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A new degree in surgical technology, launched this year, helps meet an industry need in Alaska while offering further academic options for College of Health students.

Tough, raw, addictive and "Alaska to the core:" Four alumni share why they keep returning to Seward's punishing Mount Marathon Race for the Fourth of July year after year after year after...

School of Nursing RRANN camp helps recruit young Alaska Native nurses.

A panel of officials from the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) discussed how Alaska tackles the job of providing mental health care to juvenile and adult correctional populations. Nationally, more than half of prison and jail inmates have mental health problems, and probation/parole departments provide essential mental health services to their clients.

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.

Nursing mothers at the мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± now have a dedicated, private space to feed their babies or pump breast milk. The Alaska Division of Public Health awarded a group of мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± faculty, staff and students an Alaska Workplace Breastfeeding Support Project grant through its section of Women's, Children's and Family Health. The project aims to help Alaska organizations implement workplace policies and spaces to accommodate breast-feeding mothers.

Addiction and homelessness plague scores of people in Anchorage. Those topics will be the centerpiece of a Feb. 2 мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± Think Tank session, which is co-hosted by the мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± School of Nursing, with Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission featured as the guest agency.

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 мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± at fall commencement.

"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 Alaska Criminal Justice Commission, was signed into law in Alaska in July 2016.

"Adapting for the Next Generation: The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act at 45 and 32d Annual Alaska Native Law Conference" was held on Oct. 14, 2016, at the мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±/APU Consortium Library on the мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± (мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±) campus, which drew more than 75 attendees including lawyers, Alaska Native village and corporation representatives, state and federal agency staff, and мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± faculty and students.