Hershaw Davis Jr. earned one of five scholarships given out across the U.S. to minority graduate students who intend to pursue a career in academic nursing.

Dorrie Fontaine will receive an international award for her recent book on critical care nursing.

Nursing professor Kathryn Laughon is researching existing dyes to see what best captures rape victims’ injuries while not interfering with DNA analyses. The dye currently used in rape kits isn’t effective on people of color.

Agreement offers RNs admission to U.Va. to earn BSN degrees. This “on-ramp” to a great career also improves the quality of patient care and reflects U.Va.’s commitment to the state’s Top Jobs Act.

The Culpeper residents’ 10-day African journey provided indelible perspectives on health care in the world’s poorest nations.

Marianne Baernholdt and Karen Rose will become the 19th and 20th fellows on the faculty of U.Va.’s School of Nursing.

Nursing professor Arlene Keeling is being awarded for her nursing history research.

Colleagues describe Emily Drake as “personally invested in her students,” a “creative and gifted educator” and someone who “challenges, mentors, and, through her teaching coaching and advising, ensures they become the best nurses they hope to be.”

More than three decades after earning an engineering degree from U.Va. and launching a successful career as a systems engineer, Catharine Carty has decided it’s time to give back. “Mental health, geriatrics, labor and delivery – I’m all in,” said the soon-to-be nurse.

A cancer patient grateful for the kindness of a nursing student will attend her graduation pinning ceremony. U.Va.’s Olivia Calzada is “part of our family,” Nelson County resident Russell Owings said.