Detroit Mercy will be well represented at a Lenten discussion series hosted by Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church in Lake Orion, Mich. For the next four Thursdays, the parish will host Lenten Soup Suppers at which speakers will introduce and explore Ignatian Spirituality, the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola, …
Calling all alumni! There is no more important place to be at noon today than at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit cheering as the Lady Titans basketball team takes on Green Bay for the Horizon League Championship. The winner of this game between third-seeded Lady Titans battle first-seeded Green Bay …
Intisar A. Rabb, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and director of its Islamic Legal Studies Program will discuss “Qāḍī Justice: Islamic Law as Procedure” on Thursday, March 2, at this year’s McElroy Lecture on Law and Religion. Rabb also holds an appointment as a professor of History at …
University of Detroit Mercy Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry—and alumnus—Matthew Mio has a theory: “Everyone who works here knows the mission of the school, but everyone interprets it differently—there is not just one way to carry out our mission.” It’s only 44 words long, but those words inspire a sense …
College students whose parents do not have four-year’s degree are known as “first-generation college students.” According to national studies, this population has a harder time adjusting to college life, navigating its path and is more likely to be without a degree six years after starting college that children of parents …
“I work for the greatest (police) department in the country and went to the greatest school in the country. I’m forever in debt to them both.” That’s what Abby (McCollum) Campbell ’14 told the Detroit Free Press for an article in today’s paper. Earlier this month, the ex-soccer player saved …
Jim Welch ’01 and his wife, Julie, who also attended Detroit Mercy, had good jobs in finance that they gave up to start a travel agency that specializes in unique, personalized vacations. The couple was featured in an article by the Detroit Free Press in which they talked about Amaze …
Nihad Dukhan, professor of Mechanical Engineering, has left a lasting mark on Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in Istanbul, Turkey, with his artistic Arabic calligraphy. Dukhan’s figure of “pen” (at right) inspired the ITU’s 250th anniversary sculpture that greets campus visitors on ITU’s Ayazaga campus. His interest in Arabic calligraphy began when he was in the …
“It’s not always about the physical. It’s entirely possible to be present and still feel, in a place that you could once claim as your own, completely disregarded and unwelcomed.” That quote is from an opinion piece on Model D by Lauren Hood ’03, ’12, acting director of the Detroit …
Engineering students at University of Detroit Mercy will benefit from one of the largest gifts ever given to the University by an alumnus. Bernard A. Schlaff, who died in 2015 at the age of 95, left $3 million to the University in his will to establish an endowed scholarship for …
