The smell of golden, crispy egg rolls and steamed tapioca dumplings filled the College of Nursing's Third Floor Event Center on Apr. 16, as Thai dancers wearing brightly-colored silk dresses and sabais, or shawls, twirled to the jingling beat of a Thai xylophone and drums.

Paul Kuehnert, DNP ’12, MS ’91, RN, an associate vice president at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has been selected to receive the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus Award, the highest honor given to a UIC College of Nursing graduate.

Jane Sherman, PhD, MS ’75, cites the support and collegiality she enjoyed as a student and faculty member as the motivation for her transformational gift.

A multidisciplinary team of researchers including assistant professor Karen Dunn Lopez has published the first quantitative study on the divergent scopes of practice for nurses and doctors. Comparing patient care provided by nurses and doctors using information  documented in the EHR, the researchers found that only 26 percent of patient records showed an overlap in terms.