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Danielle HarrisMedia Advisory for Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 Event: Georgia Regents University is hosting its 9th Annual Non-food Halloween Festival as a safe alternative for children with dietary restrictions. Background: Children on medically restricted diets will...
Media Advisory for Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 Event: Patients at Children’s Hospital of Georgia will go trick-or-treating inside the hospital to celebrate Halloween. Description: Since some of our pediatric patients cannot be at home to trick-or-treat in...
Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. — The American College of Emergency Physicians and the National Disaster Life Support Foundation, based at the Medical College of Georgia, Tuesday announced an agreement to greatly enhance the level of disaster training available to...
Nick GarrettAccording to the National Cancer Society, smokers are 25 times more likely to be diagnosed with lung and bronchus cancers than non-smokers. It’s a sobering statistic, but the reality is far more troubling. In 2014, the National Cancer Institute...
A decade ago, Costa Layman Farms and the Georgia Regents University College of Nursing took a chance on something truly extraordinary. The result – the Costa Layman Health Fair – was a bold and important step into the field of personalized...
Kelly JasperAUGUSTA, Ga. – New Morris Eminent Scholar in Art Cheryl Goldsleger presents “Explorations,” a solo exhibition of works at the Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art at Georgia Regents University Goldsleger will discuss her work during an artist talk and...
Haley HughesAccess to the section of Laney-Walker Boulevard that runs through Georgia Regents University’s Health Sciences Campus will change as early as Nov. 9 as construction to enhance the road continues. Vehicles will not be able to access Laney...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Weight and physical activity levels are both factors in a child’s ability to acquire and use knowledge, a new study finds. “The question this paper asks that has not been asked before is whether it is just fitness that influences...
Eric JohnsonThe numbers are in, and the winner of the Bleed for Your Team blood drive is the College of Dental Medicine. Team CDM ended the month long competition having donated 128 units of blood, beating the Medical College of Georgia, which ended the...
Do you have new research to present to colleagues? Do you have a great teaching lesson that needs a trial run? Perhaps you need to prepare for a conference. If so, CIRCA 2016 is your chance to shine for your colleagues at Georgia Regents University...
StaffThe following email was sent by Dr. Mark Allen Poisel, vice president for Enrollment and Student Affairs To the GRU Community, On Saturday, we learned that a sophomore Pre-Biology major, passed away. This is a tragic loss, and our hearts are broken...
The Guangzhou University Dance Troupe performed “Silk Words” to an enthusiastic audience at the Kroc Center on Wednesday, October 21. Presented by the Georgia Regents University Confucius Institute, the group of over 30 professional dancers, singers...
It’s that time of year again! Open Enrollment for GRU benefits began November 2 and ends November 13. Please visit HR’s Open Enrollment page for the latest information. Human Resources does not want you to make uneducated choices and...
By Shellie Smitley Special to Jagwire Superman, the Hulk and some of their caped crusading friends can be spotted at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia, not only visiting sick children, but also working on a top-secret project. “It is such a...
If you haven’t received your flu shot, you still have time to make the Nov. 20 deadline: Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Magnolia Room Cafeteria 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Pharm D Satellite Clinic Location BA1343 8 a.m. – 11 a...
As the old saying goes, “there’s a whole wide world out there just waiting to be explored.” Well, now’s the time to explore it! Fresh off the heels of Literary Week, Georgia Regents University is turning its focus outward from Nov. 9-18 for...
Denise ParrishAUGUSTA, Ga. – The trick to making Halloween a treat is being prepared, experts say. “The number one rule is plan, plan, plan,” says Carla Allen, a senior staff nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital of Georgia and an...
Dr. Jane Garvin, assistant professor in the Department of Physiological and Technological Nursing, will be honored during ObesityWeek 2015, the combined annual meeting of The Obesity Society (TOS) and the American Society for Metabolic &...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – At its most basic level, the brain is about the power of two, says Medical College of Georgia neuroscientist Dr. Joe Z. Tsien. He postulates in his “Theory of Connectivity” that, not unlike high school, where a human clique includes...
Quality performance deserves quality recognition. That’s why, as part of National Healthcare Quality Week, Georgia Regents University and GRHealth are recognizing several exceptional staff members who have demonstrated time and again that their...