MACON — Mercer University will hold its 13th annual Breakthroughs in Engagement, Arts and Research (BEAR) Day on April 20-21 to showcase outstanding student research and special projects from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Business,...
Since 2019, Mercer University students have been getting in touch with their inner child during a course themed around children’s books. Dr. Clara Mengolini, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures, challenges students to delve into the meanings and...
When Dr. Clara Mengolini came to Mercer University in 2015, she had the opportunity to teach a class in Great Books or Integrative Curriculum, commonly called INT.
"I went directly to Great Books because I couldn’t understand what was INT,”...
A Mercer University team of engineering students will launch a high-altitude balloon into near space during the Oct. 14 annular solar eclipse, as part of a nationwide NASA mission. In an annular solar eclipse, the sun’s outer edges can...
When she earned her degree from Mercer Law School in 1919, Kathryne Pierce was what today we would describe as a nontraditional student. Macon-born, she was believed to be 36 at the time, married to William E. Jackson, and with three preteen...
Mercer University College of Pharmacy’s Ajay Banga, Ph.D., has received funding from the National Institutes of Health CounterAct Program to develop topical treatments to help combat suffering and death from arsenicals-based chemical warfare agents.
Dr. Banga and his research team...
Dr. Briana Stenard, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship in Mercer University’s Stetson-Hatcher School of Business, recently won the 3E Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards Competition sponsored by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE).
Each year, USASBE...
MACON – Two Mercer University School of Medicine faculty members recently received funding from the National Institutes of Health that will officially designate MUSM’s Center for Rural Health and Health Disparities as an NIH Center of Excellence.
With this designation,...
Sixteen Mercer students traded their vacation time for volunteer time this week. The fourth annual Spring Break for Service from MerServe, the student-led service leadership board for the Macon campus, kicked off Sunday afternoon and wrapped up at 2...
MACON – Mercer University juniors Amanda Cimino and Molly Parrish were recently chosen as Amgen Scholars and will spend 10 weeks this summer conducting research at Duke University and Yale University, respectively.
Cimino and Parrish are the fourth and fifth...
