University of Detroit Mercy received a $497,080 award from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to sustain its work in establishing the Metro Detroit Regional Vehicle Cybersecurity Institute, a regional cybersecurity consortium. This follows a $1.12-million award from the DoD in 2020 that the University used to establish the …
University of Detroit Mercy recently received a $1.12-million grant from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to establish the Metro Detroit Regional Vehicle Cybersecurity Institute, a regional-based, cybersecurity consortium. Led by Detroit Mercy, the consortium consists of multiple academic institutions in southeast Michigan and includes University of Arizona as …
University of Detroit Mercy has received a $1.6-million grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DoE) Office of Postsecondary Education. This five-year competitive grant was awarded through the DoE’s Title III Part A Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP), which provides grants to institutions that serve a high percentage of traditionally underserved …
Students from University of Detroit Mercy’s School of Dentistry will be serving even more members of the community free of charge thanks to a grant from the American Dental Association Foundation’s E. “Bud” Tarrson Dental School Student Community Leadership Award. The $11,417.83 grant is to support the work of the …
Detroit Mercy’s DCDC has taken up new offices at Neighborhood HomeBase on McNichols Road near Livernois Thursday. It’s designed to be a space for neighborhood meetings and a resource for revitalization of the area. Recent charitable grants totaling more than half a million dollars will support scholarships, programs, faculty research …
Detroit Mercy’s College of Engineering & Science recently received significant support in its efforts to support women in STEM through a five-year collaboration funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of $999,899. This project, which is led by Professor Sarah Kirk of Willamette University, is called the Advancing STEM Careers …
University of Detroit Mercy students recently made a presentation of service learning projects supported by a $40,000 grant from The Ford Motor Company Fund, Ford Community Corps. “This is one of the events I look forward to all year,” said Tim Hipskind, S.J., director of service learning for the University. …
An important moment in the abolitionist movement took place in Detroit in 1859, bringing together John Brown and Frederick Douglass, two of the most recognized anti-slavery crusaders. Detroit Mercy Law will host a symposium to celebrate the meeting on March 12, the 160th anniversary of the coming together of the …
Grants totaling $1.45 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and The Kresge Foundation will support the work of the Impact Detroit Network, of which the University of Detroit Mercy’s Detroit Collaborative Design Center (DCDC) is one of the leaders. These grants will support a major initiative designed to improve the …
University of Detroit Mercy’s Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations reports recent grants and corporate gifts totaling $185,600. These grants and gifts will help support University of Detroit Mercy students, programs and community service through a number of initiatives. Among the grants are: $80,000 from the Sutaruk Foundation to fund …
