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Florence Nightingale Bicentennial: Year of the Nurse and Midwife
Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, the World Health Assembly, the governing body of the World Health Organization (WHO), has designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife “to celebrate the work … Continue reading
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Instruction at the Burns Library Spring Semester 2016
The Burns Library hosted forty-one class sessions this past semester, including two that met weekly. Burns Scholar, Colman O’Clabaigh, taught the course, Religion and Community in Ireland, 1215–1526 every Thursday in The Irish Room while Professor Robert Savage of History … Continue reading
Exhibitions Update: Celebrating the History of Nursing
In honor of the Notes on Nursing exhibition and the upcoming International Nurses Day on May 12th, the Burns Library is proud to announce a talk by Marianne Lille, RN, M.Ed., Boston College Alumna and Case Manager at Beth Israel … Continue reading
Exhibitions Update: Notes on Nursing
From January 18 – June 1, 2011, the Burns Library welcomes you to visit an exhibition in the Ford Tower entitled “Notes on Nursing: Past, Present and Future.” This exhibition will feature items from the Josephine A. Dolan Collection of … Continue reading