Augusta University
StaffThe following email was sent by Human Resources Benefits and Data Management on Tuesday, Sept. 26. The University System of Georgia (USG) has partnered with Espyr to provide employees and their family members with a comprehensive Employee Assistance...
Sara CarneyDuring Hurricane Irma, students from the College of Nursing earned clinical hours while providing care and comfort to those displaced by the storm.
Denise ParrishChildren’s Hospital of Georgia’s Dr. Charles Linder made The Augusta Chronicle list of 8 over 80 who make Augusta a better place to live.
Dr. Sylvia Smith, co-director of the James and Jean Culver Vision Discovery Institute, was awarded a $300,000 grant to further study retinitis pigmentosa.
Toni BakerCancer vaccines may need to better target T cells that can hold up to the long fight against cancer, scientists report. Studies of two T cell types that are equally activated by alpha-fetoprotein, a well-established antigen made by liver cancer...
Danielle HarrisWith fall sports in full swing, Augusta Univesity Jaguar Sports Medicine’s new partnership with the Richmond County Board of Education is helping high school athletes stay healthy on and off the field. The Jaguar Sports Medicine’s Richmond County...
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion will launch its Diversity and Inclusion Grand Rounds speaker series with a presentation by highly acclaimed researcher and Augusta University Education Professor Juan Walker.
Christen EngelMichael Shaffer, vice president of government relations and chief advocacy officer at Augusta University, has been named executive vice president of strategic partnerships and economic development for the university and health system. Russell Keen...
Nick GarrettThe Katherine Reese Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences will host Future Fest on Thursday, Sept. 28 from 1 – 2:30 p.m. in the JSAC Ballroom.
For one night every year, crisp, clean suits, warm smiles and ready hands monopolize the JSAC’s Ballroom. If you happened upon Accounting Night at Augusta University by mistake, you’d be forgiven for thinking it an international business...
Brennan MeagherDejah Johnson, senior kinesiology major and 2017 Miss Augusta University, will pass her crown to another Augusta student at the second annual Miss Augusta University scholarship pageant on Sept. 29. The pageant is sponsored by the Jaguar Production...
The Berry Fleming Book Festival will take place on Saturday, Sept. 23 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Jaguar Student Activities Center. Named for acclaimed Augustan writer Berry Fleming (Colonel Effingham’s Raid), the non-profit festival has a simple...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottDr. Marie A. Tonette Krousel-Wood, senior associate dean for faculty affairs and associate provost for health sciences at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, will give the keynote address at the 9th annual Medical...
Dr. Kevin Dellsperger, vice president and chief medical officer, talks about some of the important changes that have been made to improve patient-centric care at AU Health. Here what he has to say about AU Health, along with other healthcare...
Augusta University and East Georgia State College signed a new Memorandum of Understanding today to continue the cooperative academic program between the institutions. The program was approved by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents in...
Haley HughesIf you park in the parking decks that service AU Medical Center, CHOG, or our clinics in the MOB, chances are you’ve seen our patients, families and visitors circling our decks searching for an open parking space. How frustrating it must be to deal...
Because sometimes coffee won’t cut it, this article in U.S. News and World Report provides some tricks to help you stay awake when you really can’t afford to fall asleep. Dr. Jedidiah Ballard in Emergency Medicine at the Medical College...
The 2017 IGIVE fundraising campaign for Augusta University culminates Friday, Oct. 13, with the Augusta U Brew-N-Que event kicking off at 5:30 p.m. in the D. Douglas Barnard Jr. Amphitheatre on the Summerville Campus. This annual affair includes a...
Augusta University’s got talent. And the AU Arts Council would love to showcase it, when the Noon Arts concert series returns this fall. Can you sing, dance, recite poetry or perhaps perform with another artistic talent? Share your talents with your...
A topological insulator is a material that is able to conduct electricity on the surface but insulates material underneath the surface. This may sound like a standard definition or just a bunch of words to some, but to Kenny Stiwinter, topological...