If you ever find yourself in the middle of the Sahara Desert hunting for fossils and can’t tell whether something is a rock or a bone, there’s a trick. “If you lick them and they stick to your tongue, it’s a bone,” University of Detroit Mercy Biology Lab Manager Justine …
Crain’s Detroit Business named two University of Detroit Mercy administrators — Dean of the College of Engineering & Science Katy Snyder and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Pamela Zarkowski — to its 2019 list of 35 educators they deem as Notable Women in Education Leadership. Snyder ’89, ’93 is the …
The Sahara Desert is one of the most remote places on Earth for a reason: it’s unbearably hot, there’s virtually no rainfall and the high position of the sun makes for extremely long days. Three University of Detroit Mercy students and a 2019 Detroit Mercy graduate are willing to endure …
It was a memorable night for the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture at the recent AIA Michigan Honor Awards. Former School of Architecture Dean Will Wittig earned the AIA Michigan President’s Award. Wittig recently stepped down as after serving as dean for eight years. “It is truly a …
There’s long been a debate among cinema enthusiasts as to whether digital technology is changing the art form. It’s a question University of Detroit Mercy Professor of English Nicholas Rombes — who also teaches film classes — has been researching for years, and last year published a revised edition of …
Among the little-known stories of World War II is the fact that rural areas across the continental United States were home to prisoner of war camps housing thousands of German and Italian soldiers. Professor of History Gregory Sumner came across this information while researching his last book, Detroit in World …
Mike and Antoine Davis, the University’s men’s basketball legends-in-the-making are bringing a lot of national attention to our revitalized program. Mike, the father is the new coach and brings a successful record that started with his first head coaching job at Indiana University, taking over when controversial coach Bobby Knight …
The annual lists put out by Crain’s Detroit Business that highlight great work being done by metro Detroit professionals is rarely without a representative from University of Detroit Mercy. Check it out here. And also here. The recent Notable Women in Marketing is another example, and the University is represented by …
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Professor Lawrence Dubin received the State Bar of Michigan’s John W. Reed Michigan Lawyer Legacy Award during the annual State Bar of Michigan NEXT Conference in Grand Rapids in September. The prestigious John W. Reed Michigan Lawyer Legacy Award is presented periodically to …
University of Detroit Mercy’s Dan Pitera was named winner of the 2018 American Institute of Architects’ Detroit Chapter’s Charles Blessing Award. Pitera is executive director of Detroit Mercy’s Detroit Collaborative Design Center (DCDC). This prestigious award is given to recognize an individual who shows leadership in planning and civic issues …
