College of Nursing
Nursing college moves up graduate online ranks
Leaders credit the college for maintaining its standard of learning through the pandemic.
Jan 25, 2022
![Juliann Sebastian, PhD, dean of the UNMC College of Nursing](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/JuliannSebastian012522.jpg)
UNMC doctoral student studies trauma in NICU mothers
Morgan Staver is a Buffett Institute Graduate Scholar; program now accepting proposals for wide range of early childhood research projects.
Jan 24, 2022
![Morgan Staver](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Staver012422.jpg)
Guidance on ordering, extending the use of KN95s
Mask’s effective duration varies depending on employee’s role, as well as care and use of mask.
Jan 24, 2022
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New investigator: Christopher Shaffer, PharmD, PhD
Dr. Shaffer’s research focus is pediatric clinical pharmacology.
Jan 21, 2022
![Christopher Shaffer, PharmD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Shaffer0825.jpg)
New investigator: Susmita Sil, PhD
Dr. Sil’s research focus is on HIV- and substance abuse-induced neurological disorders.
Jan 20, 2022
![Susmita Sil, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Sil012022.jpg)
UNMC announces dean’s list for fall 2021
Students enrolled in nursing, dentistry, pharmacy and the allied health professions make dean’s list
Jan 19, 2022
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Three nurse faculty appointed to endowed positions
Kate Fiandt, PhD, Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, PhD, and Lani (ChiChi) Zimmerman, PhD, now among endowed positions in UNMC College of Nursing.
Jan 5, 2022
![Kate Fiandt, PhD, Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, PhD, and Lani (ChiChi) Zimmerman, PhD.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EndowedChairs010522.jpg)
College of Nursing alumni lead through the pandemic
UNMC counts Douglas County’s new health director and other directors around Nebraska as graduates.
Dec 29, 2021
![From left, Lindsay Huse, DNP, and Anne O'Keefe, MD, both graduates of UNMC, toured the university this fall. Huse is among the College of Nursing graduates leading local health departments in Nebraska.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Huse1.jpg)
Shirley Wiggins, PhD, caps 43-year nursing career
Dr. Wiggins, associate professor in the UNMC College of Nursing Lincoln Division, will retire this month.
Dec 20, 2021
![Shirley Wiggins, PhD, associate professor in the UNMC College of Nursing Lincoln Division.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ShirleyWiggins122021.jpg)
Nancy Waltman, PhD, retiring after 42-year nursing career
Professor developed an appreciation for nursing, learned at the College of Nursing herself and passed on that knowledge.
Dec 16, 2021
![Nancy Waltman, PhD, professor in the UNMC College of Nursing.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Waltman121321.jpg)