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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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º£½Ç½ûÇø lactation pod will support breast-feeding mothers

 |  Michelle Saport  | 

Nursing mothers at the º£½Ç½ûÇø now have a dedicated, private space to feed their babies or pump breast milk. The Alaska Division of Public Health awarded a group of º£½Ç½ûÇø 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.

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Addiction, homelessness focus of º£½Ç½ûÇø Think Tank talk

 |  Tracy Kalytiak  |  , ,

Addiction and homelessness plague scores of people in Anchorage. Those topics will be the centerpiece of a Feb. 2 º£½Ç½ûÇø Think Tank session, which is co-hosted by the º£½Ç½ûÇø 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 º£½Ç½ûÇø

 |  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 º£½Ç½ûÇø 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 Alaska Criminal Justice Commission, was signed into law in Alaska in July 2016.