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A Discussion of Community Policing in Anchorage

 |  Melissa Green  | 

The Anchorage Police Department has recently increased community policing efforts, including adding foot patrols in some areas around Anchorage. APD and community leaders discussed current efforts at reducing crime, reducing fear of crime, and improving police-community relations.

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UAA lactation pod will support breast-feeding mothers

 |  Michelle Saport  | 

Nursing mothers at the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ now have a dedicated, private space to feed their babies or pump breast milk. The ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Division of Public Health awarded a group of UAA faculty, staff and students an ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Workplace Breastfeeding Support Project grant through its section of Women's, Children's and Family Health. The project aims to help ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ organizations implement workplace policies and spaces to accommodate breast-feeding mothers.

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Addiction, homelessness focus of UAA Think Tank talk

 |  Tracy Kalytiak  |  , ,

Addiction and homelessness plague scores of people in Anchorage. Those topics will be the centerpiece of a Feb. 2 UAA Think Tank session, which is co-hosted by the UAA School of Nursing, with Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission featured as the guest agency.

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Four DNP graduates reach nursing's educational pinnacle, at UAA

 |  Tracy Kalytiak  |  ,

Four women—Jyll Green, Jill Rife, Leigh Keefer and Robin Bassett—became the first class of graduates to accept Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees from UAA at fall commencement.

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Criminal Justice Reform: A Discussion of Senate Bill 91

 |  Melissa Green  | 

"Criminal Justice Reform: A discussion of Senate Bill 91 — Reducing the prison population while enhancing public safety" was a discussion of Senate Bill 91: Omnibus Criminal Law & Procedure; Corrections Act. SB 91, based upon recommendations of the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Criminal Justice Commission, was signed into law in ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ in July 2016.