The Mercer Innovation Center is seeking students with innovative business ideas to participate in its virtual Elevator Pitch Competition to be held Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. via Zoom.
Currently enrolled Mercer undergraduate and graduate students from all campuses, majors and class...
Research is often based on a simple premise: identifying a problem and developing a solution. Become an inventor by thinking of a real-world problem you would like to solve.
To complete the mission, sketch and label your invention on a...
Did you know that the oldest discovered fossils show life on Earth began more than 3.5 million years ago?
Create your own fossils by making a simple dough of 1 cup salt, 2 cups flour and 3/4 cup water.Form the...
Have you heard of the bottle flip challenge? Well, it turns out that this fun challenge can help you understand physics concepts like mass, gravity and momentum.
Fill the bottle 1/4 to 1/3 full with water and flip it, holding...
SAVANNAH – Mercer University School of Medicine faculty members Dr. Robert Visalli and Melissa Visalli were recently awarded a $407,629 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Enhancement Award (R15) to support development of a first-of-its-kind antiviral drug for human herpesvirus.
The...
Dr. Edward Perkins is a builder and an engineer, but probably not the kind you’re thinking of. Developing synthetic chromosomes is the life work of this Mercer University School of Medicine professor.
For the past 15 years, he’s been working...
Christopher Rice was tired of his cellphone charger breaking. So the Mercer Innovation Center fellow took matters into his own hands and created "Angled," an attachment that prevents the cable from breaking in the first place.
Angled, a small circular...
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...
The Computer Science Department is helping spread holiday cheer on Mercer University’s Macon campus.
Students and faculty in the department have erected two Christmas trees out of strands of LED lights and programmed them to change colors using different effects.
The first tree, located on the overhang of the parking...
Research by a Mercer University biomedical engineering professor and students has been featured on the cover of the journal Materials.
Dr. Joanna Thomas, who is also coordinator of undergraduate research for the School of Engineering, co-authored the paper about 3D-printed...
