MACON – Mercer University has an unprecedented three recipients in a single year of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the nation’s most prestigious scholarship for undergraduates in science, mathematics and engineering. Juniors Amanda Cimino, Charlotte Dungan and Brady Simon are...
Frustrated with the traditional durags they were using to care for their hair, Jabril Edmondson and DeShun Gilchrist decided to make their own — and do it better. “We wanted to improve on three main things: convenience, compression and comfort,”...
A Mercer University professor is working to save a rare plant from extinction.  For the past decade, Dr. Heather Bowman Cutway, professor of biology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been researching the fringed campion. A federally...
MACON – Mercer Music at Capricorn and Riggs Ward Design received the Gold award for Experiential and Immersive Design in the 2021 MUSE Creative Awards and MUSE Design Awards, which received nearly 4,000 entries showcasing creative and design excellence from...
Dr. Amy Nichols-Belo wanted her students to share their writing and research not just with her but with the larger world.  The fall semester was the second time she taught Gender and Health (GHS/ANT/WGS 345) at Mercer University, but it...
Dozens of boards in Macon-Bibb County receive millions of dollars in taxpayer funding. But for years, many of them conducted business without public scrutiny of how the money was spent. The Macon Newsroom, a nonprofit newsroom that operates out of...
A Mercer University study examining the efforts of four groups that work with immigrant and refugee youth sheds light on the factors that contribute to the programs’ success. The yearlong study, sponsored by AmeriCorps, examined Notre Dame Mission Volunteers AmeriCorps...
Support a fellow Mercerian this holiday season by shopping from businesses owned by Mercer University alumni, students, employees and Innovation Center fellows. Whether you're buying presents for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, another holiday or just because, these Mercerians are sure...
For 10 days over spring break, a group of Mercer University students traversed Israel as part of a class focused on exploring the principles of health and human rights. The trip, a study abroad program led by Dr. Chinekwu Obidoa,...
SAVANNAH — Brian H. Childs, M.Div., Ph.D., HEC-C, has been named director of the Carlos and Marguerite Mason Center for Organ Donation and Transplant Education and Policy (the Mason Center) in the Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM). The...

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