Three text books were produced. The department ranks fifth in the number of papers published in the Transactions of the American Nuclear Society since 1958, sixth in graduating M.S. and Ph.D. students, and first in the number of wins over the last two decades in the American Nuclear Society's National Student Design Contest. The master's entry option for non-nurses is one of only 13 in the United States and attracts a national applicant pool. Although undergraduate programs are not formally ranked, pass rate statistics by B.S.N. graduates on the national licensure exam are higher than the average for both the state and nation. The employment rate of graduates is high, and salaries are attractive.
Admission is highly selective.
Three faculty are Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. Over the past three years, faculty have published 8 books and 97 articles in refereed journals. The department has established a national reputation for research using molecular and cellular approaches to study obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cancer, as well as maternal, child, and adolescent nutrition. Three doctoral students were among the twelve winners of the highly competitive American Society for Nutritional Sciences Graduate Student Research Awards for 1997. A cornerstone of the Science Alliance, Physics is partially responsible for the Alliance's wide recognition as a leading program of research between a major university and a national laboratory.