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Eric JohnsonThe following email was distributed to the Augusta University community from the Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPaR) The Jaguar Alert system, Augusta University’s mass notification system, is receiving system maintenance and...
StaffToday, graduate students began moving into Elm Hall, one of the two new residence halls that make up Jaguar Park on the Health Sciences Campus. On Saturday, August 13, undergraduates will move into Oak Hall. Continue to read Jagwire for full...
The following letter was sent to all Augusta University faculty by Dr. Gretchen Caughman, executive vice president for Academic Affairs and Provost. Dear Augusta University Faculty: The start of a new academic year is always an exciting time and...
Nick GarrettWhat do you get when a university comes to the aid of a community in need? World-class research and unprecedented access to care, for a start. But the annual Costa Layman Health Fair offers so much more. Watch the video or browse a gallery of photos...
Attention Augusta University voters: The election ballot for the Augusta University Employee Advisory Council is now available here. To have your voice heard, select one person from each section listed on the ballot and submit your vote by no later...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Lee Ann Liska, a health care executive with more than 30 years’ experience, has been named executive vice president for health affairs and chief executive officer at Augusta University Medical Center, effective Aug. 22. In her new...
Kelly JasperProfessor William Hatcher was featured in a recent WalletHub analysis of the best-run cities in America. For the analysis, WalletHub compared 150 of the U.S.’s top cities in areas like financial stability, education, health and safety, then...
A recent column in The Augusta Chronicle featured Augusta native and golfer Charles Howell, who recently chose to return to Augusta to have surgery to remove a non-cancerous mass in his neck at Augusta University Health. “There was no question I...
Arthur Takahashi‘The Extra Mile’ documentary on alumnus Pardon Ndhlovu’s road to Rio 2016 premieres Aug. 4 AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Augusta community is invited to meet Olympian and Augusta University alumnus Pardon Ndhlovu at the premiere of “The Extra Mile,” a...
Danielle HarrisAugusta University will launch its first annual IGIVE fundraising campaign next month with three Employee Campaign Kickoff Celebrations. People on the Health Sciences campus will be able to give on either Aug. 9 or Aug. 25 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30...
Effective Sept. 1, 2016, the AU Medical Center Employee Group Health Plan, with pharmacy benefit managed by Navitus, will no longer cover nasal corticosteroids and proton pump inhibitors/H2RA (acid reflux) medications as part of the group health...
The Jaguar Nation is proud and excited to #RunWithPardon as he competes as a member of the Zimbabwe marathon team in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio. Pardon Ndhlovu grew up in Zimbabwe, and his dreams of attaining an education in America...
Living on campus can be an adjustment, especially for freshmen moving away from home for the first time and their parents. Dr. Mark Allen Poisel, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Affairs at Augusta University and a change management expert...
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, talks about a protein called galectin-3, which scientists believe may be a major culprit in...
Toni BakerThe best-selling lipid in the world, often prominently featured on skin cream and shampoo labels, appears to also hold promise for Alzheimer’s treatment, scientists say. A long version of waxy, fat-like ceramide appears critical to helping brain...
The latest policy updates have been approved and can be found here. In addition, employees can have constant access to the latest policies through an access point that has been included on the PAWS web page. These important revised and/or recently...
As program coordinator of the Augusta University Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship (CURS), Abigail Drescher found success through collaboration. Now, serving as manager of student recruitment and admissions for The Graduate School...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, talks about the role star-shaped brain cells called “astrocytes” unwittingly...
Steven UhlesGeorgia Cancer Center Director Dr. Samir N. Khleif chairs advisory workshop AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Samir N. Khleif, director of the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, chaired a National Academy of Medicine workshop on policy issues in the...
On Monday, Augusta University Health officially launched the Your Health Today blog, a site that patients and consumers can visit to read health-related stories about the health system’s expertise and advanced technology and even browse...