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Nick GarrettAugusta University’s National Model United Nations team made a splash in New York on Wednesday in the form of a shoutout during a heated Knicks – 76ers game. The NMUN team, representing Indonesia this year, will return to Augusta on...
Danielle HarrisA new interdisciplinary bachelor’s degree program at Augusta University is giving students the opportunity to customize a degree path based on their unique interests and career goals. The Bachelors of Arts in Integrated Studies is a degree program...
The Academic Success Center will maintain extended hours on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the duration of the spring 2017 semester. Beginning Tuesday, April 18, the ASC will remain open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The ASC...
Andy NapierThe Augusta University Faculty Club has awarded five $2,500 scholarships to students from each of the university’s health sciences colleges for the next academic year. Exceptional applicants are chosen based on three criteria: financial need...
The Easter season is here and, for some, that means indulging in chocolate bunnies, shopping for clothes to wear Easter Sunday or taking the kids Easter egg hunting. However, Christians view this week as a holy time of year marking the end of Lent...
Dr. Candis Bond, director of the Augusta University Writing Center and assistant professor of English, was recently interviewed by the staff of the University of Texas Austin’s ‘Axis’ writing center blog to discuss the challenges...
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 how “Markov Modeling,” a complex analysis process that considers a...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottThe fate of a cardiologist, a surgeon and a pediatrician is in the hands of students at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. All three are aboard a sinking ship, and their only escape is a one-person raft. Who should be saved...
Kelly JasperRadiologists and physicists at Augusta University turned to the award-winning pediatric imaging suite at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia to scan a 75-million-year-old raptor egg.
Parents, take a good look in the mirror. How are your teeth these days? If you’ve ever wished that your mom and dad had taught you better dental hygiene habits, now’s your chance to pay it forward—to your own kids. Check out this post on the CHOG...
Want to lose weight, get smarter, be more attractive or get the sympathy you deserve? Then what are you waiting for? Getting healthy just got real. Learn a few simple and effective ways to help your body get and stay healthy from this post on the...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman at the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses results from the first year of a free lung cancer screening program in an area...
Melissa Furman, assistant dean of the James M. Hull College of Business, has a message for upcoming entrepreneurs and business grads: Now is the best time to get your Masters of Business Administration at Augusta University. “What I think one...
Eric JohnsonThe JagStore has an offer you can’t refuse. Starting Monday, April 10, and running through Friday, April 28, the JagStore is offering a different 25 percent off sale every day. That means every day something new will be on sale. Hoodies, jackets...
The Cinema Series and the Lyceum Series will host a showing of four Japanese films in the Maxwell Theatre on Saturday, April 15 as part of Eiga Fest, a celebration of Japanese cinema and culture. [Eiga (pronounced “AY-gah”) is the...
In 2011, professional tennis player Venus Williams dropped out of the U.S. Open and revealed to the world that she had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, Sjogren’s syndrome. Researchers at Augusta University recently obtained a patent...
Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. – Too much of a protein already associated with prostate cancer appears to also diminish the energy burning power of brown fat, scientists report. Their studies of the protein Id1 also show high levels reduce conversion of unhealthy...
Lucy N. Marion, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP, dean and professor of Nursing at the Augusta University College of Nursing, has been appointed as associate vice president for academic affairs for nursing at AU Medical Center. This new role will enhance the...
Dr. Paul Wallach, vice dean for academic affairs at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has been elected vice chair of the National Board of Medical Examiners Executive Board. The NBME sets state recognized exams for medical...
A new Fortune Magazine highlights seven cities that could become the world’s next cybersecurity capital. Among them? Augusta, Ga. Augusta University President Brooks Keel spoke to Fortune about the university’s role in cybersecurity...