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StaffGrammy Award winning opera singer Jessye Norman is from Augusta…born and raised. For our series, “Where I’m From”–a joint production of the Greater Augusta Arts Council and GPB-Augusta–Norman spoke about the remarkable career she built...
Many women struggle with asking sensitive questions about their health, but learning more could drastically affect your quality of life. Join us at the Columbia County Exhibition Center on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. for a night of hors...
Danielle HarrisUpdate: Brittany Crafton’s conjoined twins were delivered Monday, Nov. 9, at Georgia Regents Medical Center. They are being cared for at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia. AUGUSTA, Ga.- Brittany Crafton was excited the moment her...
Brennan MeagherLast month, Valerie Martin began chemotherapy treatments. Afterwards, Martin noticed she was slowly beginning to lose her hair. Two weeks ago, she started to lose it by the handful. “For a woman, your hair is a big part of you,” Martin said. “A...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution featured Georgia Regents Medical Center’s report of twin boys joined at the chest scheduled delivery being done on Nov. 9. Click here to view that article.
Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. – The same lipid that helps algae swim toward the light also appears to enable one type of brain cell to keep cerebrospinal fluid moving, researchers report. The lipid is ceramide, long known to help keep skin smooth, and now Medical...
Jessye Norman is a Grammy Award winning opera singer, and she was born and raised in Augusta. Today we launch a new series called “Where I’m From”—a joint production of GPB Augusta and the Greater Augusta Arts Council—profiling people who’ve built...
If you’re not quitting smoking because you think the damage is done, put down that cigarette. The truth is, much of the damage from smoking can be reversed — and in as little as 24 hours after quitting. “It really doesn’t matter how long a person...
Gretchen CaughmanNow that it’s fall, we’re particularly focused on recruiting next year’s freshman class. While this year we experienced an overall decrease in enrollment – down just under 200 students compared to last year, mostly due to the number of nonreturning...
For almost 10 years faculty, staff and students of the Health Sciences campus gathered on their lunch break, twice a semester, to listen to their peers perform at Lee Auditorium. These series of performances became known as the Noon Arts Concert...
Denise ParrishDr. Jim Wilde, professor of Emergency Medicine in the Medical College of Georgia and an infectious disease expert with Children’s Hospital of Georgia, cautions Parents magazine readers about administering antibiotics to children when they...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Performing artists Jessye Norman, Russell Joel Brown, Karen Brown and Wycliffe Gordon will share their personal journeys that took them from the streets of Augusta to stages across the globe in the 20-part series “Where I’m...
Arthur TakahashiWhen high school students come to college, they want to find the right answer to questions they have, according to research. But sometimes there’s no right answer. Other times there’s more than one. So GRU faculty got together and created a course...
The Summerville campus is no stranger to the paranormal. According to legend, during the 19th century the campus was witness to suicide, murder and hauntings. These events landed Georgia Regents University on a list of “The 10 Scariest...
Pediatric patients and their siblings dressed as superheroes, firemen, Disney characters, witches, insects, and donned other Halloween apparel as they made their way through the floors of the Children’s Hospital of Georgia and a couple of...
Christen EngelAUGUSTA, Ga. – The College of Dental Medicine will become the Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University, said President Brooks A. Keel during a noon event at the college today. After hearing from students, faculty, staff and alumni about the...
Sharron WallsAUGUSTA, Ga. – Students and faculty in the Georgia Regents University College of Allied Health Sciences will celebrate National Allied Health Professions Week Nov. 1-7. Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis Jr. will issue a proclamation for the week at his...
Eric JohnsonOpen Enrollment for university employees begins Monday, November 2 and ends Friday, November 13 at midnight. All employees must make benefit elections/changes online during the Open Enrollment period. Some benefit elections are not automatically...
The following email was sent to the GRU community by President Brooks Keel Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that as part of our institution’s overall rebranding, the College of Dental Medicine will be renamed The Dental College of Georgia...
Nine years ago, Renee Fry found herself complaining about Halloween. Her eight-year old son had Eosinophilic Esophagitis, a disorder that affects the gastrointestinal tract and restricts food consumption. She knew that any candy he received on...