University of Detroit Mercy will celebrate Black History Month throughout February with a number of free events and engagements that are open to the public. All events take place on the McNichols campus. Speaking Engagement: Professor Tiya Miles—Feb. 9, 5:30 p.m., Student Center Ballroom Miles will discuss and sign her …
It’s Catholic Schools Week, a week that promotes the important role of Catholic schools in today’s educational system. The superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Detroit is a Titan: Kevin Kijewski ’03, and he credits his love of Catholic education with his experience at Detroit Mercy. “I got …
As part of Detroit Mercy’s celebration of Black History Month, Ibram X. Kendi, author of the 2016 National Book Award-winning Stamped From The Beginning: A Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, will speak at University of Detroit Mercy at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, in the Student Center Ball Room on …
Original artwork by the father of one of Detroit Mercy’s most well-known professors is being auctioned off as a fundraiser for the History department. Professor Edwin DeWindt taught at Detroit Mercy for 46 years in the History Department. He retired in 2014, and passed away in 2016. While here, he …
Community involvement has always been a theme in Professor Stephen Vogel’s life. It’s a trait, he says he inherited from his parents while growing up in rural southwest Indiana. As a student, architect and dean of the School of Architecture, his community as grown. Not only has he impacted metro …
As the son of an Episcopalian minister, the last place James Timberlake thought he would find himself was a Jesuit university. But it’s his education at University of Detroit he credits with giving him the skills and confidence to build a successful career in architecture helping design significant projects like, …
Associate Professor of Mathematics Dawn Archey recently won a $21,998 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support 15 early career mathematics researchers to travel to two conferences in Belgium in 2018. This award was made possible through the NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences. The Young Mathematicians in C*-Algebras Conference …
Jennifer Dukarski ’96, ’10 mechanical engineering and law, Butzel Long attorney and partner, has attained the distinction of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior member status, the highest grade for which IEEE members can apply. To be eligible for application or nomination, candidates must be engineers, scientists, …
As a University of Detroit Mercy architecture student, Graig Donnelly thought his future held a lifetime of designing houses and buildings. Today, as TechTown Detroit’s chief strategy officer, Wayne State University’s assistant vice president for Economic Development and one of Crain’s Detroit Business’ 40 Under 40, Donnelly said he had …
More than 15 ReBUILDetroit scholars attended in the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), one of the largest communities of underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in November. ReBUILDetroit is funded by a $21-million grant from the National Institutes of Health to increase diversity in …
