Kaitlyn Miklovich grew up about 75 miles outside of Detroit in the small town of Clifford, Mich. So when she announced she was going to attend University of Detroit Mercy, it raised some eyebrows. “My mom was really, really worried about me coming to school in Detroit,” Miklovich said. “But …
This essay is part of an occasional series called Let’s Talk that provides a forum to share thoughts by Detroit Mercy faculty, staff, alumni or invited guests and is designed to start conversations. It was written by Hannah Tillman ’19, a technical writing intern for Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence company …
Nathan Steinwascher has lived a kind of double life over the last three years: By day, he’s a mild-mannered accountant, working with numbers and data, but at night, he is a fierce protector of a small-but-important square of grass. “It’s crazy to think about,” Steinwascher said. “I’m just so grateful …
Detroit Mercy’s College of Business Administration gave out its annual Business Leadership Awards on Saturday, Oct. 6, during a celebration at the Detroit Golf Club. Additionally, the College announced the opening of the Center for Practice & Research in Management & Ethics (PRIME) and launched the Center’s national speaker series …
University of Detroit Mercy’s School of Architecture (SOA) achieved a No. 1 ranking in the America’s Top Architecture Schools 2020 report by DesignIntelligence (DI), an independent business dedicated to the business success of organizations in architecture, engineering, construction and design. Each year, DI conducts a survey of America’s top architecture …
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 …
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 …
The stories of the women and men in Detroit who followed their calling and helped build what is now University of Detroit Mercy are being shared in a far-reaching and important new online archive by the Detroit Mercy Libraries and Instructional Design Studio. The Jesuit and Mercy History and Spirituality …
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 …
Three young Detroit Mercy alumni have been included on lists of leaders in metropolitan Detroit who are making a difference. The Michigan Chronicle has named Asia Rawls ’18 and Lynita Taylor ’10, ’12 to its 2019 40 Under 40 list of local African-American professionals “who inspire others through their vision, leadership, …
