Augusta University
Danielle HarrisAUGUSTA, Ga. — The James M. Hull College of Business at Augusta University is one of the nation’s top business schools, according to The Princeton Review’s 2016 edition of The Best 295 Business Schools. The Princeton Review selected its top business...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottAUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Nathan Yanasak, a medical physicist at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, is helping lead a national effort to enhance physics training offered to radiology residents. Physics concepts are important to...
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Students and alumni of Augusta University will show off their Jaguar spirit during the institution’s annual homecoming week, Feb. 7-13. The week-long celebration includes several on-and off-campus activities such as dining out in...
Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. – In the face of a disrupted circadian rhythm, a low-salt diet and a hormone known to constrict blood vessels have the same unhealthy result: elevated resting blood pressure and vascular disease, scientists report. Sleep disorders...
Denise ParrishAUGUSTA, Ga. – Staying motivated during the wintertime to get the recommended 30 minutes of moderate exercise at least five days a week can be difficult – especially when the cold temperatures are combined with fewer daylight hours. “But don’t...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Carlos and Marguerite Mason Trust has awarded Augusta University $1,453,312 to help fund the construction of a $4.1 million consolidated and expanded kidney transplant center at AU Medical Center. The multidisciplinary center will...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Valerie Miller may have just turned 50, but her bones would tell a very different story. “I would cough or sneeze the wrong way and have broken ribs,” said the Hephzibah woman. “I went from going to work every day to barely...
Haley HughesAUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta University recently completed its Campus Master Plan, a roadmap for transformational change over the next decade that will strengthen the institution’s position as a destination of choice for education, health care, discovery...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Exposure to second-hand smoke is associated with a larger waist and poorer cognition in children, researchers say. “The take-home message is that for these children, smoke exposure was connected to two major adverse health outcomes...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Social activist and musical performer Yewande Austin will be the keynote speaker for Augusta University’s Black History Month Kick-off Celebration at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, in the Jaguar Student Activities Center Ballroom...
Christen EngelJames C. Lyon, Jr., has been named director of public safety at Augusta University, effective March 1. The appointment follows the conclusion of a national search that began last summer to recruit a new director of public safety who would provide...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Chronic learning and memory problems that plague patients with schizophrenia may have a worthy foe in a monoclonal antibody that also holds promise in the fight against cancer and is already used to treat a rare disorder similar to...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. James D. Burgess has been appointed chair of the Department of Medical, Laboratory, Imaging and Radiologic Sciences in the College of Allied Health Sciences at Augusta University. Burgess will oversee three nationally accredited...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The names of the clinical entities associated with Augusta University will change following support from the board of directors of Georgia Regents Health System and Georgia Regents Medical Center. University President and Health...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Boards of Directors of MCG Health, Inc., doing business as Georgia Regents Medical Center, and MCG Health System, Inc., doing business as Georgia Regents Health System, will meet Thursday, Jan. 28, in the first-floor conference...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A protein that is constantly expressed by cancer cells and quiescent in healthy ones appears to be a solid target for reducing cancer’s ability to spread, scientists report. The WASF3 protein enables cancer cell invasion, and by...
AUGUSTA, Ga.— Enjoy an evening of timeless music from Mozart as the American Opera and Musical Theatre at Augusta University presents The Marriage of Figaro. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 12 and 13, with the final show...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A standardized treatment approach that starts with good screening and ends with patients going home to well-prepared caregivers, means outpatient thyroid surgery is safe for the vast majority of patients, including the elderly and...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Board of Trustees of the Medical College of Georgia Physicians Practice Group Foundation, doing business as Georgia Regents Medical Associates, will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25, in the Children’s Hospital of Georgia, first...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Regular practice of Transcendental Meditation enables some active duty service members battling post-traumatic stress disorder to reduce or even eliminate their psychotropic medication and get better control of their often...