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Alumni Spotlight: Rosario Aranda-Borders - Aspiring public health professor

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Rosario Aranda-Borders, an alumna of UAA’s Division of Population Health Sciences, reflects on her time at UAA, offering advice and sharing her future goals as she pursues a Master of Public Health.

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ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Municipal League is helping rural communities qualify for climate change funds

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Rural ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥n communities are seeking grant funding to address health risks related to climate change. Associate Professor Micah Hahn from the Institute of Circumpolar Health Studies spoke to ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Public Media about her team’s efforts to help communities create climate adaptation strategies.

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State legislators honor Master of Public Health program for 20 years of education

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Several ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ state legislatures joined the annual Master of Public Health in Public Health Practice symposium to celebrate with faculty, alumni and nearly 40 students from the program.

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UAA researchers are defining what ‘hot weather’ means in ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥

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ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ is prepared to handle harsh winter weather, but climate change has triggered a new threat – heat. Micah Hahn with the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies (ICHS) is teaming with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ branch to develop the state’s first hot weather warning system based on the local temperature threshold.

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Faculty Spotlight: New NRC Co-Director, Britteny Howell

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Vanessa Hiratsuka from CHD and Britteny Howell from DPHS are the new Co-Directors for UAA’s National Resource Center on ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Native Elders. Britteny Howell shares her journey into geriatrics.