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Danielle HarrisThe National Science Foundation has awarded Augusta University computer science professor Harley Eades III with a grant to fund his research on attack trees, a visual representation of computer systems used to identify and assess possible threats...
Denise ParrishAUGUSTA, Ga. – Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home is ranked in the nation’s top 15 percent of senior health care providers for patient satisfaction, according to Pinnacle Quality Insight, earning the 2016 Customer Experience Award. This is the second...
Arthur TakahashiAUGUSTA, 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...
Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. – Scientists want to know whether taking antibiotics early in life can disrupt your immune system function lifelong. Regardless of our age, antibiotics at least temporarily wipe out many of the good gut bacteria, or microbiota, that...
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Augusta University College of Education Professor Richard Deaner has been named the recipient of the Board of Regents’ 2016 Teaching Excellence Award, the University System of Georgia’s highest honor for faculty. He will be formally...
Haley HughesLaney-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...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta University and the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence will publicly sign a memorandum of understanding on Friday, April 15, to share resources and help develop a cyber-trained workforce through education, innovation...
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...
AUGUSTA, 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...
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...
AUGUSTA, 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...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – From developing some of the first oral contraceptives to pioneering telemedicine technologies for faster stroke intervention, doctors at Augusta University and its historic Medical College of Georgia have long been recognized as...
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Augusta University’s health system has generated more than $1.2 billion in revenue for the local and state economy, according to a recent report by the Georgia Hospital Association, the state’s largest hospital trade association. In...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Augusta University graduate student Amy Paschall with the Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award to fund her research on cancer immunotherapy. She is the only student at the...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Rite Aid is asking customers to help strengthen the care provided by Children’s Hospital of Georgia by purchasing $1 Miracle Balloons or making other monetary donations for the not-for-profit hospital through April 30. Rite Aid has...
Christopher M. Brown recently joined Augusta University’s health system as the director of security. Previously, he served as director of security and parking for Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Michigan. Prior to that, he held positions as...
The speakers for Augusta University’s 2016 Alumni Weekend have been announced. Cardiovascular expert and HLN health contributor Kevin Campbell will be the keynote speaker for the university’s Drs. Robert and Lois Ellison Lectureship Program. This...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – When mutated, a gene known for its ability to repair DNA, appears to instead cause breast cancer, scientists report. The gene GT198, whether mutated by genetics and/or environmental factors, has strong potential as both as a way to...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Children in the CSRA are breathing a little easier thanks to an informative week at camp. Augusta University is sponsoring the fifth annual Augusta Area Asthma Day Camp July 11-15 at Camp Tanglewood in Columbia County. This event...