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Images of Arrupe Global Scholars in the DR.

Scholarship program extends global reach for Creighton nurses and physicians

Feb 04, 2025

A transformative gift will take Creighton nursing students to work for and with communities at several partner sites across the world.

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Amanda Kirkpatrick works through a simulation with students.

College of Nursing's Center for FIRE blazes new trails

Dec 05, 2024

Amanda Kirkpatrick, PhD, BSN’05, associate dean of research and innovation, shares how donor-supported grants in the College of Nursing's FIRE program are igniting exciting research opportunities for students and faculty.

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Fr. Hendrickson, right, with members of the Norton family and foundation in The Norton Foundation Success Center.

Gift expands Creighton's Phoenix campus

Oct 31, 2024

On Wednesday, October 30, the Creighton University Health Sciences Campus ­– Phoenix hosted the grand opening of the recently completed sixth floor, dedicated to the academic success, well-being and spiritual growth of its students.

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Joan Lappe: Accepting the Creighton job was ‘like a dream’

May 13, 2024

Joan Lappe, associate dean of research for the College of Nursing, is a nationally renowned researcher. How did she get started? And what does she most appreciate about Creighton? Lappe discusses it all in this Q&A.

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New floor on Phoenix campus is set for success

Mar 12, 2024

Thanks to a major gift from The Norton Foundation and an investment from the State of Arizona, the sixth floor of the Virginia G. Piper Health Sciences Building is now home to The Norton Foundation Success Center.

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Images of a student listening to a heartbeat at the Summer Health Institute camp.

The summer camp that's launching a new generation of health care leaders

Sep 25, 2023

A weeklong health sciences camp that introduces high school students to health care careers — a partnership between Creighton University and Arizona State University — will double its size thanks to a gift from the Burton Family Foundation.

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Fr. Hendrickson, CL and Rachel Werner, Mayor Jean Stothert and Gov. Jim Pillen at the dedication event.

Governor, mayor and lead donors help dedicate new health sciences facility

Sep 19, 2023

In September, about 100 Creighton alumni, friends, faculty, staff and community leaders — including Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert — celebrated the opening of the CL and Rachel Werner Center.

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The front of the CL and Rachel Werner Center

Creighton opens new 145,000-square-foot health sciences building

Sep 06, 2023

The donor-driven CL and Rachel Werner Center for Health Sciences Education — which broke ground in 2021 — is student focused, with nearly every square foot of the facility dedicated to classrooms, collaboration and hands-on learning.

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Two nurses treat a patient.

New Harper family scholarship is a game changer for the College of Nursing

Aug 21, 2023

A new scholarship program created by one of the largest gifts ever made to Creighton’s College of Nursing will help meet a critical need for Nebraska nursing leaders.

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Creighton alumni in local fire department among first in nation to use life-saving tech

Aug 19, 2022

The Valley Fire Department, which includes alumni, students and/or faculty of Creighton’s paramedicine program, has brought game-changing ultrasound tech to the ambulance.

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