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Honoring Mary Louise Rasmuson: School of Social Work faculty Vanessa Meade instrumental in ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ VA renaming

 |  Catalina Myers  |  ,

On Feb. 24, the ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ VA Clinic was officially renamed the Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ VA Healthcare System, a collaborative effort that included both ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ senators and U.S Representative, as well as the invaluable contributions of Assistant Professor Vanessa Meade in UAA’s School of Social Work.

UAA Associate Professor of Environmental Health Micah Hahn Read More

Research project led by UAA’s Micah Hahn receives grant funding from EPA

 |  Austin Osborne  |  , , ,

UAA Associate Professor of Environmental Health Micah Hahn is leading a research project around climate change, health, wildfire smoke and environmental justice in ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ that recently received a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Alumni of Distinction: Maggie Winston

 |  Matt Jardin  | 

One morning in 2005, psychology alumna Maggie Winston — then a 21-year-old hairdresser and mother of twin boys living in Kenai — woke up feeling cramps between her shoulder blades. Within an hour, she couldn’t walk.

Kenneth McCoy Read More

Alumni of Distinction: Kenneth McCoy

 |  Matt Jardin  |  ,

How do you follow up a landmark policing career that not only culminated in becoming chief of police, but also occurred during a watershed period of accountability in law enforcement across the country? For justice alumnus Kenneth McCoy, you become the very first chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer for ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ’s largest employer.

Hannah Warren Read More

Public Health Education in Rural ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ: Bridging the Gap and Meeting People Where They Are

 |  Div. of Population Health Sciences  |  , ,

Hannah’s two degrees from UAA’s Division of Population Health Sciences have been invaluable to her as a program coordinator at ÐÜèÔÚÏßÊÓƵ Native Tribal Health Consortium.