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At the 2018 Academic Nursing Leadership Conference (ANLC), AACN presented several awards to well-deserving individuals and schools. 

Many people living with a serious illness who are receiving treatment for their condition, whether heart failure, lung disease, cancer or another illness, don't have access to palliative care,...

On October 23, AACN was notified of the passing of Barbara Jonas, co-founder of Jonas Philanthropies.

AACN is excited to announce that Suzanne Miyamoto, AACN's Chief Policy Officer, has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the American Academy of Nursing.  "We are so proud of Suzanne and...

AACN recently received notification that Dr. Judy Beal, nursing dean from Simmons University, will be retiring next Spring. As a result, AACN will have a vacancy in the Board Chair-Elect position....

Dr. Darrell G. Kirch, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), will be the featured speaker at AACN's Joint Program with Chief Nursing Officers...

AACN is pleased to announce availability of a National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) mentored training award to support a graduate student (Master's, Doctoral, or Post-Doctoral) from an...

AACN recently released a second call for applications for the All of Us Research Program Mini-Grant Awards. Up to $25,000 is available for AACN member schools of nursing...

At the Academic Nursing Leadership Conference (ANLC) in October, Dr. Roger A. Mitchell, Jr, the Chief Medical Examiner in the District of Columbia, will speak on "The Impact of the Social...

The NIDA Blending Initiative: Moving Science from Research to Practice will award up to $10,000 for a project grant for a graduate student (Master's, Doctoral, or Post-Doctoral) from an accredited...

The National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health invites AACN Member Schools to take a survey that will evaluate primary issues in genetics and genomics education. 

AACN is mourning the loss of Dr. Marguerite Stella Jackson Schaefer, the former dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Pittsburgh, and a founding member of AACN. Dr. Schaefer passed...

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the American College of Nurse-Midwives, and the...

In response to the issue of immigrant children being separated from their parents at our nation's borders, AACN has joined with the Nursing Community Coalition to send the letter below to the...