Frustrated with the traditional durags they were using to care for their hair, Jabril Edmondson and DeShun Gilchrist decided to make their own — and do it better. “We wanted to improve on three main things: convenience, compression and comfort,”...
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...
A Mercer University professor is being honored for the innovative way he gives feedback to his writing students.   Dr. Jared Champion, assistant professor of writing and interdisciplinary studies in the College of Professional Advancement, creates videos on Canvas and YouTube for his students.  The videos have...
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...
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...
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. 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...
Mac Brydon grew up putting labels on peanut tins.  Every Christmas, his mom would sell gourmet Virginia peanuts to make some extra cash.   “The more peanuts she sold, the better our Christmas was,” Brydon said.   Today, the 2019 Mercer University alumnus runs his own gourmet peanut business. Bear Food is based in...
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...
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...

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