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Stacey HudsonShe’s the First, a student organization sponsored by the College of Education, was recently named best new student organization by the Office of Student Life & Engagement at Augusta University. The organization is a student-run chapter of a...
Toni BakerHDAC inhibitors, already widely used to treat cancer, may be an effective therapy for psoriasis as well, scientists report. They have shown that HDAC3 inhibitors are particularly adept at increasing expression of aquaporin-3, or AQP3, a channel that...
Denise ParrishDr. David C. Hess, the new dean of the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University talked with a writer for Metro Atlanta CEO recently about his first 100 days. Hess shared his excitement about leading Georgia’s only public medical school and...
Danielle HarrisStudents from Greenbrier and Evans high schools recently took part in the first Georgia Future Educators Signing Day, an initiative through the partnership of the Department of Education and Augusta University to encourage students into the...
In light of Georgia’s staggering maternal mortality rates, Augusta University is working hard to provide life-saving care to pregnant women and new moms across the state. WFXG highlighted the efforts of the university’s health care...
The AU Health Uniform Showcase events on the health sciences campus and practice site locations were quite popular. More than 800 employees stopped in to interact with uniform vendors and sample uniform styles, colors, and branding, in addition to...
Many therapies and special equipment options that can improve a patient’s final days aren’t covered by health insurance.
Never burn bridges. That’s the advice AU Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Lee Ann Liska shares in the Person You Should Know (P.Y.S.K.) feature in the June issue of Columbia County Magazine. If you want to make fast friends with her, you...
Nick GarrettIn the first few months of 2017, Augusta has found itself near either the top or the bottom of some very unflattering – and, for readers, oftentimes confusing – lists.
Eric JohnsonToday, the Chancellor provided guidance to the University System of Georgia community on implementation of House Bill 280, commonly known as the “campus carry” legislation. We realize that even with this guidance, there will be operational questions...
Brennan MeagherIn this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses “Scrib,” a fascinating protein that typically helps keep cells...
Chris CurryAll they wanted was an A in a professor’s class, but what four Dental College of Georgia students got was the attention of national cancer organizations and dentists in other parts of the world after creating a video to teach people how to spot...
Over 100 friends, faculty and family members gathered at the Maxwell Theatre on Monday night to celebrate the life of Rowan Feldhaus, an Augusta University student who died on May 16 at 25. Speakers at the student-organized ceremony spoke of what an...
StaffThe Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home will be holding its annual Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 29, 2017, at 9 a.m. in the facility courtyard. Colonel Deborah M. Ellis, Commander, 513th Military Intelligence Brigade from Fort Gordon will be...
The week of May 14-20 was National Women’s Health Week and a pair of TV stations spent time in a store inside the Georgia Cancer Center learning how the store helps women feel like good about themselves when they’re going through cancer treatment...
The Augusta GreenJackets baseball team will visit patients and their families at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia.
Augusta University Health and Walton Foundation for Independence are hosting the 11th annual Adaptive Water Skiing Clinic on Saturday, June 3, at Pointes West Army Resort in Appling. The free event allows children and adults with physical or...
by Ali Hale Information Technology will be offering two training sessions next week for faculty and staff that would like to learn how to use Box. Box is a cloud based file storage, sharing, and collaboration tool that is available to all current...
Directly injecting a tumor with an agent that activates a natural, powerful tumor suppressor enhances the drug’s capacity to attack the tumor both locally and where it spreads.
The following email was sent to faculty, staff and students by the University Libraries Alma Implementation Team on Monday, May 22, 2017. On May 26th our institution will implement a new state-wide library system. We are very excited to reach this...