College of Health News

Tyler Morris Read More

Taking a leap of faith from courthouse to hospital

 |  Matt Jardin  | 

How do you follow up four years of studying justice and history? If you’re anything like Tyler Morris, you go back to pursue nursing science.

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Totem Rising: The making of a doctor and a life full of meaning

 |  UW Medicine  | 

Stephen Ellison is only 31 years old, but you could say his story begins thousands of years ago among a handful of Alaska Native villages on Prince of Wales Island, located halfway between Seattle and Anchorage. It wasn’t until the birth of his daughter, Bella, in Juneau, that he really began to pay attention to what doctors do. A year later, he called up family physician Taylor Dunn, M.D. ’99, the doctor who delivered Bella, to ask if he could shadow him.

Jennifer Spencer on É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ campus Read More

The one common thread in É«ÇéÍøÕ¾â€™s Student Diversity Award recipients? Engagement.

 |  Catalina Myers  | 

Each year, the É«ÇéÍøÕ¾'s Diversity Action Council awards the Student Diversity Award Scholarship to students who significantly enhance diversity at É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ by increasing visibility of diverse people, cultures and/or perspectives; creating a welcoming environment; and/or representing diverse student voices through their advocacy and participation in É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ student organizations. The council picks the top applicants from across the university to receive a tuition grant up to $1,000. Read more about five of this year's awardees.

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Student expedition course tackles Wrangell-St. Elias

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This summer, 11 students and two professors headed out from the end of Nabesna Road to circumnavigate a mountain, raft to Cordova and cap off their coursework in outdoor leadership at É«ÇéÍøÕ¾.

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É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ Amazing Stories: Dong Won Yu

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An undergraduate in É«ÇéÍøÕ¾'s Medical Science Lab Program, Dong Won Yu shares what it's like to be a "health care detective."