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Kelly JasperAUGUSTA, Ga. (April 11, 2016) – Public art displays, a candlelight campus march and a community 5k run/walk are planned for Sexual Assault Awareness Month at Augusta University. In partnership with Paine College and Rape Crisis and Sexual Assault...
Eric JohnsonWhile the eyes of the world were on Augusta late last week, many eyes within Augusta University were looking at the university website and seeing some pretty impressive changes. Augusta.edu has undergone a complete redesign, becoming a much more...
Nick GarrettThe Department of English & Foreign Languages at Augusta University welcomes award-winning author and activist Janisse Ray to campus on Wednesday, April 27, for a reading and discussion of Ray’s first novel, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood. The...
Effective Monday, April 11, Blood Donor Services will begin offering new temporary hours of operation. The new hours are as follows: Monday: 7-9 a.m., 2:30-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday: 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Vergilia Velez, program specialist of Augusta...
Danielle HarrisAUGUSTA, Ga. — Youth aged 13 to 24 make up an estimated 26 percent of all new HIV infections in the United States and over half of youth with HIV do not know they are infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. April 10 is...
“Hyperthyroidism: Not As Grave As It Seems,” a short film by Augusta University Senior Jennie Wiggins and recent graduate Emilee Friedman, received first place in the American Physiological Society’s Phantastic Physiology Vioyage “Function Follows...
Seven winners chosen in Cancer Center’s 2016 Obesity PSA Video Competition. A collaboration between the Department of Communications and the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, the 2016 Obesity PSA Video Competition challenged students in...
StaffIn 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 gene that can repair our DNA and cause breast cancer. The Medical Minute airs at...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottAUGUSTA, Ga. – The fate of an internist, pediatrician and surgeon 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...
Stacey HudsonAs the makeup of the United States grows and changes over time, so will diversity in our sports programs grow and change. Dr. Hannah Bennett’s research is on the forefront of those changes, enhancing inclusivity and knocking down barriers...
Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. – A study of patients from across the nation with myasthenia gravis is helping determine the incidence of two new antibodies believed to cause the disease, and whether these patients need different treatment strategies. Researchers are...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Some of the simplest, safest lessons to help adolescents combat obesity may be raising their awareness of what they are eating and whether they are even hungry, researchers say. A pilot study of 40 adolescents in Richmond County...
No, it isn’t a tic. FISH! is a workplace philosophy developed by ChartHouse Learning based on the work environment of the world-famous Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle. But what can fish – err, FISH! – teach us about making our workplace better...
Arthur TakahashiThe Augusta University Jazz Ensemble will head to China in May 2016 to perform during the 60th anniversary celebration of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The trip was organized and paid by the Augusta University Confucius...
Immunotherapy can help fight cancer by working with the body’s own immune system, and some of its top researchers are right here in Georgia, according to a new article in Georgia Trend magazine. After decades of research and development...
The following is a list of updated policies as of March 25, 2016. Utilization and Allocation of Research Space (Research Administration)—provides guidelines and criteria for the utilization and allocation of research space for faculty at...
Rick Pukis, associate professor in the Department of Communications and co-director of the Cinema Series at Augusta University, has accepted a full scholarship to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine beginning June 19 and ending July...
Brennan MeagherRecently, Allison Vick, a graduate student studying public administration at Augusta University, traveled to Atlanta to represent her program and the university at the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) Student...
Augusta, Ga. – Dr. Samir N. Khleif, director of the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, will chair the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Radiation and Immunotherapy Leadership Summit in Bethesda, Maryland, on Thursday, March...
Augusta University alumni are about to get a pleasant surprise. Hitting mailboxes on Thursday, A. replaces GRavity as the university’s flagship magazine. According to Karen Gutmann, director of news and information, the redesign is a fresh take on...