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Creating a more welcoming city through research

 |  Catalina Myers  | 

Since 2014, the Municipality of Anchorage’s (MOA) Welcoming Anchorage project has been building a network between local businesses, organizations and the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation to recognize the contributions immigrants and refugees make to our city through economic, cultural and social impacts.

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Justice Center's Troy Payne leads new virtual conference with international reach

 |  Ahliil Saitanan  | 

Dr. Troy C. Payne, an associate professor in the Justice Center, recently was part of a group of professors from various higher-learning institutions that led CrimCon­â€”short for Criminology Consortium, a nonprofit corporation—an academic criminology and criminal justice conference held virtually from Nov. 18 to 20.

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Research and Initiatives at the College: Fall 2020

 |  Henry Randolph  | 

Updates about research studies, projects and community partnerships across the College of Health.

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Research and Initiatives at the College: Fall 2020

 |  Henry Randolph  | 

Updates about research studies, projects and community partnerships across the College of Health.

Contact Tracing with Annie Thomas for the Podcast in Place, Youth Stories from Quarantine Read More

Podcast in Place: Youth Stories From Quarantine – Episode 27: Contact Tracing with Annie Thomas

 |  Alaska Teen Media Institute  |  ,

Contact tracing is an essential part of combating the spread of Covid-19. Not only do contact tracers work to discover where a person infected with the coronavirus may have contracted it, they also attempt to inform others about possible infection. But there is a lot more to the complicated work that they do. In this episode we’ll be hearing from Annie Thomas. She’s been a nurse for about fifteen years, and currently she is the project manager for the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Surge Contact Tracing team. She is also the owner of Managing Me Enterprises which does retreats for teens to help them build community cohesion and resilience.