Health Sciences News

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Ski leader puts the ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É in Team Australia

 |  J. Besl  | 

As a sophomore on ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É's Nordic team, Casey Wright leads the 'Skiwolves' in classic skiing. And as a member of Australia's national ski program, she represents her homeland at international competitions like the Junior World Championships in Utah and the Asian Winter Games in Japan (and maybe, just maybe, next year's Winter Olympics, too).

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ÑÇÖÞÉ«°Émazing Stories: Kendra Daniels – ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É

 |  Meet Kendra  | 

In February, ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É junior Kendra Daniels capped the ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Gymnastics Team’s best performance of the season with a school-record 9.9 score on beam as the ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Anchorage Seawolves competed against UC Davis. Meet Kendra.

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Offering an oasis for breast-feeding mothers, on ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É's campus

 |  Tracy Kalytiak and Kirstin Olmstead  | 

ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É's Dr. Corrie Whitmore led a team of faculty, staff and students in applying for a grant that brought a $15,000 Mamava lactation pod to the ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Student Union. Now, nursing mothers will have a private, dedicated space on campus to feed their children or pump breast milk.

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ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É lactation pod will support breast-feeding mothers

 |  Michelle Saport  | 

Nursing mothers at the ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É now have a dedicated, private space to feed their babies or pump breast milk. The ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Division of Public Health awarded a group of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É faculty, staff and students an ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Workplace Breastfeeding Support Project grant through its section of Women's, Children's and Family Health. The project aims to help ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É organizations implement workplace policies and spaces to accommodate breast-feeding mothers.