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New recruit brings personalized touch to cancer

She came to establish a new Department of Radiation Oncology at Georgia Regents University but Dr. Feng-Ming Kong believes it could soon become part of a therapy at GRU Cancer Center that is not ...
By Tom Corwin | Tuesday, May 21, 2013

GRU Summerville campus enrollment dips

Enrollment for the summer semester at GRU's Summerville campus has dipped for the third year in a row, with numbers being slightly skewed this year by a change in the bachelor of science in ...
Friday, May 17, 2013

Audit finds GRU officials violated policy

GRU officials violated state policy when university vehicles and personnel were used to support a private wedding at the home of university President Ricardo Azziz, according to an auditor's ...
By Steve Crawford | Friday, May 17, 2013

Chancellor defends Azziz as 'change agent'

Georgia Board of Regents Chancellor Hank Huckaby, speaking to the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, said he, like GRU President Ricardo Azziz, was hired to shake things up in higher education.
By Barry L. Paschal | Wednesday, May 15, 2013

GRU inks student deal with East Georgia State

Officials formally signed an agreement Tuesday that allows students who can't meet Georgia Regents University's admission requirements to take classes on campus as students of East Georgia State ...
By Walter C. Jones | Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Regents OK GRU renovations, planning

ATLANTA - Two renovation projects at Georgia Regents University got the go-ahead Tuesday from the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents which also approved the drafting of a new master ...
By Walter C. Jones | Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Mother's Day special for new Paine grad

Gov. Nathan Deal spoke Sunday to 123 graduates at the Paine College Commencement Convocation.
By Travis Highfield | Sunday, May 12, 2013

Nearly 900 first to get GRU degree

Erica was the first of 875 graduates who received their degrees from the university that arose from the consolidation of Augusta State and Georgia Health Sciences universities earlier this year.
By Tom Corwin | Friday, May 10, 2013

Top award for compassion goes to GRU student

When her classmates, instructors and patients want to pull out an example of Elizabeth Prince-Coleman's compassionate care, there are so many to choose from.
By Tom Corwin | Thursday, May 9, 2013

MCG grads urged to focus on disease prevention

Speaking Thursday at the Medical College of Georgia's Hooding Ceremony, Dr. Otis Brawley, the chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, said that for too long medicine has focused on ...
By Tom Corwin | Thursday, May 9, 2013

GRU grad follows parents' paths

At the Hooding Ceremony for Medical College of Georgia on Thursday, Preethi Ganapathy will receive the rare honor of receiving the hood from both her mother and father, both doctors at GRU.
By Tom Corwin | Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Budget includes funds for building, services at GRU

The money includes $45 million to help build a new building that could garner an important national designation but also funds to establish outreach and prevention and fund clinical trials in new ...
By Tom Corwin | Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Private colleges benefit from GI Bill

On average, an education at an online school costs $6,800 per semester, much higher than the full-time workload of 12 credit hours students can get at Georgia Regents University and Augusta ...
By Wesley Brown | Sunday, May 5, 2013

Work at Azziz's house not approved

School officials have spent more than $280,000 on repairs and renovations at the Georgia Regents University president's home since 2010 without seeking approval from the state Board of Regents.
By Steve Crawford | Saturday, May 4, 2013

Doctor praised at annual address

Dr. Anand Jillella, the chief of hematology/oncology and bone marrow transplant at GRU, was honored with the Medical College of Georgia faculty Professionalism Award during Dean Peter F. Buckley's ...
By Tom Corwin | Friday, May 3, 2013

Underage drinking prevention target of campaign

Georgia Regents University is one of three area agencies using state grants to curb underage alcohol consumption.
By Meg Mirshak | Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Mill campuses are 'city effort,' Azziz says

While he calls the early plans to convert former Augusta mills into campuses for Georgia Regents University a potential "game-changer," President Ricardo Azziz said it is still a "city effort" ...
By Tom Corwin | Tuesday, April 30, 2013

New programs, scholarships key growth at GRU

In his annual State of the University address, Georgia Regents University President Ricardo Azziz outlined ambitious plans to grow programs, sports and especially student enrollment and research ...
By Tom Corwin | Tuesday, April 30, 2013

New GRU Center strengthens pharmacy tie with UGA

An old antibiotic could prove to be a new treatment for a devastating type of stroke that has no good remedies, said researchers at Georgia Regents University and the University of Georgia College ...
By Tom Corwin | Monday, April 29, 2013

Professor's program provides advice on college

A new program brought college professors to Lakeside High to provide advice on college and insight into different careers.
By Tracey McManus | Sunday, April 28, 2013
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Bike rider killed this morning

The Richmond County Coroner's Office reports a 33-year-old Hephzibah man was killed early this morning while riding his bicycle southbound on Peach Orchard Road.
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