Andy & Barbara Gessner College of Nursing News
Read about the UH Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing's research, student success and activities.
2024
Fall
- Gessner College Nursing Graduates – the Future of Health Care
- Baylor College of Medicine, University of Houston Awarded $44.2 million to Create Regional Hub for Translational Research
- Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing Ranked No. 1 in Texas, Across Nation
- Two Universities in India Launch Doctor of Nursing Degree Programs
- For Two Sugar Land Sisters, Graduation is a Family Affair
Spring
- Caring For The Alzheimer’s Caregivers
- Inaugural Class of DNP Graduates from Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing
- UH's Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing Earns National Accreditation for Healthcare Simulation
- Gessner College of Nursing Commencement Includes First DNP Graduates
2023
Fall
- UH Recognized As Fulbright Hispanic Serving Institution Leader
- Innovative New Course Brings Nursing Students into Patients’ Homes
- Nurse-managed Clinic Serving Homeless Expands Services To Include Eye Care
- Threepeat! UH Recognized With Three Higher Education Excellence In Diversity Awards
- Innovative New Course Brings Nursing Students into Patients’ Homes
- Understanding And Treating Pain In Children
- Strategies For Maintaining Nursing Presence During Telehealth Visits
Spring
- Where Would We Be Without Nurses?
- New Services Added for Clients of the UH Nurse Managed Health Clinic
- Andy and Barbara Gessner Gift $20 Million to University of Houston College of Nursing
- Creating and Measuring Surgical Conscience
- New Nursing Graduates Urged to be Resilient
- Graduating….In Their Own Words
- Nursing Students Focus on Unmet Health Needs as Albert Schweitzer Fellows
- Undergrad Student Joins Faculty Member, Heart Association in Researching Dementia
- 14th Annual Hands of Caring Celebrates New Nursing Students
- How’s That 2023 Resolution Going?
2022
Fall
- Texas Children’s CNO Urges New Grads to Prioritize Self-Care, Change Health Care
- Examining Moral Courage in the Operating Room
- For One Nursing Student, Commencement is an Achievement, Path to Hope
- The University of Houston College of Nursing is engaged in the Accreditation Process February 22-24, 2023
- Long-time Volunteers Help the Homeless by Helping at UH Health Clinic
- Students Meet their Supporters in Annual Nursing Scholarship Events
- UH College of Nursing Recognized for Diversity with National Excellence Award
Spring
- There's a Nursing Shortage. It Affects Us All. We Can Help.
- Study Finds Low Vitamin D Levels In Young People Of Color
- Dismantling Bias For Educators In Health Care
- AACN/CDC Award to University of Houston College of Nursing: Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence among Nurses and in Communities
- Nursing Professors Seek Removal of Bias in Nursing Education
- Top Nurses in Houston Includes UH College of Nursing Professor
- Nursing Student Credits Parents, UHin4 in Reaching Graduation Goal
- UH College of Nursing, Students Selected for National Effort to Build Vaccine Confidence
- More than $500K from Wheeler Foundation to UH College of Nursing Health Clinic
2021
Fall
- Fall Commencement for College of Nursing Features Harris County Judge, Spotlights Leadership for New Nurses
- UH College of Nursing Doctor of Nurse Practice Program Completes First Semester With Cohort Of Experienced Family Nurse Practitioners
- UH Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Uses Smartphone COVID-19 Test Created By UH Alumni
- Study Finds Lack of Sleep, Rest a Health Problem for Nursing Faculty
- University of Houston College of Nursing Opens Clinic for Homeless and Working Poor
Spring
- New UH Nursing Graduates Ready to Educate, Care, Lead
- County Proclamation for UH College of Nursing
- Pilot Study Examines Impact of Qigong on Informal Cancer Caregivers
- State of the College Chronicles UH College of Nursing, 2015-2020
- UH College of Nursing Answers Call to Administer COVID-19 Vaccines to Fort Bend County Residents
2020
Fall
Spring
- Heroes in the Pandemic: A Salute to Our Nurses
- UH Nursing Student Journeys to New York City to Care for Covid-19 Patients
- Nurses Trained to Safe Safe While Treating Covid-19 Patients
- Nursing Prof Takes Innovation Idea to Apple
- Nurse’s Touch Award Recognizes Technology Skills, Honesty
- The Coronavirus: What You Need to Know
- Family, Friends, Faculty Welcome New Students to the College of Nursing
2019
- Sight for Success: UH Students to Provide Vision Screenings at HISD School
- UH Nursing Recognized for Diversity, Inclusion
- The University of Houston Expands to Katy and Sugar Land
- New Faculty at UH Nursing
- The University of Houston Expands in Katy and Sugar Land
- Long-Time Nursing Faculty, Terry Kirk, to Retire
- New Loan Grant Aims to Increase Number of Nurse Faculty
- Nursing school dean: Long-running nursing shortage won’t end any time soon
- UH Nursing Faculty Honored with Excellence in Nursing Award
- After the Storms, Sunshine for UH Nursing Commencement
- 'Sight for Success' Partners with School District, UH Colleges for Good Eye Health
- Nursing Symposium Considers Social Determinates of Health
- HCA Houston Healthcare Donates $3.5 Million to UH College of Nursing
- Houston Chronicle: HCA Houston gives $3.5 million to UH College of Nursing
- University of Houston Sugar Land offers fast-paced nursing program
- Professor Looks for Correlation between Teen Depression and Vitamin D Deficiency
- College of Nursing to Offer Traditional Nursing Degree
- Familiar Face to Nursing Students Takes the Lecture Podium
- Nursing Professor’s Research on Rest, Sleep Included in National Textbook
2018
- Diversity at UH College of Nursing Recognized, Awarded
- Sight For Success: UH Initiative Tackles Vision Challenges for Elementary Students; UH Students Assist Houston School Nurses with Screenings and Outreach
- Katy soon to be hub for higher education
- Annual Scholarship Banquet Brings Scholars, Benefactors Together in Celebration
- UH Nursing Students, Area Health Experts Provide Strategies on Wellness
- University of Houston and Humana Announce Long-term Strategic Partnership
- Deal of the Week: UH gets $15M gift from Humana for new med school, partnership
- Dr. Shainy Varghese interview: Does your child suffer from Rain Anxiety?
- A Year After The Storm
- UH Nursing Leadership, Nursing Council of India Create Exchange Opportunities
- College of Nursing Professor Receives Prestigious Award for Medical-Surgical Nurses
- UH College of Nursing and Nursing Council of India to Share Talent
- University of Houston - Katy breaks ground on new campus
- New Nursing Graduates Join Industry as Health Professionals, Leaders
- ‘Salute to Nursing’ Recognizes UH’s Cheryl Brohard
- College of Nursing, Indian Nursing Council to Partner in Programs, Research and Exchange
- Historic signing ceremony of MOU for Graduate Nursing Education between UHCON and INC, India
- Nursing Forum Explores Advancing Bench-to-Bedside Treatment
- New Nursing Scholarship Honors Holocaust Survivor
- UH Nursing Program Tops in Texas
- College of Nursing Donation Drive Collects Sporting, Art Equipment for SHAPE Community Center
2017
- Nursing Students Focus on Education, Prevention at Diabetes Wellness Day
- College of Nursing Again Recognized for Commitment to Diversity
- High-Tech Mannequin Lets Students Practice End-of-Life talks
- Annual UH Sugarland Scholarship Banquet Celebrates Students, Benefactors
- College of Nursing in Ireland: Sigma Theta Tau International
- Message from the Dean
- Montgomery Family Trust Scholarship paying dividends to local community (via Palacios Beacon newspaper)
- New Childbirth Simulator Brings State-of-the-Art Technolocy to Obstetrics Curriculum
- Two Familiar Nursing Programs Added to Online Offerings at UH Sugarland
- UH Nursing Students Spend Mini Semester in Methodist Hospital's MITIE Lab
- New Nursing Graduates Take Part in Traditional Pinning Ceremony
- Sandy Lee, Among Houston's Best
- Nursing Students Head to Spanish Class
- Nursing Students Gain Insight through Virtual Dementia Activity
- UH Moment: College of Nursing
- UH College of Nursing Reaches its Number-one Strategic Goal Ahead of Schedule
- UH College of Nursing Amongst the Most Elite in Nation
- Annual 'Hands of Caring Ceremony' Welcomes New Students to UH School of Nursing
- Scholarship, Philanthropy Celebrated at UH Sugar Land 15th Annual Scholarship Dinner
- UH Launches $1 Billion Fundraising Campaign
- Gallup Poll: Nurses #1 Profession for Honesty and Ethics
2016
- Embracing Diversity in Nursing to Improve Healthcare
- School of Nursing Students Honored at Annual Texas Nursing Celebration
- The Health Professions HEED Awards
- Student Success: Iris Machuca, School of Nursing
- School of Nursing Researcher Examines Health Needs of Elderly Texas Immigrants
- University of Houston Embraces Diversity as an Inherent Aspect of its Diversity
- UH and School Of Nursing receive top honors for diversity (video)
- Eugenia Blomstrom, ‘The Best of Nursing,’ Retires from UH Sugar Land School of Nursing
- UH School of Nursing Students present their research at the Texas Regional HiMSS conference in Houston on May 12th
2015
- Graduation and Pinning Fall 2015
- Nursing forum to address nursing leadership
- As Fort Bend grows, colleges look to expand there
- University of Houston receives $54 million in construction bonds to expand Sugar Land campus
- Plans, more land to boost UH Sugar Land
- School of Nursing finds a home at the main campus