University at Buffalo Nursing

02/21/2026

Claire Malkiewicz, student ambassador and social media coordinator for the Multicultural Nursing Student Association, recently shared some snapshots of a day in her life as a senior and commuter student in our traditional bachelor's program on an exam day. We're proud of Claire and all our future and forever UB nurses!

Interested in becoming a UB nurse? Learn about our bachelor's and doctoral programs and how to apply ↙️
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02/20/2026

Nurse practitioner jobs are projected to grow 35% over the next decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. UB's Family Nurse Practitioner, Adult/Gerontology and Psychiatric/Mental Health Doctor of Nursing Practice programs are now accepting applications for coursework beginning this Summer and Fall 2026. Learn more about how to apply to UB DNP today ↙️
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02/19/2026

We cannot wait to celebrate the UB Nursing Class of 2026 at commencement on May 15! While we look forward to commemorating their hard work and remarkable accomplishments, we look back on some memorable moments from the 2018 commencement. Do you recognize anyone from the Class of 2018? Let us know in the comments ⬇️

If you are graduating this year, find out more about registering for this year's commencement ceremony ↙️
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02/18/2026

Daniel Jackson Smith, UB Nursing assistant professor, is one of the lead collaborators on a project funded through the University at Buffalo Clinical and Translational Science Institute that will establish a community advisory board for Buffalo's only medical respite unit for people without housing.

Dr. Smith: "The board will bring together people with lived experience of homelessness, health care providers, researchers, and community leaders to identify what works, what does not, and how care can be improved."

Learn more about current CTSI community partnership grants ↙️
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02/17/2026

UB offers one of the few DNP to PhD bridge programs for nurse scientists in the country. Our online program is now accepting applications for the next PhD cohort starting in the Fall 2026 semester. Learn more about our bachelor's-prepared, master's-prepared and DNP-prepared PhD program tracks ↙️
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02/16/2026

Carleara Weiss, assistant professor and 2018 graduate of our nursing science PhD program, is a leading expert on sleep health. Dr. Weiss recently shared with Everyday Health how evening exercise can impact your sleep. Learn more ↙️
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02/15/2026

Victor E. Bull struggles with cabin fever in February. He decided to get out there and do some shoveling, and then reward himself with a snack.

02/14/2026

Prelicensure students worked on their clinical skills in a tracheostomy suction and care simulation exercise in Wende Hall in October. UB was recently designated as SUNY's first Nursing Simulation Center of Excellence. Learn more about why the UB SON was recognized for innovative education ↙️
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02/12/2026

The 2026 SON commencement ceremony is 78 days away! As we look forward to celebrating our 2026 graduates, we also look back fondly on past commencement celebrations. Do you recognize anyone from these 2012 commencement photos? Let us know in the comments ⬇️

02/11/2026

UB researchers, including Sabrina Schwartz, RN to BS coordinator and clinical assistant professor of nursing, Kafuli Agbemenu, associate professor of nursing, and Mickey Sperlich, associate professor and interim PhD program director in the UBuffalo Social Work, recently published a study in the Journal of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine about the effects of video messaging technology on parents who are separated from their newborns upon transfer to another hospital's NICU. Learn more about the study and its implications for how technology can help decrease anxiety and distress for parents whose infants cannot receive proper care without separation ↙️
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02/10/2026

Clare Banigan, a 2024 graduate of our DNP in Nurse Anesthesia Program, recently published a study on epidural placement in collaboration with SON CRNA program assistant director Brian Lowe and colleagues at Highland Hospital in Rochester, New York. Epidural placement is one of the most technically challenging procedures anesthesia providers perform, relying on precise tactile perception to identify tissue layers and achieve loss of resistance (LOR) without injuring the patient. Yet, widely used training manikins can fall short in replicating the feel of human tissue, limiting a provider’s readiness before performing the procedure in practice. Learn more about how the study will potentially contribute to improved clinician training and patient outcomes↙️ http://ms.spr.ly/6186QPSJ0

02/10/2026

Our innovative educators and researchers in simulation are why UB was designated as SUNY’s first Nursing Simulation Center of Excellence. Congratulations Dr. Foltz-Ramos and team!

Huge congratulations are in order! is beaming with pride over their major win from the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) in San Antonio.
A massive shout-out to Kelly Foltz-Ramos, PhD (Director of Simulation at UB Nursing), along with collaborators Bonnie M. Vest, PhD (Jacobs School of Medicine) and Clifford Minter (REACHvr Project Coordinator).
Their presentation, "REACHvr: Leveraging Virtual Reality to Prepare Nursing Students for Rural and Underserved Care," took home the top prize among over 1,300 submissions!