit' on African-American adolescents.

Faculty/Staff art show

Three members of the CSON community, Jeanie Foley, Julia Kass, and Natalie McClain, are displaying their artwork at the Bapst Library.

Master's student wins essay contest

Sribindu Pisupati '13 won the RWJ "I know this about nursing" essay contest.

Alumna named to AEN

The Academy of Emergency Nursing inducts a CSON alumna.

Ritual beginning of the year

The Mass of the Holy Spirit was celebrated in mid September.

Four KILN Scholars attend NBNA

KILN students had the opportunity to meet peers and nursing leaders at the annual National Black Nurses Association Meeting.

Pilgrimage to Lourdes

Dean Susan Gennaro and three Connell School seniors assisted the ill on the Order of Malta’s annual trip to Lourdes, France.

CSON Reunion weekend

A panel discussion on neuroscience nursing was preceded by the Dean Rita P. Kelleher Award presentation.

Congratulations Class of 2011

CSON Dean, faculty, and seniors participated in the University's 135th Commencement Exercises.

Convocation Ceremony

Ann Riley Finck '66 shared her experiences--both professional and personal--with the CSON Class of 2011.

CSON alumna receives Kelleher Award

Ann Riley Finck '66 was presented with the 2011 Kelleher Award for her work as a nurse leader, ethically aware scientist, and a skilled and inquisitive clinician.

Cullinan honored

Clinical Assistant Professor Donna Cullinan won the 2011 Community Service Award

Three KILN scholars elected

Three CSON students join the Board of Directors for the MASNA

Parting thoughts

Reflections from a 2011 Retiree, Associate Professor Rita Olivieri

2 KILN scholars receive prestigious fellowship

2 students will spend their summer at MGH

Six to Remember

Djerica Lamousnery was chosen as one of six members of the Class of 2011 who exemplify what's best about BC.

Heeding the Call for Help Back Home

When disaster struck her homeland, CSON doctoral student Nahoko Harada was able to put her nursing skills to work.

Burgess Aids Initiatives on Internet Safety for Children

CSON Professor Ann Burgess and a team of researchers have released several law enforcement bulletins aimed at improving Internet safety and reducing online sexual victimization of children and adolescents.

Alumna Named Regis President

Antoinette M. Hays, a 1974 graduate of the Connell School of Nursing who currently serves as the dean of the Regis School of Nursing, will become the 10th president of Regis College on July 1. Hays - the mother of Alexis Przybylski, a 2004 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences - succeeds Mary Jane England, with whom she collaborated on the school's international nursing program in Haiti.

Dedication to Haiti

Connell School of Nursing Clinical Assistant Professor Donna Cullinan, a veteran of many medical missions to Haiti, recently led the first Connell School trip to the small island nation, where BC students, alumni, and faculty spent a week providing free medical care.