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Haley HughesAugusta University Medical Center‘s Food and Nutrition Services Department will host a drop-in for the hospital’s new food service program, Expressly for You (EFY), on Friday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. This is an opportunity for hospital...
Nick GarrettNow in its third year at Augusta University, the Summer LEADership Camp is a summer residential conference-style program open to rising high school juniors and seniors. Sponsored by the Division of Enrollment and Student Affairs, the 2016 camp will...
Eric JohnsonThe Greater Augusta Arts Council just announced its 2016 Arts Awards winners, and Augusta University was well-represented. Drew Dawson, station manager and host of GPB-Augusta, was one of six winners, which also included Professor Patricia Myers...
Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. – While considerable advances have been made in understanding the biology and treatment of schizophrenia, patients and physicians continue to face tough challenges, says the 2015-16 winner of the University of Pennsylvania Edward A...
Kelly JasperMindfulness might not be just for your mind, according to Inside Higher Ed’s Academic Minute podcast. The audio clip features Augusta University’s Vernon Barnes, who explained how mindful eating may be a healthy way to lose weight...
A group of Augusta University graduate students that have contracted for fall semester got a sneak peek last week of their new campus housing facility under construction on the Health Sciences Campus. The hard hat tour also allowed some faculty...
StaffThe Confucius Institute at Augusta University competed for the third year at Goodwill’s 5th Annual Dragon Boat Race and Festival at Lake Olmstead on Saturday, May 7. Besides sponsoring the competition, the Confucius Institute entertained...
From 2001 to 2011, the number of nonprofits operating in the United States grew by nearly 25 percent. At a time when for-profit businesses were struggling with high unemployment rates and decreased revenues, nonprofit organizations — now accounting...
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...
AUGUSTA, 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.
Exciting 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...
Collecting 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...
Don’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...