In just 12 weeks, Mercer students can have 12 credit hours, an undergraduate certificate and an immersive study abroad experience under their belt.  Right now, the first group is working its way through the new Globalization and Engagement (GLEN) certificate...
Mercer students were on the ground and immersed in the action when presidential primary season kicked off earlier this month. As part of a special topics course on “Presidential Primaries, Communications and the Media,” 15 students traveled to Iowa for...
A Mercer senior hopes to help strengthen the bonds between families and their loved ones who are incarcerated. Taylor Rinberger, a psychology major and Mercer Service Scholar, plans to donate books, crayons and puzzles to a Middle Georgia prison...
MACON – Ten Mercer students will present eight posters to state senators and representatives at the second annual “Posters at the Georgia Capitol” event Feb. 25 in Atlanta. The undergraduate research presentation opportunity is an initiative of the Georgia Undergraduate Research...
Three Mercer University researchers are working on new drug formulations that could more safely and effectively treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. Through their company, DD Therapeutics, the researchers — Dr. Ajay Banga, Dr. Martin D’Souza and Dr. Kevin Murnane —...
Thirty Mercer students are getting front-row seats to presidential politics over the next couple weeks. Fifteen of them are flying to Iowa today, where they will spend five days observing and volunteering with political campaigns before the Democratic caucuses Feb....
MACON – Gretchen Bentz, Ph.D., assistant professor of microbiology in Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM), recently received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) grant in the amount of $424,500. The grant will provide training opportunities...
A Mercer University research team has made a discovery that could lead to a treatment for illnesses caused by the Epstein-Barr virus, including mononucleosis and cancer. Part of the herpes virus family, the Epstein-Barr virus is one of the most...
Since fall 2015, Mercer’s Visionary Student Panel (VSP) has helped bring big ideas for addressing real-world problems to life. An initiative of the University’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)/Research That Reaches Out office, VSP started out as a crowd-sourced program...
More than two dozen Mercer Bears participated in a history-making moment this summer in South Korea. The fifth annual Mercer On Mission (MOM) trip to the country included a new component, as participants assisted the Korean Army in its...

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