Boston College Connell School of Nursing

08/11/2026

A new blueprint for community care: At the Connell School of Nursing, innovative partnerships with community health centers provide access to care for the most vulnerable. https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/cson/about/cson-news/2026-news-archive/a-new-blueprint-for-community-care.html

07/29/2026

The BC School of Social Work professor succeeds founding director Philip Landrigan, M.D., who will remain director of BC's Global Observatory on Planetary Health

07/23/2026

The question worth asking is not whether Americans are overmedicated, writes Victor Petreca, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. “It is which Americans, with which medications, in which settings and with how much genuine choice and agency.”

07/22/2026

Congratulations to all of this year's NEF scholarship recipients, including CSON's Amy Bulger, Jill Doyle, and Colleen McGauley!

Nurses Educational Funds is proud to present our 2026-2027 scholarship recipients. We have awarded scholarships to 34 professional nurses pursuing their master's and doctoral degrees in nursing education, practice, and research.

Visit n-e-f.org/scholars/winners to see the full list of recipients, and stay tuned to our socials, where we feature them individually during the academic year.

Congratulations, NEF Scholars!

07/15/2026

Boston College Connell School of Nursing's Global Public Health and the Common Good program is turning science into effective interventions worldwide. https://on.bc.edu/PublicHealthinAction

07/15/2026

The Commonwealth Fund will support a Connell School of Nursing study of community-based birthing centers

07/09/2026

The overprescribing crisis is real, but the current debate overlooks the most vulnerable patients, writes CSON's Victor Petreca in WBUR 90.9 FM's Cognoscenti. Read it here.

The question worth asking is not whether Americans are overmedicated, writes Victor Petreca, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. “It is which Americans, with which medications, in which settings and with how much genuine choice and agency.”

07/02/2026

Boston College School of Social Work Professor Summer Sherburne Hawkins is the new director of the University's Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good.

The BC School of Social Work professor succeeds founding director Philip Landrigan, M.D., who will remain director of BC's Global Observatory on Planetary Health

06/23/2026

CSON and the Massachusetts Center for Police Training in Crisis Intervention (The Center) co-hosted the Department of Mental Health’s (DMH)14th Annual Mental Health and Law Enforcement Conference on June 10th. The event brought together clinicians, researchers, and law enforcement leaders to strengthen crisis response, advance jail diversion, and improve outcomes. Proud to be a part of this important work.

06/05/2026

Gestational diabetes rates are high among Asian American populations, and Chinese Americans may be particularly at risk. CSON Associate Professor and Strakosch Family Faculty Fellow in Community Health Tam Nguyen says researchers must consider several variables at once. Read more via The Atlantic.

Gestational-diabetes rates are high among Asian American populations, and Chinese Americans may be particularly at risk.