University of Detroit Mercy’s College of Business Administration (CBA) will have a new endowed chair thanks to a major gift from the estate of an alumnus. Arnold Jarboe ’54 graduated from the College of Business Administration and worked for the Social Security Administration and practiced law. When he died in …
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 …
What started off as a simple idea will soon be enjoyed by thousands of children and adults at the Michigan Science Center. Thanks to a collaboration between University of Detroit Mercy, Ford Motor Company Fund (Ford Fund), Detroit Cristo Rey High School and the Michigan Science Center, the science behind …
Detroit Mercy will host a friendly but competitive mathematics competition for high school students to test their problem-solving skills and mathematical knowledge in February 2019. But until then, high school students have a chance to gain invaluable practice at solving math problems online through web math puzzles created by Detroit Mercy’s Math Department …
“Ghosts haunt institutions,” says Professor of Architecture Tony Martinico. “I don’t want to be one of those ghosts.” That’s why, when the fall 2018 semester ended in December, Martinico retired from the University he has taught at for 39 years, from which he has three degrees, and that he first …
As he steps down after eight years as dean of the School of Architecture, Will Wittig does not like to talk about anything as lofty as “his legacy.” “If we talk about positive things that happened during my tenure, I’d have to say that the people who have come to …
University of Detroit Mercy’s next School of Architecture’s dean — the School’s fourth — will be inheriting a program current Dean Will Wittig and his faculty have been carefully building for years. Wittig calls it “School of Architecture 4.0.” It’s a program that stresses hands-on themes in four areas: community …
As usual, the new year brings faculty comings and goings University-wide, including three of note in the College of Business Administration. In December 2018, after three decades of service at University of Detroit Mercy, Professor of Marketing Mary Higby retired. Higby taught marketing management, marketing strategy, retailing and consumer behavior, …
University of Detroit Mercy’s College of Health Professions & McAuley School of Nursing (MSON) will offer a Part-Time Bachelor of Science in Nursing (PT BSN) program beginning in May and is seeking students to fill the first 30-seat cohort. Like all Detroit Mercy’s Nursing programs, the new part-time Bachelor of …
Over the past year, University of Detroit Mercy’s Center for Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) has been serving its core function while expanding in new directions. Joining Director Derrin Leppek this year as assistant director of the CSE is Olga Alavanou, ’98, former executive vice president of Yazaki North and Central …
