University of Alaska Anchorage News

The University of Alaska Southeast is first in the state to adopt the Alaska On Hold music project developed by the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council .

PRIMARY CARE: State considers help for more medical students; paying physicians to move north.

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Also Included In: Primary Care / General Practice Article Date: 14 Dec 2009 Newspapers in Alaska and Washington state explore how health reform provisions might affect Medicare services in rural areas, while a Colorado newspaper looks at one senator's efforts to increase the number of doctors in rural ...

The University of Alaska Southeast and the University of Alaska Anchorage School of Nursing is holding a pinning ceremony for graduates of the associate degree nursing program at 1 p.m. today at the UAS Egan Lecture Hall in Juneau.

The health care reform bills before Congress that would extend insurance coverage to tens of thousands of Alaskans who are uninsured wouldn't necessarily be good for all Alaskans, according to an economic consultant who is tracking the health bills for the University of Alaska.

The mission of the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce is to promote a positive business environment in Alaska.

A new study to figure out if rural Alaskans flooded Anchorage to escape crippling living costs has found little evidence of a large Bush exodus over the past two years.

Travis Frisk was promoted to senior vice president of KeyBank in Alaska . As producing manager of Key Private Banking, he manages a team of wealth management specialists as well as a portfolio of investment management and trust accounts.

The University of Alaska Board of Regents couldn't have been more clear Nov. 30 - its top priority for construction funding in the coming year is the new life sciences building at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

A formal pinning ceremony for University of Alaska Anchorage Associate Degree Nursing Program in Ketchikan graduates will be held at 6 p.m. today at the Sunny Point Conference Center.

The city has announced a new schedule of swine flu vaccine clinics in Anchorage in December.

The University of Alaska Board of Regents has approved a capital budget request with a single new construction item: a science facility at the Fairbanks campus.

The University of Alaska Board of Regents has approved its capital improvement budget request to go before the state Legislature in January.

GeoNorth, LLC , an information technology solutions provider, announced that Steve Finneran has accepted the position of senior GIS programmer/analyst. Along with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the University of Alaska Anchorage, Steve brings to GeoNorth high-level programming and analytical expertise.

The next operating and capital budget tops the agenda for the University of Alaska Board of Regents when the 11-member panel gathers Nov.

Leslie Miyasato, 18, missed two quarters of high school classes to take care of her new baby.

Natalie Semmens and John Low were married June 27, 2009, at the Trail Lake Lodge, in Moose Pass.

Tim Doebler, director of the University of Alaska Anchorage Culinary Arts/Hospitality Program, visited Juneau last week to meet with the Juneau School District to finalize a Tech Prep agreement, so that Culinary Arts I and II and Nutrition high school culinary classes will be offered by Thunder Mountain High School's Culinary Arts teacher Kathleen ...

Bianca Temple is the 2010 Miss Chugiak-Eagle River Teen, and Kimberly Mauser is Miss Chugiak-Eagle River.

Governor Sean Parnell today appointed Neal Foster to the vacant District 39 seat in the Alaska House of Representatives, which covers an area from Hooper Bay up to and including the City of Nome.