Almost by accident, a Mercer University professor invented an instrument that may lead to an inexpensive early-warning device for earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis for use in homes or businesses.
For a growing number of high school seniors, spring is no longer time to swap homework for college applications.
(MACON) Part of the closing activities of the International Conductors Workshop (ICW) and Festival, being held Jan. 12-16 at Mercer University in Macon, will be a free concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, in the Neva Langley Fickling Hall of Mercer's McCorkle Music Building. Some of the participants of the five-day workshop will conduct the Macon Sinfonia in a program featuring the works of Beethoven. The public is invited to attend.
"We have outstanding talent who will conduct," said Adrian Gnam, director of the workshop and festival. The participating conductors will have worked with members of the Macon Sinfonia throughout their workshop sessions.
This is the second year that Mercer University, the Macon Symphony and the St. Petersburg (Russia) Philharmonic Society have collaborated for this important training event for conductors from all over the world. Countries represented are Japan, South Korea, Nicaragua, Armenia, Israel, Brazil and the...
Chuck Bengochea, CEO of Norcross-based Honeybaked Ham, will speak Wednesday, Jan. 12, at 7 p.m. at Mercer University's Stetson School of Business & Economics in Atlanta.
The presentation will be held in the Trustees Dining Room on the Atlanta campus of Mercer University at 3001 Mercer University Drive. Bengochea will speak to Mercer business students about ethics in business.
Founded in 1833, Mercer University has campuses in Macon and Atlanta as well as three regional academic centers. With 10 schools and colleges, the University offers programs in liberal arts, business, engineering, education, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, law and theology.
For 15 consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report has named Mercer University as one of the leading universities in the South.
ROME, Ga. - Mercer University School of Medicine Alumna Julie C. Barnes, M.D., F.A.C.P., an internist practicing in Rome, Ga., has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the society of internists. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine, the specialty of adult medical care.
Macon-Mercer University's student affiliate chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS) received an Outstanding award for its chapter activities during the 2003-2004 academic year. This is the second year in a row that the Mercer University chapter has received this honor.
The 2003-2004 student officers Ron Hunter, president; Ketan Patel, vice president; Holly Cagle, secretary; and Delaram Moshkelani, treasurer. Assistant Professors of Chemistry Dr. Nancy Dopke and Dr. Arthur Salido are co-advisers for the group.
"I'm extremely happy that we received the Outstanding award once again," Hunter said. "The chapter, as a whole, really deserved the award because of all the commitment and heart every member showed throughout the course of the year. In short, we sowed great things and reaped a great reward."
The Outstanding award is the highest award given to a student affiliate chapter by the national organization. The Mercer chapter was one of the 26 chapters out of more than 960 in...
ATLANTA— Christmas is the time for giving and receiving gifts. But it’s also possible for consumers to build unhealthy amounts of debt on their credit cards, digging themselves in a hole that’s hard to come out of, according to...
Homecoming 2005 is under way on the Macon campus. QuadWorks has listed on its Web page the many events scheduled for this week that will once again feature televised basketball games from the University Center -- a men's game on Friday night and a women's on Saturday night.
For a complete listing of activities scheduled, click here http://www.mercer.edu/quadworks/index.html
ATLANTA - The busy holiday season - with its endless parties, travel and cold weather - also marks the height of the flu season. Patients can use medicines safely and effectively if they follow a few simple guidelines, according to Dr. Karla Foster, a professor in the Southern School of Pharmacy at Mercer University.
ATLANTA-Beginning Feb. 24, Mercer University will offer a preparation course for the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT). A program of Mercer's College of Continuing and Professional Studies, the GMAT preparation course will be offered on Thursdays from 6 to 10 p.m., Feb. 24 through April 7, on the Cecil B. Day Campus in Atlanta.
