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The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing is among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report rankings released April 9, 2024.

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing congratulates three faculty on their promotions effective August 16, 2024: Janice Hernandez, DNP, RN, FNP-C, will be promoted to Clinical Associate Professor; Nicole Murry, PhD, RN, will be promoted to Clinical Associate Professor; and Ashley Henneghan, PhD, RN, FAAN, will be promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure.

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing’s 22nd Annual St. David's Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations Annual Conference brought together health care and nursing researchers and community members to discuss health research for Hispanic populations.

On Friday, March 1st, 2024, the School of Nursing will celebrate the Spring 2024​ Light the Lamp Pinning Ceremony. The ceremony honors our nursing students entering clinical settings in a pinning ceremony promoting humanistic, patient-centered care.

UT Austin School of Nursing professors Teresa Bailey, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, CNE, and Katie Sanders, DNP, RN, CNE, received a Nursing Innovation Grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board that will support the growth of the Teaching in Nursing Post-Masters certificate program.

The University of Texas at Austin Medical Reserve Corps hosted a Disaster Preparedness Day event at the School of Nursing on Jan. 31, 2024, in collaboration with Williamson County Medical Reserve Corps, Austin Public Health, The University of Texas at Austin Police Department, The University of Texas at Austin Fire Safety, and Environmental Services.

Malin Berghammer, PhD, MSN, RN, a visiting scholar from Sweden, is teaching at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing during Fall 2023. This semester, Berghammer is assisting in the following courses: Introduction to Patient-Centered Care, Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, Foundations of Nurse Educators and Pediatric Primary Health Care Concepts.

In September 2023, UT Austin welcomed back Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN, to serve in her new role as dean of the School of Nursing. Im is an internationally recognized nurse researcher with groundbreaking contributions in nursing science and oncology nursing.

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing welcomed, for the first time, two exchange students from Moi University in Kenya. Mercy Chepkemoi and Wilson Kimutai, fourth-year students at Moi University School of Nursing & Midwifery, visited the UT Austin School of Nursing for six weeks.

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing alumnae Megan Pfitzinger Lippe, PhD, MSN, RN, associate professor at UT Health San Antonio, and Robin Page, PhD, APRN, CNM, FACNM, associate professor at Texas A&M University School of Nursing, have been selected as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN).