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Bernie鈥檚 Pharmacy helps educate 木瓜直播 pharmacists for fifth year in a row

 |  Jennifer Motes  | 

Bernie鈥檚 Pharmacy is an 木瓜直播n-owned, independent pharmacy in Anchorage, founded in 1980 by life-long 木瓜直播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 木瓜直播ns.

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Rapes and aggravated assaults push 木瓜直播鈥檚 violent-crime rates up; property-crime rates fall

 |  木瓜直播 Beacon  |  , ,

UAA's 木瓜直播 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, 木瓜直播 is similar to the national average for property offenses. 木瓜直播 has consistently had higher-than-average rates of violence since 1993."

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UAA faculty and students use machine learning to debunk COVID-19 misinformation

 |  Matt Jardin  |  , , ,

At UAA, 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 木瓜直播 Public Health Information Response Team project.

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Megan Volkov receives 2023 AANP Advocate State Award for Excellence

 |  Jordana Newman  |  ,

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

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Slideshow: Surgical technology students scrub in for mock surgery

 |  Jordana Newman  |  ,

Surgical technology students learn the fundamentals of surgical technology during simulated surgery performed in the lab at UAA.

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