UIC Nursing in the News
Faculty, students and alumni from the UIC College of Nursing are often featured in the media.
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Local News
FOX 32 Chicago | Oct. 21, 2025
This Chicago classroom looks like a hospital — and that’s the whole point
Katie Vanderzwan, Lynn Ortiz and graduate student Ally Andreasen were all featured in an in-depth special report featuring the Schwartz Lab and UIC Medicine’s SAIL Institute.
RUSH Newsroom | Sept. 19, 2025
Trish Anen named chair of Rush Copley Medical Center board of directors
Anen, BSN ’78, RN, MBA, has served on the Copley board since 2011. As part of her new role, she will also serve on the Rush System Board. Anen is also a member of the UIC College of Nursing’s External Advisory Board.
WICS-TV and Capitol City Now/WTAX and WCIA-TV (Springfield) | Sept. 9 & 10, 2025
Nurse for a Day: Empowering high school students at UIC College of Nursing
The Springfield campus hosted a two-day, “Nurse for A Day” experience for more than 500 high school students from 20+ area schools to explore careers in nursing and health care.
QCPJ | Sept. 9, 2025
Award Winner: Jessica McKearney
McKearney, MS ’15, has been named to the list of “Forty Under 40″—40 leaders under age 40—who are making a difference in the Quad Cities. Winners are chosen by a panel that weighs business success and civic/philanthropic activities.
Crain’s Chicago Business and WBBM-AM (Chicago) | June 4, 2025
OSF, UIC video series tries to address an $18 billion problem for hospitals
A joint project between UIC Nursing’s Carolyn Dickens and OSF HealthCare is hoping to put a dent in the alarming rise of incivility and violence in health care.
WCIA, WICS, FOX Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) | May 6 & 7, 2025
SPLASH! 70 future nurses keep tradition alive as they prepare for UI graduation
Coverage of our Urbana BSN students as they dive in to the pool jump tradition.
Capitol News Now (Springfield) | May 1, 2025
New nurses take the Big Plunge
Our Springfield BSN students take their turn with our pool jump tradition.
CBS2, NBC5, ABC7, FOX32 | April 29, 2025
UIC Nursing grads celebrate with a plunge in their scrubs
Four TV stations in Chicago covered the senior class pool jump, a tradition where graduating BSN students jump into a pool while wearing their scrubs.
Block Club Chicago | April 17, 2025
West Side School Nurse Honored With International Award
Alumna Cassandra Walton, BSN ’91, a nurse for 27 years at Roswell B. Mason Elementary School in North Lawndale, received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses in a surprise ceremony.
WTVO News | Nov. 20, 2024
Considering a nursing career? Program launching in Rockford offers master’s for career switch
News of the MSN program launch, featuring interviews with Robin Johnson, MSN/GE program director; Laura Monahan, director of our campus in Rockford; and MSN/GE student Katelyn Osterbauer.
WIFR TV | Nov. 19, 2024
University of Illinois Chicago-Rockford adds nursing program for non-RNs
News coverage of the graduate-entry MSN program’s launch at our Rockford campus. It includes interviews with Robin Johnson, MSN/GE program director; Laura Monahan, director of our campus in Rockford; and Chicago-based MSN/GE student Cristal Gomez.
Chicago Sun-Times | Sept. 11, 2024
University of Illinois system sets record enrollment with more than 97,000 students
Article detailing the University of Illinois system’s climbing enrollment numbers, including nearly 34,000 students enrolled this year at the Chicago campus – its second-highest on record.
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Crain’s Chicago Business | Sept. 11, 2024
University of Illinois System keeps growing as other state schools flounder
Article detailing the University of Illinois system’s climbing enrollment numbers, including nearly 34,000 students enrolled this year at the Chicago campus – its second-highest on record.
Block Club Chicago | Aug. 2, 2024
Maternity Care Deserts On South And West Sides See Higher Infant, Maternal Death Rates
Article featuring alumna Karie Stewart, a certified nurse-midwife at UI Health.
South Side Weekly | Aug. 1, 2024
Combating Maternal Mortality in the Black Community
Article featuring clinical assistant professor Pamela Pearson, director of the nurse-midwifery/women’s health nurse practitioner program.
Delaware State News (Independent Newsmedia Inc.) | June 25, 2024
Beebe names chief advanced practice clinician
News article about alumna Amanda Connoyer’s appointment to chief advanced practice clinician at Beebe Healthcare.
WAND-TV | June 17, 2024
UIS addressing health care worker shortage
News story about UIS partnership with UIC Nursing.
Chicago Public Media | May 17
WBEZ Newscast for Friday, May 17, 2024, 8:00 am, Chicago’s NPR news station
Clinical assistant professor Rebecca Singer, DNP, RN, was quoted in a news story about the city’s response to a recent measles outbreak in Chicago.
WCIA 3 TV | May 1, 2024
UIC nursing graduates dive into the future in Champaign
Central Illinois’ CBS affiliate covers the Class of 2024 pool jump at our Urbana campus
Sauk Valley News (Shaw Local News Network) | May 1, 2024
Sterling nurse educator, leader honored with UIC award
News article about alumna Linda Olds-Steinert, who was named the 2024 Distinguished Alumna for the UIC Nursing Quad Cities regional campus.
WAND-TV | April 15, 2024
UIS receives new high-tech medical simulation tables
News story featuring comments from nursing student Kenzie Schumate.
The St. Louis American | March 28, 2024
Affinia Healthcare adds midwifery care, increases access to women’s healthcare
Article about midwifery care, featuring alumna Marsha Hill, MS ’09
Chicago Sun-Times | March 22, 2024
Migrants should be vaccinated for measles at U.S. ports of entry
Commentary piece co-written by clinical assistant professor Rebecca Singer, DNP, RN.
Rebellious Magazine | Feb. 13, 2024
Black Love Matters: How Can We Improve Black Love for Black Women?
Assistant professor Natasha Crooks, PhD, RN, writes about the complexities of Black love — and advocates for its well-being.
Chicago Tribune | Feb. 12, 2024
‘A horrible, perfect storm’: Frustrations rise as shortage of Adderall, other ADHD medication continues (subscription required)
Article quotes adjunct clinical professor Julie Carbray.
WVON 1690AM | Feb. 3, 2024
Equal Hope
Program host Dana Davine interviews assistant professor Natasha Crooks, PhD, RN, on the topic of Black female reproductive and sexual health.
KLJB-DAV (FOX) | Jan. 25, 2024
OurQuadCities News at 8am
Televised news segment about a study led by professor Barbara McFarlin, PhD, CNM, RDMS, FACNM, FAAN, to investigate whether ultrasound technologies can be used to predict the risk of premature delivery.
Crain’s Chicago Business | Jan. 24, 2024
University of Illinois researchers might have a game-changer for predicting preterm births
Article detailing a study led by professor Barbara McFarlin, PhD, CNM, RDMS, FACNM, FAAN, to investigate whether ultrasound technologies can be used to indicate the likelihood of premature delivery.
Chicago Sun-Times | Dec. 21, 2023
U.S. Census says I’m ‘white,’ but I’m not
Assistant professor Sarah Abboud, PhD, RN, offers this commentary about faults in the U.S. Census classification of people who trace their ancestry to countries in the Middle East, North Africa or Southwest Asia as “white” and why this classification has created a form of systematic invisibility within this population.
Chicago Sun-Times | Dec. 14, 2023
Sex trafficking of Black girls demands more attention
Assistant professor Natasha Crooks, PhD, RN, writes about the need for schools to equip youth with the knowledge and awareness not to fall prey to sex trafficking.
WBEZ Chicago | Sept 20, 2023
Midwives could help prevent more deaths. Why don’t more Chicago-area hospitals have them?
Story about lack of investment in midwives at various Chicago-area hospitals, featuring commentary from four UIC Nursing alumni: Kathleen Harmon, MS ’95; Annette Payot, MS ’07; Leslie Sanchez, DNP ’19, MS ’11, BSN ’07; and current PhD student Karie Stewart, MS ’17.
FOX 32 | Sept. 7, 2023
Community program offers cooking classes for healthy living
FOX 32 interviews UIC Nursing assistant professor Saria Lofton, PhD, RN, about the “Food is Medicine: Healing Together” program and it’s aim to assist black women with hypertension and obesity improve their health using cooking classes and nutrition seminars.
NBC 5 Chicago | Aug. 30
Cooking classes empower, improve health of women with hypertension
Assistant professor Saria Lofton, PhD, RN, discusses the “Food is Medicine: Healing Together” program – a community-based partnership aimed at assisting Black women with hypertension and obesity improve their health using cooking classes and nutrition seminars.
ABC 7 Chicago | Aug. 6
Gov. JB Pritzker signs legislation aimed at improving way IL schools address student trauma
News about new legislation aimed at improving the way Illinois schools address student trauma featuring school nurse program director Eileen Moss, DNP, RN, PEL-CSN, NCSN.
WAND-TV | July 20
Illinois lawmakers discuss shortage of school psychologists, nurses, and other personnel
News featuring school nurse program director Eileen Moss, DNP, RN, PEL-CSN, NCSN, about the Illinois legislature’s attempts to address teacher and school nurse shortage across the state.
Prairie State Wire | July 2
Durbin Visits Genesis Medical Center To Address Health Care Workforce Shortages In Rural Illinois
News about U.S. Senator Dick Durbin’s news conference highlighting his “Roadmap to Grow Illinois’ Rural Health Workforce.” UIC Nursing-Quad Cities campus director Kathleen Sparbel, PhD, spoke at the news conference and is featured in the article.
Chicago Sun-Times | June 21
Food is medicine programs can improve health, reduce food insecurity
Op-ed co-authored by UIC College of Nursing professor Saria Lofton, PhD, RN, about the benefits of expanding “food is medicine” programs in Illinois.
NPR Illinois | May 16
The UIC nursing program at UIS helps educate the next generation of healthcare professionals
Springfield campus director Sara McPherson, PhD, RN, CNE, is featured in this episode of NPR Illinois Community Voices.
Today’s Times News | May 16, 2023
These healthy habits might also lead to a happier life
Rosalba Hernandez, PhD, associate dean for equity and inclusion, is quoted in this health feature.
WBEZ Chicago | May 11, 2023
The First 12 Weeks of Parenthood
Current PhD student and UI Health midwife Karie Stewart is featured in WBEZ’s First 12 Weeks of Parenthood series.
WGN-TV | May 11, 2023
Around Town visits UIC College of Nursing
The UIC Nursing Schwartz Lab is featured on the WGN Morning News segment “Around Town.”
CBS2 Chicago | April 28, 2023
UIC College of Nursing graduates celebrate with jump in pool
Annual video coverage of UIC College of Nursing pool jump.
NWI.com (Times of Northwest Indiana) | Feb. 2, 2023
Northwest Health-Porter names new board members, chair
Announcing appointment of alumna Karen Allen, PhD ’92, RN, FAAN, to chair the hospital’s board of directors
ABC7 Chicago | Sept. 21, 2022
Nurse shortage could reach more than 1M by end of year
Reporting on a shortage of nurses nation-wide featuring UIC Nursing faculty and students, who stressed the significant role the M. Christine Schwartz Experiential Learning & Simulation Laboratory played in preparing them for their future nursing career.
Chicago Sun-Times | June 24. 2022
This comic tells the true story of how Chicago LGBTQ+ house leaders, health experts worked to boost COVID vaccination rates
Featuring work—and comic-book style illustrations!— of profs Randi Singer, Natasha Crooks, Phoenix Matthews and Crystal Patil. Also ran on the front page of the printed Sunday edition on June 26.
Ripon Commonwealth Press | May 24, 2022
Ripon College names Victoria Folse as its first-ever permanent female president
Alumna Victoria Folse, MS ’89, was selected as the first female president of Ripon College.
Chicago Tribune | May 17, 2022
Class of 2022 college grads wooed by employers, buoyed by hot job market
Featuring an interview with alumna Lisa Falen, BSN ’22, and showcasing a photo and note about the undergraduate pool jump in Chicago.
CBS 2 Chicago | May 4, 2022
UIC College of Nursing students celebrate with jump in pool
Featuring the Chicago-based graduating senior class
State Journal-Register | April 27, 2022
Jumping In (print only)
Featuring the Springfield-based graduating senior class’s pool jump
WSIL-TV | Feb. 10, 2022
Medical District Innovation: Lab Gives Nursing Students Hands-On Skills
Originated with a collaborative Illinois Medical District press release detailing UIC College of Nursing’s various clinical simulation resources, including the M. Christine Schwartz Experiential Learning & Simulation Laboratory.
ABC7 Chicago | Dec. 17, 2021
UIC, City Colleges of Chicago announce program to address nursing shortage, diversity
Coverage of new agreement between UIC Nursing and CCC that makes it easier for diverse nursing grads from Malcolm X College to complete their BSN at UIC.
Illinois Times | Nov. 11, 2021
The many sad faces of nursing home closures
Springfield campus clinical assistant professor Susan Hovey, PhD, RN, is featured in thie article about nursing home closures.
WREX-TV | July 26, 2021
Inspiring 815: Terese Knake
Feature news profile of alumna Terese Knake, who was recently recognized by the Illinois Nurses Foundation as one of 40 outstanding, emerging nurses in Illinois under the age of 40.
City of Chicago | July 26, 2021
31st Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Speech by Mayor Lori Lightfoot celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, in which she recognizes UIC Nursing BSN student Stacy Wood.
The Pantagraph | July 26, 2021
Business Achievements: Chestnut Health names Annie Robbins Mental Health Practitioner
Local news story about alumna Annie Robbins, DNP ’20, becoming a mental health nurse practitioner at Chestnut Family Health Center.
The Pantagraph | July 10, 2021
Couple endows nursing chair
Coverage of recent gift to establish the Kathleen M. Irwin Endowed Chair Professorship in Outstanding Nursing Practice
City of Chicago | June 15, 2021
Recent Deaf Nursing Grad Vaccinates Hundreds at UIC
Coverage of BSN student Stacy Woods‘ volunteer work to vaccinate Chicagoans against COVID-19
Block Club Chicago | Mar. 26, 2021
All Humboldt Park Adults Can Get Vaccinated At This Neighborhood Clinic. Here’s How To Make An Appointment
Featuring the college’s nurse-led clinic and quoting Charles Yingling, associate dean for practice and community partnerships
Crain’s Chicago Business | Mar. 8, 2021
Crain’s 2021 Notable Health Care Heroes
Honoring clinical assistant professor Rebecca Singer
WBBM-AM (Radio) | Mar. 7, 2021
UIC Nursing in QS World University Rankings
Coverage of newly released rankings for nursing programs globally
Chicago Tribune | Feb. 18, 2021
Inside University of Illinois at Chicago’s mass COVID-19 vaccination site
The first image in this photo gallery is of DNP student Paul Antczak Jr. administering a vaccine
Chicago Tribune | Feb. 18, 2021
‘In 22 minutes, everything was full’: Thousands of Chicagoans receive COVID-19 vaccine at UIC arena as dentistry, nursing and medical students pitch in
Noting the efforts of UIC Nursing students at the Credit Union 1 Arena vaccination site
Telemundo Chicago | Dec. 17, 2020
COVID-19: comienzan a vacunar a personal médico en hospitales del área de Chicago
Featuring undergraduate junior Freddy Lucena, who was one of the first Latinos vaccinated against Covid-19 at Norwegian American Hospital, where he works as a CNA
WICS/WRSP (Springfield) | Dec 4, 2020
Local program looks to lessen Central Illinois nursing shortage
Featuring faculty member Sara McPherson
NBC5 Chicago | Dec. 3, 2020
Chicago-Area Nursing Students Gain Valuable Experience During Pandemic
Featuring student Raquel Real
Chicago Tribune | Nov. 29, 2020
Waubonsee Community College announces partnership with UIC College of Nursing
Quoting Dean Terri Weaver
WAND-TV (Central Illinois) | Nov. 23, 2020
U of I students going above and beyond to help homeless population
Featuring nursing students at our Urbana Campus
Kane County Chronicle | Nov. 20, 2020
Waubonsee Community College partners with University of Illinois Chicago to help nursing students
Quoting Dean Terri Weaver and Kate Tredway, director of the UIC Nursing RN to BSN degree completion program
WILL / Rising to the Challenge podcast | Sept. 21, 2020
Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3, Testing
Featuring clinical assistant professor Rebecca Singer
Chicago Tribune | Sept. 15, 2020
Vaping ban: Huge win or missed opportunity?
Featuring Phoenix Matthews, Assoc. Dean for Equity and Inclusion
Chicago Tribune | Sept. 3, 2020
Flavored tobacco ban is crucial — and must include menthol cigarettes
Op-ed by Phoenix Matthews, Assoc. Dean for Equity and Inclusion
WBEZ | Sept. 1, 2020
Women have few options for giving birth on the south side. Two midwives want to change that.
Featuring alumna Karie Stewart, MS ’17
Chicago Tribune | Aug. 28, 2020
Chicago still doesn’t have standalone birthing centers, even as options for pregnant women on the South and West sides are dwindling
Featuring alumna Karie Stewart, MS ’17
National News
New York Times | Sept. 24, 2025
Pregnant Women Are Pressured to ‘Tough It Out,’ Even by the President
Alumna and UI Health midwife Nicole Camardo, DNP ’21, MS ’16, is a source in this article about President Donald Trump’s recent address in which he discouraged women from taking Tylenol during pregnancy “based on unproven claims that acetaminophen is linked to autism.”
Telemundo | Sept. 10, 2025
Cae la vacunación infantil en Estados Unidos
Gloria Barrera, a school nurse and director of the college’s RN to BSN program, was interviewed about trends in childhood vaccinations.
The Good Men Project | May 30, 2025
Chronic kidney disease often goes undiagnosed, but early detection can prevent severe outcomes
Assistant professor Eleanor Rivera explains how patients can take steps to minimize the chances early-stage kidney disease will progress to kidney failure
Prevention | Apr. 3, 2025
Could your heart be behind your snoring? Experts explain.
Features the expertise of Dean Emerita Terri Weaver
The Conversation/Seattle Post-Intelligencer/Caledonian Record (VT/NH) | March 28, 2025
Chronic kidney disease often goes undiagnosed, but early detection can prevent severe outcomes
Assistant professor Eleanor Rivera explains how patients can take steps to minimize the chances early-stage kidney disease will progress to kidney failure
Becker’s Hospital Review | Sept. 24, 2024
25 best nursing programs: US News
A summary of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program rankings released by U.S. News & World Report
Becker’s Hospital Review | June 26, 2024
UChicago Medicine taps 3 leaders
Article about alumna Emily Chase‘s. PhD ’12, appointment to executive vice president and chief operating officer at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Truthout | April 9, 2024
Will the US’s Largest Medical Body Remain Silent After Al-Shifa’s Destruction?
Op-ed by assistant professor Sarah Abboud, PhD, RN, calling on American health care professional organizations to support humanitarian and medical aid in Gaza.
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VISIBLE Magazine | March 12, 2024
Where are the voices of Black women and girls in HIV awareness?
Assistant professors Natasha Crooks, PhD, RN, and Randi Beth Singer, PhD, CNM, co-wrote this op-ed about the inclusion of Black women and girls’ voices within the HIV advocacy movement.
Ms. Magazine | Feb. 5, 2024
Is Academia Safe for Black Women? How Bias and Racism Affect Faculty Mental Health
Assistant professor Natasha Crooks, PhD, RN, writes about the issue of marginalizing Black women within the predominantly white male academic space.
Fulcrum | Dec. 28, 2023
As war rages in Gaza, campuses need to foster civil discourse
Clinical assistant professor Rebecca Singer, DNP, RN, writes about the lack of civil discourse on college campuses, and the negative effects this lack of discourse has on students, faculty and staff to talk coherently through differences of opinion or perspective on the Hamas-Israeli conflict.
Fulcrum | Dec. 8, 2023
Stay safe: Black women need tools to end violent relationships
Assistant professor Natasha Crooks, PhD, RN, writes about the critical need to address Black women’s experiences in situations involving intimate partner violence.
Ms. Magazine | Dec. 6, 2023
Stop Stereotyping Black Girls: Offer Inclusive Sex Education in Schools
Assistant professor Natasha Crooks, PhD, RN, writes about the negative effects of inadequate sex education on all children, and Black girls in particular.
USA TODAY | Nov. 8, 2023
‘We will kill you’: I was held hostage in a war zone. Years later, the trauma remains.
Clinical assistant professor Rebecca Singer, DNP, RN, shares her own harrowing hostage experience and the impact of that trauma in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war in this USA TODAY op-ed.
VISIBLE Magazine | Oct. 9, 2023
Home at last: How I found my Queer Arab Community
In this op-ed, assistant professor Sarah Abboud, PhD, RN, shares her thoughts on how one community of people in the U.S. have experienced invisibility due to being misclassified as white and due to stigma, among other factors.
The 19th | May 17, 2023
‘Systematically erased’: Middle Eastern and North African women and LGBTQ+ Americans don’t see themselves in U.S. data
Assistant professor Sarah Abboud, PhD, RN, shares her expertise in this article about efforts to add a new category to the U.S. census, which could benefit the health needs of LGBTQ+ Arab or Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) populations.
Jezebel | June 21, 2022
We Are Losing Black Girls
This article, which cites research published by assistant professor Natasha Crooks, PhD, RN, examines rising rates of suicide among black girls.
Yahoo Finance | Feb. 10, 2022
Medical District Innovation: Lab Gives Nursing Students Hands-On Skills
A shared Illinois Medical District press release detailing UIC College of Nursing’s various clinical simulation resources, including the M. Christine Schwartz Experiential Learning & Simulation Laboratory
Becker’s Healthcare | July 26, 2021
Illinois university creates partnership between dental, nursing schools to benefit pediatric patients
Coverage of UIC Nursing’s partnership with UIC Dentistry to provide required health screenings for pediatric dental patients
1A (NPR) | June 16, 2021
Putting The B In LGBTQ
Featuring assoc. professor Wendy Bostwick
U.S. News & World Report | Feb. 16, 2021
Pandemic Has People Cleaning, and That Means More Asthma Attacks
Featuring the research of assoc. professor Kamal Eldeirawi
Vice.com | Feb. 12, 2021
Sex workers are fighting to get the COVID vaccine
Citing a call-to-action co-authored by faculty researchers Randi Singer, Natasha Crooks and Phoenix Matthews
MSN / WUSA9 | Aug. 30, 2020
Black Nurses Matter march on DC streets helps fight for health disparities in Black community
Featuring alumna Alysha Hart, PhD ’20
International News
Press Trust of India | Mar. 30, 2025
Chronic kidney disease often goes undiagnosed, but early detection can prevent severe outcomes
Assistant professor Eleanor Rivera explains how patients can take steps to minimize the chances early-stage kidney disease will progress to kidney failure
The Gleaner (Jamaica) | May 4, 2024
J’can scholar named among outstanding faculty members at investiture
Story about professor Karen Flynn’s investiture.
United Press International | Jan. 26, 2024
Quantitative ultrasound may predict which moms will deliver prematurely
Article highlighting research conducted by professor Barbara McFarlin, PhD, CNM, RDMS, FACNM, FAAN, investigating whether ultrasound scans that pick up “microstructural” changes in a woman’s cervix could indicate a higher risk for preterm birth.
Advance, A program of Government Information Service of Grenada | Sept. 12, 2022
Episode: Men’s Health
Featuring Rohan Jeremiah, interim assoc. dean for global health
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Bubb Report (Caribbean) | June 21, 2020
Balancing COVID-19 with Caribbean Reopening (video)
Featuring assoc. professor Rohan Jeremiah
Specialty Medical Dialogues (India)| Dec. 8, 2019
Ultrasound can identify risk of preterm birth early
Featuring professor Barbara McFarlin
Industry News
Nurse.org | Oct. 3, 2025
19 Trailblazing Nurses Who Changed Nursing History (Who Weren’t Florence Nightingale)
Alumna Alison Hernandez, PhD ’18, RN, is cited for her history of pursuing health equity and her role as an advisor to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Becker’s Hospital Review| Sept. 23, 2025
US News’ 21 best BSN programs
UIC Nursing was ranked as the No. 6 Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in the nation, tied with University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Onco Daily | Sept. 14, 2025
Proud to be elected to the IASLC Board of Directors
Alumna Mary Pasquinelli, DNP ’18, MS ’14, FNP-BC, CTTS, is in the news again! The director of the Lung Screening Program at University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics, has been added to the board of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
Cancer Nursing Today | Sept. 6, 2025
AI Lung Cancer Risk Model Validated in Real-World Setting With Diverse Patient Population
Alumna Mary Pasquinelli, DNP ’18, MS ’14, FNP-BC, CTTS, director of the Lung Screening Program at University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics, was the lead author on this study.
ACNM Quickening Newsletter | Aug. 6, 2025
Feasibility of Remote Intensive Monitoring: A Novel Approach to Reduce Black Postpartum Maternal Cardiovascular Complications
A study by postdoctoral researcher Michelle Villegas-Downs looking at the feasibility of remote intensive monitoring as an approach to reduce postpartum cardiovascular complications among Black mothers, published in the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. Tara Peters, Anne Fink, Judy Schlaeger and Barbara McFarlin were UIC Nursing co-authors.
Morningstar | July 7, 2025
Absci Appoints Biopharma Leader Mary Szela to Board of Directors
Alumna Mary Szela, BSN ’85, MBA, was appointed to the Board of Directors of Absci, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing breakthrough therapeutics designed with generative AI. Szela is CEO, president and director of biomedical technology company TriSalus Life Sciences.
AACN News Watch Weekly Digest | April 2, 2025
Burt selected as Macy Scholar
Blurb in the Members News section highlights clinical assistant professor Leah Burt‘s selection for the 2025 Class of Macy Faculty Scholars, a highly selective program designed to identify and nurture the careers of promising educators in nursing and medicine.
Rush University | March 28, 2025
Julie Hoff, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN, Named Provost of Rush University
Alumna Julie Hoff, PhD ’99, MSN ’93, has been selected to serve as the next provost for Rush University following a national search.
OSF HealthCare Newsroom| March 27, 2025
OSF HealthCare names chief nurse executive
Alumna Melinda Cooling, DNP ’10, MSN ’03, MBA, FAANP, has been named chief nurse and advanced practice provider executive for OSF HealthCare, headquartered in Peoria.
AACN News Watch Weekly Digest | Jan. 15, 2025
New Partnerships & Grant-funded Initiatives
Blurb in the Members News section highlights the Reproductive Advocacy and Diversity in Advanced Nursing Training (RADIANT) Learning Collaborative — a new program funded by an Illinois Department of Public Health Grant and led by UIC Nursing assistant professor Kylea Liese, PhD, CNM.
RamaOnHealthcare | Oct. 17, 2024
Q&A with Jill Duncan of IHI
Alumna Jill (Kaiser) Duncan, MS ’00, MPH, RN, vice president at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, was featured in a Q&A about IHI’s focus.
Equal Hope/ WVON 1690 AM | June 15, 2024
Breastfeeding Equity
Radio show segment on breastfeeding equity featuring clinical assistant professor Nadia Robinson as the special guest expert.
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Becker’s ASC Review | June 10, 2024
UIC to launch nurse anesthetist program
The Regents of the University of Colorado | May 1, 2024
2024 CU Nursing Alumni Association Awards
Press release about professor Rebecca Singer receiving a 2024 CU Nursing Alumni Association Award.
RN-MENTOR PODCAST | April 30, 2024
Season 09 – Episode 06
Public health nursing panel featuring Urbana campus director Krista Jones, DNP, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC, FAAN.
Nursing Voice | Mar. 1, 2024
Civility Crisis in Nursing
Exec. assoc. dean Lauren Diegel-Vacek and assoc. dean Carolyn Dickens published this op-ed about the need “for nurse leaders in academic and practice settings to collaborate to be the driving force to promote real change.”
HealthDay | Jan. 25, 2024
High-Tech Ultrasound Might Predict Risk for Premature Delivery
Article outlining a study led by professor Barbara McFarlin, PhD, CNM, RDMS, FACNM, FAAN, to investigate whether ultrasound technologies can be used to indicate the likelihood of premature birth.
U.S. News & World Report | Jan. 25, 2024
High-Tech Ultrasound Might Predict Risk for Premature Delivery
Article outlining a study led by professor Barbara McFarlin, PhD, CNM, RDMS, FACNM, FAAN, to investigate whether ultrasound technologies can be used to indicate the likelihood of premature birth.
Health Imaging | Jan. 24, 2024
Premature births can be predicted at 23 weeks using ultrasound
Article about a study led by professor Barbara McFarlin, PhD, CNM, RDMS, FACNM, FAAN, to investigate whether ultrasound technologies can be used to predict premature birth.
Pain Medicine | Nov. 7, 2023
A network analysis of pain intensity and pain-related measures of physical, emotional, and social functioning in US military service members with chronic pain
Study article co-written by professor Ardith Doorenbos, PhD, RN, FAAN.
Diverse | July 5, 2023
Seeking Equity in Healthcare Education
PhD student Sabrina Ali Jamal-Eddine is profiled in this feature article.
State of Illinois | June 27, 2023
Illinois Department of Public Health Welcomes Health Equity Champion and Nursing Leader as New Assistant Director
Press release announcing the appointment of UIC Nursing alum Janice Phillips, PhD, RN, CENP, FAAN, as the Illinois Department of Public Health’s new assistant director.
American Heart Association News | March 17, 2023
These healthy habits might also lead to a happier life
Associate dean and professor Rosalba Hernandez is quoted in this American Heart Association News story
Endocrine Today | Jan. 11, 2023
Behavioral sleep intervention may improve sleep duration, regularity in type 1 diabetes
Article summarizing a pilot study led by associate professor Pamela Martyn-Nemeth, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, that was originally published in the peer-reviewed journal The Science of Diabetes Self-Management and Care.
Nursing | Dec. 1, 2022
Nurse-led strategies to decrease preoperative patient anxiety
Clinical assistant professor Rebecca Vortman, DNP, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, responds to a question regarding ways to ease anxiety in patients awaiting surgery.
Nursing Educator Podcast | Nov. 2, 2022
Nursing Handoff Education Using Experiential and Virtual Innovations
Nursing Educator Podcast episode featuring a discussion with clinical assistant professor Kathryn Vanderzwan DNP, APRN, CHSE, about recent innovations in nursing education curriculum.
Vanguard Law Magazine| May 25, 2022
Anthony Wilson – Silver Cross Hospital
Feature article about alumnus Anthony Wilson, BSN’ 04, chief corporate compliance officer and director of ERM at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Illinois.
Microfinance News Today | May 16, 2022
Gay Landstrom, SVP and Chief Nursing Officer at Trinity Health, Joins Hallmark Health Care Solutions’ Board of Directors
Published press release about alumna Gay Landstrom, MS ’88, joining the Hallmark Health Care Solutions Board of Directors.
OR Today Magazine | May 1, 2022
Spotlight On: Marisa Streelman
Feature news profile of alumna Marisa Streelman, MS ’12.
U.S. News & World Report | March 29, 2022
U.S. News Ranks 2023 Best Graduate Schools
Rankings of this year’s top-rated graduate schools, including UIC Nursing’s No. 13 ranked master’s program, No. 11 ranked DNP program and No. 8 ranked AG-ACNP program.
Medpage Today’s KevinMD.com | Feb. 22, 2022
Nurses are in need of racial healing
Editorial written by alumna Janice Phillips, PhD ’93, RN
Diverse Issues in Higher Education | Feb. 17, 2022
Meeting the Need: How Nursing Schools Are Addressing the RN Shortage Exacerbated by COVID-19
Featuring comments by Kate Treadway, director of the RN-BSN degree completion program
Anatomy Now | Dec. 15, 2021
2022 Annual Meeting Plenary Speaker: Dr. Julienne Rutherford on How Early Environments Impact Development and Success
Profile of associate professor Julienne Rutherford, PhD.
Healio | Oct. 1, 2021
Black Nurses Matter: On the Frontlines
Guest editorial written by alumna and postdoctoral research associate Alysha Hart, PhD ’20
Pulmonology Advisor | Oct. 14, 2021
Nurse-Led Program Boosts Medication Adherence Discussions
An article detailing the research and efforts of clinical professor Valerie Gruss, PhD, APRN, CNP-BC, FAAN, to develop an education program on improving medication adherence
American Board of Medical Specialties – Press Release | Aug. 18, 2021
Amy Gibson, MS, RN Joins ABMS as Vice President, Policy and Public Affairs
Press release from the American Board of Medical Specialties naming alumna Amy Gibson, BSN ’93, as vice president of policy and public affairs.
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education | Aug. 18, 2021
Higher Education Grants or Gifts of Interest to African Americans
An article highlighting the Midwest Nursing History Research Center’s recent grant to create the Chicago Black Nurses Archive Mapping project
The Cancer Letter | June 25, 2021
Fly the pride flag—and free the LGBTQ+ community from the oppression of smoking
A guest editorial written by Phoenix Matthews, associate dean for equity and inclusion
American Healthcare Leader | June 28, 2021
Catherine Garvey Goldthorpe Will Always Be a Nurse at Heart
A profile of alumna Catherine Garvey Goldthorpe, JD, BSN ’84
The Cancer Letter | May 7, 2021
Menthol ban has been a no-brainer for decades—will it finally happen?
A guest editorial co-written by Phoenix Matthews, associate dean for equity and inclusion
Chronicle of Higher Education | Apr. 27, 2021
Race on Campus: How to Be a More Inclusive Mentor
Featuring executive associate dean Susan Corbridge and Phoenix Matthews, associate dean for equity and inclusion
Leader to Leader: News from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing | Spring 2021
An Historic Moment for Nursing Students
Featuring instructor Jennie Van Schyndel and students Presches Keck and Karly Schmitz, p. 7-8
Illinois Association of Colleges of Nursing | Mar. 13, 2021
Strengthening Nurse Presence in Public Health
Quoting Dean Terri Weaver
American Nurses Association – Illinois | Mar. 7, 2021
Reporting on Lauren Underwood’s appearance at UIC Nursing
American College of Cardiology – Journal Scan | Feb. 18, 2021
Suicide Risk Management Protocol for Patients With Ischemic CVD Who Report Hopelessness
Featuring the research of assoc. professor Susan Dunn
Healthy Schools Campaign | Sept. 23, 2020
Saluting our School Nurse Leaders
Featuring clinical professor emerita Martha Dewey Bergren and retired director of the school nurse certificate program Phyllis Pelt, MS ’95, BSN ’67
Psych Congress Network | July 15, 2020
How COVID-19 is Affecting the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents
Featuring clinical professor Julie Carbray