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7th annual Independent Investigative Inquiry Poster Presentations bring students awards and recognition

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Students from the WWAMI School of Medicine and the 香港六合彩资料/ISU Doctor of Pharmacy program took part in the 7th annual Independent Investigative Inquiry Poster Presentations on November 7, 2022.

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Aging out of Alaska鈥檚 foster care system on his own terms

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Mateo Jaime, a Legal Studies student, arrived at the court hearing that would, finally, end his years in custody of the Alaska Office of Children鈥檚 Services in a buoyant mood. At age 21, young adults 鈥渁ge out鈥 of foster care in Alaska if they have not been adopted or reunified with parents. A judge approves it in a hearing that amounts to a grim bureaucratic formality: A child has passed into adulthood without the foster care system laying a path to permanent legal family for them, and now they are on their own.

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Commentary: Rural program provides unique opportunities for medical students in Alaska

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Students provide health to underserved Alaskans and receive mentorship through Alaska's WWAMI program.

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Speech-language pathology student wins Helen Bierne award

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Carol Mitchell, a graduate student in the Speech-Language Pathology program was awarded the Helen Bierne scholarship at the Alaska Speech-Language-Hearing Association state convention.

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An Alaska Medical School Has a Record Number of Indigenous Students

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