Hundreds of Cambodian amputees with ill-fitting and heavy prosthetics — or none at all — are now able to move easier thanks to a Mercer On Mission team that traveled to the country this summer.
Mercer University students, faculty and...
A Mercer University School of Medicine professor is part of a research team that has discovered two new species of ancient crocodiles in Africa.
Dr. Francis Kirera, associate professor of anatomy and former curator of hominid paleontology at the National...
Research examines how practitioners’ race, nationality and gender intersect with empowerment and selfhood
A Mercer University professor’s own experiences with yoga led her to explore its impact on other practitioners.
For the past seven years, Dr. Natalie Bourdon, associate professor of...
Mercer University senior Prachi Patel has recently ventured into starting and sustaining her own business, PrachiHennaArt.
Patel’s major in chemical commerce, designed for students interested in the overlap of science and business, has aided in her pursuit of a longtime...
In his new book, Dr. James Davis May uses poetry to reach into the depths of mental illness and grief. Unusually Grand Ideas is a powerful account of Dr. May’s struggles with clinical depression and the various complications the...
ST. SIMONS ISLAND — The latest work in a multiyear project by a Mercer University professor and her students to preserve Gullah Geechee and African American heritage and heritage sites in Coastal Georgia will be showcased 2-4 p.m. May...
From the first time she toured Mercer University, Bryana Whitaker knew it was the university for her. She was drawn to the small student-to-faculty ratio, emphasis on undergraduate research and the kindness of the people she encountered, including President...
This fall, 56 Mercer University sophomores will investigate ways to stop the formation of nasty biofilms that cause dental cavities and lead to many hospital-borne infections.
As part of the BOMM program, which combines biology, organic chemistry and mathematical modeling, the undergraduate students research, create and test drug compounds to prevent biofilms from forming.
Biofilm is a...
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...
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...
