Three GRU College of Education students recently presented their research at theInternational Literacy Association’s annual conference in St. Louis, Mo. The students – Adam Aldridge, Eriq Hearn and Alexis Wren – are all enrolled in the university’s ...
A new study is looking at whether short, daily bouts of reduced blood flow to an arm or leg can reduce the ravages of dementia. It’s called remote conditioning, and researchers say it activates natural protective mechanisms in the brain that should...
Georgia Regents University is among 15 institutions in the nation to receive federal funding to help train the next generation of physician-scientists in obstetrics and gynecology. GRU will receive $1.7 million over the next five years from the...
The regular physical trauma that appears to put professional football players at risk for degenerative brain disease may also increase their risk for hypertension and cardiovascular disease, researchers say. The frequent hits football players...
As an Honors Criminal Justice and Psychology double-major, one exceptional Georgia Regents University student has dedicated himself to a strain of research that is as intriguing as it is unbelievable. You see, Austin Hendricks studies the minds of...
At face value, there’s nothing outwardly menacing about the number 13,463. In fact, in a world obsessed with billions, it seems like an almost paltry sum. Petite. Quaint. Last year, the U.S. State Department reported there were at least 13, 463...
From an engineering standpoint, the skeleton is a work of art. A multifaceted structure providing both support and protection, it handles everything from storing vital minerals to producing red blood cells, all while allowing us to move. But it does...
High blood levels of a growth factor known to enable new blood vessel development and brain cell protection correlate with a smaller size of brain areas key to complex thought, emotion and behavior in patients with schizophrenia, researchers report...
Ten years ago, Costa Layman Farms and the Georgia Regents University College of Nursing took a bold and important step into the field of personalized, preventive health care when they partnered to offer a health fair for workers at the South...
Postmenopausal women with kidney or bladder stones are not at increased risk for osteoporosis, but they do have about a 15 percent increased risk of another painful stone, physician-scientists report. Researchers looked at data on approximately...
While the ABC television show “How to Get Away with Murder” may have racked up an impressive audience during its first season last year, Dr. Kim Davies’ Sociology of Murder class does a pretty good job of packing them in as well. “Last time...
Hello again from Baylor University! Week six in the REU program has been a real test. This week, I faced some more frustrating lab results and have had to put my best problem-solving skills to work. Outside the lab, I have enjoyed the Baylor student...
The current recommended minimum daily dose of vitamin D is not sufficient to restore healthy vitamin D levels in overweight or obese blacks, researchers report. Rather, daily intake of more than three times the recommended minimum is needed to...
Did you know that Martinez, Georgia, was named after a wealthy Cuban refugee? If not, you’re not alone, but a recent grant bestowed to the Georgia Regents University libraries is looking to change that. In June, GRU’s Reese and Greenblatt libraries...
On Monday, June 29, students from the Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship (CURS) Summer Scholars Program capped off their six weeks of work by presenting their research to a group of interested onlookers in the JSAC Ballroom before a...
Hello from Baylor University! I just completed week four of what has already been an amazing research experience at the Baylor University REU program in chemistry. This week was filled with cool research and a few extra things to spice up the...
In April, the Hull College of Business Augusta Leading Economic Index (LEI) returned to positive growth after last month’s blip. The LEI increased 0.8% from March. The index has increased 6.1% from April 2014. I have been calculating the...
In an apparent effort to help themselves, inflamed kidney cells produce one of the same inflammation-suppressing enzymes fetuses use to survive, researchers report. Inflammation is a major culprit in most kidney disease – from rare conditions, such...
Greetings from Waco, Texas, at Baylor University for week two in the REU chemistry program. Week one in the program was a great experience, and week two has been just as amazing. I conducted a lot of experiments, learned new instrumentation, and...
One mouse with weak bones appears to have a strong metabolism, even on a high-fat diet, scientists report. While weaker bones are clearly not a good thing, scientists suspect that, somewhere in the conversation between the genetically engineered...
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