Counseling students at University of Detroit Mercy will soon have new opportunities to learn and work in medically underserved communities, thanks to a nearly $1 million grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The four-year grant, which …
The American Dental Association is dentistry’s most important organization and the ADA News is its biggest publication. The most recent issue features an article on a 95-year-old alumnus of Detroit Mercy’s School of Dentistry. Robert Kasper, D.D.S. ’54 was featured in advance of Nov. 11’s Veterans Day because he flew …
Recent corporate gifts and charitable grants totaling $20,800 will support curriculum, outreach and other programming needs at University of Detroit Mercy. “Awards like these demonstrate substantial support of University programming from corporations and foundations,” said Yvonne Lindstrom, director of Corporate and Foundation Relations. “These grants are partnerships between the University …
More than 50 alumni gathered in Washington, D.C., earlier this month where University President Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D., updated them on University achievement. Each of the last seven decades were represented, including a 1950 alumnus, a Mercy College alumna and a few alumni from 2014-2016. The group was honored to have been …
Homecoming 2017 is barely in the books, but we are already are making plans for Homecoming 2018, even though we don’t have a date for it yet. BGen Michael Dudzik, USAF (Ret.), ’75, is organizing a gathering of alumni who were members of University of Detroit’s active ROTC program that …
If you don’t know Tom Page ’71, ’76 and his generous gifts to the University, take a minute to read about him here. The Detroit Mercy bikes his most recent donation purchased, had their inaugural ride Saturday as part of the Homecoming bike tour of the neighborhoods around the McNichols …
Among the many things being discussed by alumni at this past weekend’s Homecoming celebration were the high marks the University earned in The Wall Street Journal’s 2018 Times Higher Education College Rankings that came out early last week. The media giant ranked Detroit Mercy at 188 out of 1,054 universities …
Last week, in honor of Mercy Week, we asked readers to send us reflections on what Mercy means to them. We were supporting the efforts of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, one of the founders of the University whose values color everything Detroit Mercy does. It is part of a …
Millions of Americans rely on wheelchairs or walking aids such as a cane every day. In fact, some 54 million Americans — a full 19 percent of the non-institutionalized population — suffer from a physical or cognitive disability. Through a special project with the John Dingell Veterans Hospital in downtown …
A $10,000 grant from the Oakland County Bar Foundation will help fund a partnership between University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan designed to aid hundreds of low-income litigants who represent themselves in lawsuits before the federal court …
