For the seventh consecutive year, University of Detroit Mercy has been recognized as one of the top universities in the country by U.S. News & World Report in its 2026 Best Colleges edition. The University is ranked No. 183 in the National Universities category, rising from No. 189 in the 2025 rankings. …
For more than 40 years and in many ways, Mike Whitty ’64 and his wife Gail ’85 have supported University of Detroit Mercy. “I don’t even know when we started,” Mike said. “We just always felt it was the right thing to do.” Their gifts over the years have helped …
University of Detroit Mercy has named the recipients of this year’s Spirit of Detroit Mercy alumni awards. “These seven alumni are exactly the kind of people Detroit Mercy strives to create,” said University President Donald B. Taylor, who chose the honorees. “They have made a difference in their field and …
In early 2023, Detroit Mercy was informed by the lawyer for the estate of Bernard Lucci ’64 that the University was the recipient of a bequest from their client’s will. “We knew that the gift was coming,” said Barbara Milbauer ’66, of the Office of Planned Giving. “What we didn’t …
If it’s Wednesday, you can bet that a reunion of sorts will be taking place over lunch at Mt. Chalet in Royal Oak. It’s where a close-knit group of alumni, many of whom met while attending University of Detroit and Mercy College of Detroit at the end of the 1960s …
Each year, University of Detroit Mercy’s Marketing & Communications department profiles members of the graduating classes. Students chosen were nominated by staff and faculty for their contributions to the life of the University. Click here for more information about 2024 commencement exercises. As a child of immigrants living in upstate New York …
University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) graduate programs are once again ranked among the top in the nation in the 2024-25 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges edition. This is the fifth consecutive year Detroit Mercy graduate programs have ranked among the nation’s best. This year, the College of Business Administration’s (CBA) MBA …
Students, alumni, employees and their friends are all invited to join the festivities at the University’s Homecoming scheduled for Sept. 29-30 at Detroit Mercy’s McNichols Campus. Two days of events — from games and tours to informational sessions to a battle of high school marching bands — are planned and …
University of Detroit Mercy was ranked among the top national universities by U.S. News & World Report for a fifth year in a row, earning a No. 185 rank in the National Universities category of the publication’s “Best Colleges” 2024 edition. Thirteen other Michigan universities earned a place in this year’s National University category. Detroit Mercy ranks fourth in the state and is the …
Each year, University of Detroit Mercy honors an alumnus from each of its seven schools or colleges for the way they have excelled in their professions and demonstrated leadership and service to the larger community. Detroit Mercy is proud to announce its Class of 2023 recipients of the Spirit of …
