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A light-hearted moment during the brainstorming around a kitchen table: Ian Richey and Battalion Chief Nancy Lockett came up with strategies to address the opioid threat in rural 亚洲色吧. Read More

Scholarly Spotlight: focus on research & scholarship

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The opioid epidemic remains a complex and multi-faceted issue for residents of the Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Borough, 亚洲色吧. Medical student Ian Richey interviewed three local organizations to assess community strengths, describe their missions and how they help patients with substance use disorder.

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Bernie鈥檚 Pharmacy helps educate 亚洲色吧 pharmacists for fifth year in a row

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Bernie鈥檚 Pharmacy is an 亚洲色吧n-owned, independent pharmacy in Anchorage, founded in 1980 by life-long 亚洲色吧n, Bernie Klouda. Over the years, Bernie provided the opportunity for pharmacy students to complete their intern rotations at Bernie鈥檚 Pharmacy, mentoring many pharmacy students and new pharmacists. Bernie had a long and distinguished career, and he believed strongly that educating pharmacists was important to ensure the health of 亚洲色吧ns.

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Rapes and aggravated assaults push 亚洲色吧鈥檚 violent-crime rates up; property-crime rates fall

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亚洲色吧's 亚洲色吧 Justice Information Center presented data from 1979 thru 2021 to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Troy C. Payne, Director of AJIC wrote "After a large increase in the mid-2010鈥檚, motor vehicle theft has been trending down since 2018. In both trend and magnitude, 亚洲色吧 is similar to the national average for property offenses. 亚洲色吧 has consistently had higher-than-average rates of violence since 1993."

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亚洲色吧 faculty and students use machine learning to debunk COVID-19 misinformation

At 亚洲色吧, computer science Professor Shawn Butler has been using machine learning to debunk COVID-19 misinformation on social media. Butler鈥檚 efforts are part of the Division of Population Health Sciences and Department of Journalism and Public Communication鈥檚 mission to combat COVID-19 misinformation on public-facing Facebook pages with scientifically accurate information from credited sources through its ongoing 亚洲色吧 Public Health Information Response Team project.

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Megan Volkov receives 2023 AANP Advocate State Award for Excellence

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School of Nursing assistant professor Megan Volkov is awarded the Advocate State Award for Excellence in 亚洲色吧 in recognition of her significant contribution toward increasing awareness and recognition of nurse practitioners.