Beyster Institute for Nursing Research (BINR)
The Beyster Institute for Nursing Research, Advanced Practice, and Simulation stands as a symbol that nursing is indeed a science, as well as an art, and that nursing research and practice save lives. A lead gift of $8 million from Dr. and Mrs. J. Robert Beyster helped make the Institute, which focuses on clinical nursing research, possible. It includes the new and expanded Lizbeth Dickinson Smoyer Nursing Simulation Center, the keystone of the school’s clinical teaching facilities and a national model for nursing education. The center was given by the San Diego-based Dickinson Foundation, which has been a committed supporter of the school for more than a decade. The Beyster Institute also includes the Krause Family PhD Research Library/Study given by Gale and James Krause, who was a prominent San Diego attorney and member of the USD Board of Trustees who passed away in 2012.