Andy & Barbara Gessner College of Nursing

Welcome to the Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing

A transformational $20 million gift from UH alumnus Andy Gessner and wife Barbara creates lasting impact on the nursing profession and its future nurse leaders, educators and clinicians. In recognition, the college has been renamed the Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing.

Read More

Latest News

• Newsroom
• Archived Stories

• 

  Texas Children’s CNO Urges New Grads to Prioritize Self-Care, Change Health Care

  Hundreds crowded the Cullen Performance Hall at the University of Houston for the Fall 2022 Commencement Ceremony and Pinning for the UH College of Nursing. “You are graduating from a special university that you have transformed during your stay here,” said Kathryn Tart, professor and founding dean of the college.
• 

  For One Nursing Student, Commencement is an Achievement, Path to Hope

  “Leaving the program just wasn’t an option. That somehow would have meant something worse, and I didn’t want to find out what was beneath rock bottom.” Commencement for Nneka Omoruyi will be more profound than many others crossing the stage this December.
• 

  Students Meet their Supporters in Annual Nursing Scholarship Events

  “Being a nurse connects you to your community in a way that illustrates how needed and how valued you are.” The words from Kathryn Tart, Professor and Founding Dean of the University of Houston College of Nursing, rang true for the nearly 100 nursing students, their families and other supporters who gathered for the UH College of Nursing 2022 Scholarship Banquets.
• 

  Traditional Bachelor of Science Nursing Program Enters Third Year at UH at Katy

  Texas and the nation are facing a severe nursing shortage, and the University of Houston nursing program is working to solve that crisis. “There are 47 traditional nursing students in our fall Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN) Program cohort,” said Kathryn Tart, professor and founding dean of the UH College of Nursing.
• 

  UH College of Nursing Recognized for Diversity with National Excellence Award

  For the sixth time, the University of Houston College of Nursing has been recognized for its outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
• 

  Examining Moral Courage in the Operating Room

  Danielle Quintana, certified perioperative nurse and assistant clinical professor at the University of Houston College of Nursing, has conducted the first concept analysis on surgical conscience among perioperative nurses, those charged with overseeing surgical safety and sterile fields, or asepsis (the absence of bacteria, viruses and other organisms), inside hospital operating rooms.
• 

  James Jacobsen Accelerates to a Nursing Degree

  James Jacobsen is second-degree nursing student in the accelerated program at the Sugar Land campus. He chose UH because it is the fastest and he considers it the best nursing program in Texas. As an older student, Jacobsen doesn't have the financial support of his parents. Receiving the Vivian L. Smith Foundation Scholarship for academic excellence meant a lot to him in terms of helping with the cost.
• 

  Kingwood nurse chooses to fight coronavirus at its epicenter in Brooklyn, New York

  When Raul Silva saw the need for nurses in New York, he dropped everything to serve in the epicenter of U.S. coronavirus cases.

• 

  Pandemic Highlights Plight of Female Health Care Workers Torn Between Job and Home Duties

  With women comprising nearly 90% of nurses and nursing assistants in the U.S., female health care providers are left with a demanding, if not impossible schedule. But that predicament is no surprise to those who study the plight of women.