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Bernie’s Pharmacy helps educate Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ pharmacists for fifth year in a row

 |  Jennifer Motes  | 

Bernie’s Pharmacy is an Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æn-owned, independent pharmacy in Anchorage, founded in 1980 by life-long Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æn, Bernie Klouda. Over the years, Bernie provided the opportunity for pharmacy students to complete their intern rotations at Bernie’s 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 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æns.

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Rapes and aggravated assaults push Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ’s violent-crime rates up; property-crime rates fall

 |  Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Beacon  |  , ,

UAA's Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ 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’s, motor vehicle theft has been trending down since 2018. In both trend and magnitude, Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ is similar to the national average for property offenses. Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ 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’s efforts are part of the Division of Population Health Sciences and Department of Journalism and Public Communication’s mission to combat COVID-19 misinformation on public-facing Facebook pages with scientifically accurate information from credited sources through its ongoing Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ 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 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ 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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