Although she does not hold a degree from UArizona Nursing, Karen Kennedy-Evans, RN, has been so entwined with the College that in 2018 she was awarded UArizona Nursing’s Honorary Alumna Award for outstanding achievement and contributions to their professions, their communities, and the University of Arizona.

UArizona Nursing is thrilled to announce that two faculty members, Timothy Sowicz, PhD, RN, and Tarnia Newton, DNP, FNP-C, are the winners of $25,000 prizes for their submissions to the National Institute on Drug Abuse “Substance Use Prevention Services in Primary Care” Challenge.

The University of Arizona College of Nursing is pleased to announce that Peggy Jenkins, Ph.D., RN, CNE, has accepted the offer to serve as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Arizona College of Nursing, effective September 5th.

UArizona Nursing is proud to congratulate to Dr. Jessica Rainbow and her colleagues for a receiving a new grant! This RII Challenge Grant Project will build on the work the ANCATS team to identify student sociocultural strengths and impediments to academic success that will be useful in crafting personalized plans to build resilience across undergraduate students at the University.

UArizona Nursing is proud to acknowledge the achievements of Dr. Ruth Taylor-Piliae, professor, and her colleagues, who recently received a $20,000 award  from The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES) Foundation to address type 2 diabetes using an integrative intervention.

UArizona Nursing is proud to acknowledge the achievements of Drs. Allen Prettyman, clinical professor and Lindsay Bouchard, associate clinical professor, who recently received a $2.6 M four-year Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant.

In June, the UArizona Nursing's Nurse Anesthesiology Program was one of only 128 programs across the country to receive a multi-year Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship. The grant comes thanks to the tireless efforts of Program Administrator Dr. Kristie Hoch.

We recently caught up with ANIE pre-nursing scholar and native Tucsonan Julian Grijalva to hear about his experiences in the Summer Intensive and where he hopes to go from here.

Born and raised in Tucson, Samantha Chai’s mother is Mexican and her father is Chinese American. She knew from a young age that her purpose in life was to help people. “I didn’t know how I was going to do that, but I just felt so strongly about that,” she says. 

Established in 2018 with a $1.9 million grant from the Health Resource and Services Administration (HRSA), the University of Arizona College of Nursing’s Arizona Nursing Inclusive Excellence (ANIE) program has become a crown jewel of the College’s diversity and inclusion efforts.