Andy & Barbara Gessner College of Nursing News
Read about the UH Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing's research, student success and activities.
2025
Spring
- A Decade of Excellence at the Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing!
- Gessner College Graduates Will Change and Be Changed by Nursing
- Like Mother, Like Nurse: Mother's Day Celebrates Family Legacy of Healthcare
- Gessner College Dean Inducted to National Academies of Practice
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