Since summer study abroad travel was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mercer University has found alternative ways to engage students in study abroad programs.
One of those is through a Virtual World Tour.
Rebekah Anaya, study abroad coordinator for the...
MACON – Mercer University alumnae Liz Dreggors, Britney Hudson and Kyla Semmendinger were recently selected to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
The program recruits high-potential, early-career scientists and engineers and supports their graduate research training...
Mercer University has converted its 10th annual Breakthroughs in Engagement, Arts and Research (BEAR) Day to a virtual format during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to showcase outstanding student research and special projects.
Students were invited to submit their work...
MACON – Mercer University has converted its 10th annual Breakthroughs in Engagement, Arts and Research (BEAR) Day to a virtual format during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to showcase outstanding student research and special projects.
Students were invited to submit their...
Dr. Charlie Thomas felt like something was missing from her Introduction to Ethics course. She had been teaching the class since joining the faculty at Mercer in 1994, but she had never been totally happy with it … until...
MACON – Mercer University is represented for the second consecutive year in the highly selective Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Posters on the Hill. This year’s event will take place online with poster sessions being presented virtually on Twitter beginning...
Mercer University College of Pharmacy researcher Martin D’Souza, Ph.D., says there is good news and bad news when it comes to developing a vaccine for COVID-19.
The good news: “It is extremely easy to develop vaccines, and even more so...
Mercer University College of Pharmacy faculty member Martin D’Souza, Ph.D., recently began research into designing a microparticle vaccine for COVID-19.
Dr. D’Souza has previously used patented nanotechnology to design and deliver nanovaccines for infectious diseases and cancer. His approach involves...
Christopher Rice had a problem.
He was working in the oil fields in North Dakota, and his cellphone charger cable kept breaking.
“If you’ve ever been to North Dakota, there is nothing there,” Rice said. “The closest Walmart from where we lived was an...
In recent weeks, Mercer students, faculty and staff have been faced with the task of transitioning to online coursework in the wake of the spread of COVID-19.
For many, this looks like a series of recorded lectures and synchronized class...
