The national reputation of Detroit Mercy’s Detroit Collaborative Design Center (DCDC) is on the rise. Thanks to a grant by the Kresge Foundation’s American Cities Practice, the DCDC is advising community development and economic engine groups in Memphis, Tenn., and Milwaukee, Wisc. Both cities are developing reports and community development …
The Student Success Center in the McNichols Campus Library is a special place for many people. It’s a place struggling students can get free tutoring that has been proven to improve their grades. And it’s a place where student tutors learn to become leaders. It’s a place that feels, for many, …
The summer internship program at the National Aeronautics and Space Agency, that’s NASA to most people, is represented by two young men connected with Detroit Mercy’s Biochemistry program. Witold Fuchs ’16 will be starting a seven-week summer internship at NASA in Huntsville, Ala., soon. He recently completed his first year at the …
Sarah Cornwell was shocked at commencements last month when she heard her name called as the recipient of the Vivere ex Missione award for graduate students. She shouldn’t have been too surprised, though. The award is presented annually to students — one graduate level and one undergraduate — who best exemplify the mission of …
As a high school student, Nara Gonczigsuren chose Detroit Mercy for its academic programs. What she didn’t realize at the time is that she would discover that many of her favorite parts of college would take place outside of the classroom. Gonczigsuren, who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in Biology and a …
Dr. Barbara Cushing and her late husband, Dr. Ralph Cushing, made a significant gift to the College of Health Professions facility expansion earlier this year, naming a student examination room in the name of Dr. William C. Montgomery. You can read about that gift and others by the Cushings as …
Friends, family, and colleagues gathered at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law on Friday, June 9, to celebrate the retirement of Adjunct Professors Richard T. Krisciunas ’72, ‘7 and Michael V. Morgan ’69, ’72. The pair has been co-teaching the School’s Criminal Trial Clinic since 2008. Through their work, the professors …
When the Flint water crisis was in the news last year, Titans’ women’s basketball player Chea Taylor knew she had to do something to help the residents of the city get water they could use. She started a crowd-sourcing webpage to collect funds to purchase and deliver water to the …
Dean Gary Kuleck announced he is seeking a new opportunity in Oregon and is leaving Detroit Mercy at the end of this month. Katherine Snyder, Ph.D. ’89, ’93 has been named interim dean. Under Kuleck’s guidance, Detroit Mercy and the College of Engineering & Science won a five-year, multi-institutional, $21.4 …
Donors to University of Detroit Mercy give for many reasons. Some give because they themselves benefited from gifts to scholarships when they were students here. Others give in honor of a special professor or to a particular program. Still others give to make an investment in the future of the …
