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StaffThe new law and University System of Georgia policy on parental leave is effective July 1. USG employees who meet the established eligibility criteria and experience a qualifying life event as defined below may request parental leave.
Augusta University is in the initial stage of updating its strategic plan. Students and staff will have the opportunity to provide input during the fall semester.
Stacey EidsonCurrently, an estimated 1.4 million Georgians are 65 and older, but that number is expected to jump significantly over the next decade. Augusta University is focused on a three-year recruitment effort to grow the university’s research footprint in...
Toni BakerPsoriasis treatment, which likely helps restore the natural frontline barrier protection of the skin, reduces infection rates and improves survival for people on dialysis, indicating its potentially important role in better managing kidney failure
Paige BoekeDonations will be distributed to local Title I elementary schools in Richmond County, ensuring all supplies benefit students from low-income families.
Dr. Richard A. McIndoe, bioinformatics expert and associate director of the Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia, is leading a $6.2 million federally funded initiative to support highly innovative research...
Raysean RicksMcDonald's inside the lobby of the Children’s Hospital of Georgia will close permanently Saturday, July 10.
Jennifer Hilliard ScottDr. Christy Ledford has been named Curtis G. Hames, MD, Distinguished Chair in Family Medicine.
Miguelangelo HernandezThe men's golf program, which had been a part of the MEAC for the past six years, will be joining the Southland Conference along with the women's program.
The Southland Conference has added multiple affiliate members in men’s and women’s golf effective for the 2021-22 academic year, the league announced Thursday, including Augusta University’s men’s and women’s teams.
Welcome, Augusta University's new LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Association! Affinity groups like these are organizations formed around a shared identity or common goal to build community among members of non-dominant identities and to foster inclusion...
In a normally reciprocal relationship that appears to go awry with age, sufficient tryptophan, which we consume in foods like milk, turkey, chicken and oats, helps keep our microbiota healthy. A healthy microbiota in turn helps ensure that...
Shepeard Community Blood Center is coming back to the Augusta University campus Tuesday, June 29 for a blood drive.
Lisa KaylorThe Augusta University Health System Board of Directors will be held from 1-3 p.m. Thursday, June 24.
Denise ParrishKiwanis $100,000 pledge given in celebration of club's 100 years of service in Augusta.
Every seven years, educator preparation programs in the state of Georgia go through re-accreditation by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission. This year, the College of Education at Augusta University received a flawless accreditation review...
Beginning in July, the visitor lot at the Health Science Campus Student Center will provide 30 minutes of free parking between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Although African Americans make up 13% of the nation’s population, they account for 42% of the new HIV cases in the United States. The Ryan White Program at Augusta University is working to ensure everyone has proper access to health care to help...
Dr. Amir Mian, former interim medical director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Program at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, is the new chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical...
Laura EvansAugusta University College of Nursing student Janelle Adae-Mensah is one of this year's recipients of the Our Race to Health Equity Diversity Nursing Scholarship.