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Dr. Mary Ann Hautman establishes Indigenous Nursing Endowed Scholarship

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“I never thought I would be involved in philanthropy, but after gaining an in-depth understanding of the program and working with Dr. Tina DeLapp, I decided to establish an endowment to the Recruitment and Retention of Alaska Natives into Nursing (RRANN), as a beneficiary of my modest estate.”

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House Call: UAA/ISU Pharmacy students deliver vaccines across Anchorage

 |  Green & Gold  | 

As another flu season begins and the coronavirus pandemic continues, UAA/ISU Doctor of Pharmacy students took to the streets as part of the Alaska Assisted Living Home Immunization Program (AK ALH) to protect some of Anchorage’s most vulnerable people.

Medical Laboratory Science students in classroom prior to remote learning. Read More

Medical Lab Science Program Gets Creative With Online Learning

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While the pandemic keeps most classes online, UAA's Medical Lab Science program finds new ways to help students learn and share their research.

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Justice Center's Troy Payne leads new virtual conference with international reach

 |  Ahliil Saitanan  | 

Dr. Troy C. Payne, an associate professor in the Justice Center, recently was part of a group of professors from various higher-learning institutions that led CrimCon­—short for Criminology Consortium, a nonprofit corporation—an academic criminology and criminal justice conference held virtually from Nov. 18 to 20.

Students make their way up a wall as Alaska Rock Gym operations manager and UAA recreation course instructor Eric Wickenheiser teaches Beginning Indoor Sport Climbing (PER A148) at the Alaska Rock Gym in Anchorage. (Photo by James Evans / UAA) Read More

Slideshow: On the wall with UAA's Beginning Indoor Sport Climbing students

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During a recent class at the Alaska Rock Gym, students in Physical Education & Recreation A148 practiced the fundamentals of indoor sport climbing, from knots and rope handling to bouldering and descent techniques.