back to Florence Nightingale's service during the Crimean War. The school's Pinnancle Lecture Series brings a widely recognized leader in the field of nursing to Boston College each semester to address an issue at the forefront of health care. Past keynote speakers include alumna Terry Fulmer, dean of New York University College of Nursing; Margaret Grey, a Yale School of Nursing professor; Patricia Flatley Brennan, director of the U.S. National Library of Medicine; and Susan Orsega, chief nurse officer at the U.S. Public Health Service. The Dean Rita P. Kelleher Award is presented annually during reunion to an accomplished Connell School graduate. Clinical partners Clinical teaching takes place in more than 85 health care facilities in the metropolitan Boston area. Some of these include: Arbour Hospital Bedford Veteran's Administration Hospital Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Medical Center Boston Public Health Commission Boston Public Schools Brigham and Women's Hospital Cambridge Health Alliance Children's Hospital Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Lahey Clinic Massachusetts General Hospital McLean Hospital Newton-Wellesley Hospital Partners Home Care, Inc. Pine Street Inn Shriner's Burn Institute Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Tufts Medical Center UMass Memorial Medical Center VA Boston Healthcare System See also List of nursing schools in the United States References External links Boston College Nursing schools in Massachusetts Educational institutions established in 1947 1947 establishments in Massachusetts Educational institutions established in 2003 2003 establishments in Massachusetts