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StaffThe following communication about the Title IX Sexual Misconduct Policy was distributed on Wednesday, August 31. At Augusta University, the safety of our students and staff is our top priority, and the responsibility to ensure a respectful, healthy...
In case you missed it, Augusta University signage has started popping up in some pretty conspicuous places.
Check out this video to see how the Augusta University bell tower is transforming the look of our campus and medical center.
Nick Garrett“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” – Albert Einstein Registration is now open for Augusta University Day of Service 2016. The event, an annual, day-long community service effort driven by university and health system volunteers...
Innovation is key to helping the medically underserved. That, according to Bill Hamilton, assistant professor of physiological and technological nursing, is one of his main focuses as the new assistant dean for administration of the College of...
Steven UhlesHad Ken Griffey, Sr. never been part of baseball’s fabled Big Red Machine, had he not been part of three World Series championships or won the All Star MVP award, he believes he still would be talking to people about prostate cancer. That’s just the...
Kelly JasperA new BuzzFeed News article tackles student questions about the cost of accessing digital textbooks. At Augusta University, however, professors like Dr. David Hunt are using online texts without requiring students to buy access to a learning program...
Human Resources has completed their review to determine positions that will be affected by changes to overtime rules under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that were finalized in May. You may recall receiving communications about the impending...
Toni BakerVesicles, fluid-filled sacs that brain cells make to trap amyloid, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s, appear to also contribute to the disease, scientists report. Reducing the production of these vesicles, called exosomes, could help reduce the amount of...
Since its 1786 debut performance in Vienna, Austria, Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro has been performed countless times around the world. It’s a big production. A full three hours in length, it’s an energetic recounting of servants Figaro and...
An estimated 7 million U.S. kids under the age of 18 have been diagnosed with asthma, and more than 13 million days of school are missed each year because of the condition, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Many...
An 88-year-old woman was going about her day when the right side of her body felt weak and she was suddenly unable to speak — the signs of a massive stroke. She was in Dublin, Georgia, a small town in the middle of the state, and was sent to her...
Taylor LambAugusta Jaguar All-American Patrick Reed won the fifth PGA Tour event of his professional career on Sunday afternoon with a victory in The Barclays at Bethpage State Park on Sunday. Reed held off the rest of the field on the Black Course in the...
Danielle HarrisFall sports kick off next month and Augusta University is staying ahead of the game with the opening of its Fall Sports Injury Clinic. The clinic is designed to treat all types of non-emergent, sports-related injuries. Patients will be evaluated by...
Denise ParrishAUGUSTA, Ga. – The local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Celebration, which aired from noon to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, on WAGT-TV, celebrated $1,208,137 in donations to benefit the services and programs at Children’s Hospital of Georgia, the...
Living on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain was for Rob Spillman what some might call a “defining experience.” There, the co-founder of Tin House magazine and author of the recently published All Tomorrow’s Parties, spent his formative years in the...
Haley HughesAugusta University took a “giant step forward,” according to junior communication major Brikkel Rucker, by formally unveiling Oak and Elm halls on Wednesday. University President Brooks A. Keel and other distinguished guests, including Augusta Mayor...
News 12 and NBC 26, the Children’s Miracle Network television partners for Children’s Hospital of Georgia, will be sharing TV stories each night this week about patients and families who have benefited from the specialized care provided at the...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University will partner with the Press On Fund, Episcopal Day School and Saint Mary on the Hill Catholic School for the Sixth Annual Battle of the Hill football game. The game, held in support of...
Dr. Robin H. Schwartz recruited as first director Dr. Robin H. Schwartz, an anesthesiologist with extensive experience in operating room management and ambulatory anesthesia, is the inaugural Perioperative Surgical Home Director for the Department...
Deployment of 122 new Philips HeartStart monitor/defibrillators and AEDs is latest effort to implement standardized, system-wide approaches to technology, training and service excellence in Philips-AU Health Alliance AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 25, 2016) –...