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Stacey HudsonDr. Rebecca Harper, professor of Education, was recently invited to give the keynote address at the 4th Annual Literacy Leaders Conference at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Harper has been passionate about literacy for years...
Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. David Stepp, vascular biologist in the Vascular Biology Center at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has been appointed chair of the Vascular Cell and Molecular Biology Study Section of the National Institutes...
Arthur TakahashiAt this year’s commencement ceremony, Augusta University will debut its Legacy Program, a way of honoring families with a multigenerational relationship with the university.
Haley HughesExciting changes are in store for the M. Bert Storey Cancer Research Building. On May 9, work will begin on the 78,000 square feet of additions and renovations, the first phase of a single center that seamlessly combines clinical cancer care and...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottAUGUSTA, Ga. – The group who developed the National Disaster Life Support Courses, which prepare health care professionals and emergency response personnel for mass casualty events, has been honored with the Ron J. Anderson Public Service Award from...
Denise ParrishBloomberg News: May 1, 2016 Simon Medcalfe, a finance and economics professor at Augusta University’s Hull College of Business, says that based on the latest index report — released last week — the view from up high looks pretty...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Brian K. Stansfield, neonatologist at Children’s Hospital of Georgia and a 2004 graduate of the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has received the 2016 Clinical Science Young Investigator Award from the...
Nick GarrettCollecting stories Few people ever really understand their purpose in life. Fewer still know it from birth. The knowledge is usually gained over the course of a lifetime, produced by any number of life’s little trials, and the ways in which we...
Delwanda Thurmond has been named Employee of the Quarter for the second quarter in FY2016, earning the Legacy Award at Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation & Specialty Hospitals. Thurmond, a long time charge nurse with the Inpatient...
Augusta University celebrated the legacy of one of its most illustrious educators and researchers at the inaugural President’s Research Symposium for Institutional History on Tuesday, April 26. Dr. Virendra B. Mahesh, professor and chair emeritus of...
Christen EngelThe inaugural celebration and investiture of Augusta University’s first president, Brooks A. Keel, is Wednesday, April 27. The event will begin with a welcome and introduction from Augusta University Provost Gretchen Caughman, followed by remarks...
Eric JohnsonDon’t miss any of the exciting events during this year’s Alumni Weekend. With parties, lectures, tours, speeches and several reunion dinners, the weekend has something for everyone…and then some. The following is a brief list of events. For a...
Kelly JasperAUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta University’s Arsenal Oak was a longtime symbol of Augusta’s roots and the rich history of its university. The famed 250-year-old oak was cut down in 2004 after succumbing to disease, but not before its acorns were gathered and...
Millie HuffDr. Frederick Rueggeberg, a professor at The Dental College of Georgia, received the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Stephen H. Leeper Award for Teaching Excellence at the OKU annual meeting held during the American Dental Education Association meeting in...
StaffRepresentatives from medicine, pediatrics and surgery tried to sway Medical College of Georgia students during the 14th annual Raft Debate Friday, April 15, by debating which specialty is most important and would help the most people if saved. You...
As the academic year begins to draw to a close, we traditionally pause in the midst of the annual march to graduation to recognize the achievements of our faculty and students. For me, it’s a very satisfying time of year because honoring those who...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta University will celebrate the homecoming of its inaugural president, Brooks A. Keel, PhD, during a week of events between April 24 and May 1. “It feels good to be back home; home to the city where I grew up; home to this great...
Dr. Catherine Davis, professor of pediatrics, physiology and graduate studies at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, and Dr. Martha Tingen, professor and Charles W. Linder Endowed Chair in Pediatrics at the Georgia Prevention...
Laney-Walker Boulevard is now open to all traffic. All closures were removed Wednesday and there will not be any further traffic detours. Vehicles can again access the road from both 15th Street and R.A. Dent Boulevard. The .36-mile stretch of road...
The 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...