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Headshot of the Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Clyde Reese. The court says Reese died unexpectedly on Saturday after a short hospital stay.

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Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Clyde Reese dies at 64

A Georgia Court of Appeals judge has died at age 64. The court says Judge Clyde Reese died on Saturday.

December 19, 2022
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Hurricane season is over, Mercer spotlights women's rights, and a former prosecutor has a court date

On the Wednesday, Nov. 30 edition of the Georgia Today podcast: Hurricane season is over, Mercer is putting a spotlight on women's rights, a former Georgia prosecutor charged with hindering the police investigation into the killing of Ahmaud Arbery has been ordered to appear before a judge 

November 30, 2022
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  • Peter Biello
"Women's Rights are Human Rights" was curated by graphic designer Elizabeth Resnick. The exhibit will be on display at Mercer University through January 2023.

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  • Art & Design

'Women’s Rights' exhibit in Macon showcases international collection of political posters

The exhibit, “Women’s Rights are Human Rights,” was curated by Elizabeth Resnick, a graphic designer and curator out of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Its namesake is from a 1995 speech by then-first lady Hillary Clinton. 

November 25, 2022
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  • Sofi Gratas
Mercer University President William Underwood, left, with Bibb Schools Superintendent Dan Sims, center, and Clayton Schools Superintendent Morcease Beasley, right, after the announcement of the new Mercer program to lure mid-career people into teaching.

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  • Education

A new degree program aims to draw mid-career jobseekers to teaching

The federal department of education is granting $9.6 million to a partnership between five Georgia school systems and Mercer University’s Tift College of Education. The aim of the partnership is luring mid-career people to teaching.

October 05, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
A grave marker amid the trees in the African American cemetery outside the Penfield Cemetery of Mercer University.

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  • History

A path toward reconciling history and slavery cuts through a cemetery

Around the country, colleges and universities are beginning to work through their historical relationships to the institution of slavery. Sometimes the history is well documented, even if ignored. In other cases, the connection between higher learning and slavery requires some detective work.

March 11, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
People stand in an underground parking used as a bomb shelter in a mall center in Odesa, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. In makeshift shelters and underground railway platforms across Ukraine, families trying to protect the young and old and make conditions bearable amid the bullets, missiles and shells outside.

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Political Rewind: Former Sen. Sam Nunn talks about Ukraine; Ukrainians in Ga. weigh toll of conflict

Monday on Political Rewind: Former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn offers his insights on Ukraine. Then we talk to Mercer University professor Christ Grant, who watched the crisis unfold while in Ukraine earlier this year, and Ukrainian native Tetiana Lendiel.

February 28, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more
Mercer cutting ribbon on medical school campus in Columbus

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Mercer Medical School’s Columbus campus officially opens

The next generation of healthcare professionals will soon be walking the halls of Mercer University School of Medicine’s new Columbus campus.

December 23, 2021
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  • Associated Press
Legislature hears about outdoor learning

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Seeing Is Believing; Students Learn Better Outdoors

Students learn faster when they can see the evidence before their eyes, educators told Georgia lawmakers during a recent committee meeting on outdoor learning.

September 14, 2021
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  • Sam Sinclair
Attorney Lin Wood

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Prominent Pro-Trump Lawyer And Mercer Grad Lin Wood Calls Mercer Students 'Brainwashed'

Mercer’s Walter F. George School of Law named a courtroom after him when he pledged $1 million over a 10-year period in 2016. Now, some students and faculty are advocating for his name to be removed due to his controversial internet presence.

January 26, 2021
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  • Mary Helene Hall
Gwendolyn Payton with her art

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Black Student Finally Receives Degree 50 Years After Heartbreaking Denial

In 1968, Macon’s Gwendolyn Payton approached the head of Mercer University’s art department. She wanted to discuss pursuing an art degree. He told her she didn’t have what it took to earn one, because she was Black.

September 25, 2020
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  • Jenna Eason
A campus tour of Mercer University in Macon Wednesday.

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  • Education

Dozens Of Mercer Students Test COVID-19 Positive Weeks Before Classes Start

Over 30 students at Mercer University have tested positive for COVID-19.

August 05, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship
Volunteers from Mercer University assemble Bears Care kits to hand out to students attending summer classes. Students returning in the fall will also receive the kits.

Mercer Handing Out COVID-19 Safety Kits To Returning Students

Mercer University is rolling out a new care package program to provide students, faculty, and staff the resources they need in order to help minimize...

July 02, 2020
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  • Jenna Sanders
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden listens to a question from Madison Moore, at right with microphone, at a campaign event, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020.

Mercer Student At Center Of Biden's 'Dog-Faced' Comment: 'I Think He's A Poor Candidate'

Madison Moore, the Mercer University student who was called a "lying dog-faced pony soldier" by former Vice President and presidential candidate Joe...

February 10, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
Through her work as a rural physician, Dr. Keisha Callins addresses the bigger picture of maternal morality in Georgia.

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  • Health Care

How A Rural Georgia Doctor Is Taking An Holistic View On Maternal Care

Through her work as a rural physician, Dr. Keisha Callins addresses the bigger picture of maternal mortality in Georgia. Serving as the only OB-GYN for...

October 08, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Grant Blankenship ,
  • and 1 more
Georgia State guard Kane Williams (12) drives past Texas-Arlington guard DJ Bryant (2) during the second half of the NCAA college basketball championship game of the Sun Belt Conference men's tournament in New Orleans, Sunday, March 17, 2019.

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GSU Men, Mercer Women To Represent Georgia In NCAA Basketball Tournaments

March Madness is upon us! The NCAA holds its men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments this month. It’s a time of brackets and betting – and to...

March 19, 2019
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  • Amy Kiley and
  • Virginia Prescott
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