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On Friday, September 29th, 2023, the School of Nursing will celebrate the Fall 2023​ Light the Lamp Pinning Ceremony. The ceremony will honor our nursing students entering clinical settings in a pinning ceremony promoting humanistic, patient-centered care.

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing students and officers of the UT Austin Nursing Students’ Association Huy Le, Alexis Maceda, Chardelene Reyes, and Kaliah Sherrod, along with Jennifer Flippo, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, PMHS, clinical assistant professor, attended the National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) Annual Convention in April 2023 in Nashville.

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing hosted the inaugural Longhorn Nursing Immersion Summer Camp for high school students.

UT Austin School of Nursing 2023 honors program graduates Brianna Garza and Tobechukwu (Tobi) Phillips presented their research at international conferences over the summer.

Eun-Ok Im began her appointment as dean of the School of Nursing on Sept. 1. Im, who was recently the senior associate dean for research and innovation and the Edith Folsom Honeycutt Endowed Chair in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University in Atlanta, succeeds Alexa Stuifbergen, who stepped down after 14 successful years as the school’s dean.

Moderators Shannon Jones and Jacki Hecht interviewed Reverend Dr. Daryl Horton, a native Austinite and Pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Austin, Texas.

Moderators Shannon Jones and Jacki Hecht interviewed Isaac Rowe, a designer at Sargent & Lundy, a global design firm with expertise in power and energy.

Moderators Shannon Jones and Jacki Hecht interviewed Reverend Ray Hendricks, Pastor at Rehoboth Baptist Church.

Kavita Radhakrishnan, PhD, MSEE, RN, FAAN, associate professor, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) conferred by the Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing (CVSN).

Whitney Thurman, PhD, RN, assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, is one of 16 nurse scientists accepted to the fourth cohort of the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators.