Whether it’s tackling a legal case, starting a law firm, changing careers or helping new entrepreneurs, James Hiller ’73 is always up for a challenge. “The way I look at it, a life without challenges would be an empty life,” he said. Hiller came to the University of Detroit School …
Live6 Alliance is a University of Detroit Mercy-led organization dedicated to re-energizing the neighborhoods around the McNichols Campus at Livernois and Six Mile. Alumna Lauren Hood ’03, ’12 is the director of the partnership with The Kresge Foundation and the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, and will open new headquarters in …
Zachary Klima ’12 was named one of Crain’s Detroit Business’ 40 Under 40 for 2016. He developed an app that lets fans at entertainment venues know how long the lines are at restrooms and concession stands. Click here to read how he came up with the concept and who is …
The Advanced Group, an industry-leading diversified professional staffing, consulting, and outsourcing organization, announced the recent appointment of Julie Bell, ’03 as Chief Human Resources Officer. Bell earned her masters in Industrial Organization Psychology from University of Detroit Mercy. Read the story. posted in Financial Buzz
By Sheila Pursglove – Detroit Legal News, August 30, 2016 Athena Portokalidis enjoys studying the law from the perspectives of two differing legal traditions simultaneously in the Canadian & American Dual J.D. Program at Detroit Mercy Law and the University of Windsor Faculty of Law. “I feel it gives me a …
Delta Dental Foundation has made a $56,000 grant for University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry to establish a four-chair portable dental clinic within the ACCESS facility in Dearborn. ACCESS, an acronym for Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, is the largest Arab-American human services nonprofit in the …
University of Detroit Mercy’s new Center for Automotive Systems Engineering Education (CASEE) has received a major boost with a $1 million gift from William L. Kozyra ’80 in July. “There is no doubt in my mind that today I have a fabulous career and life as a result of the …
BY SHEILA PURSGLOVE Legal News – August 16, 2016 Aruna Vithiananthan’s grandfather was a well-known criminal defense lawyer in Sri Lanka, who continued to practice law as a Canadian citizen. Vithiananthan, a Canadian native born and raised in Toronto, heard stories of his cases from a young age. “Law was …
Detroit Mercy Law Alumni Association will present the 2016 Time and Talent Award to Mark A. Wisniewski ’90, on September 30, 2016 at a special dinner following the School’s Homecoming Golf Outing at The Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth, MI. The Time and Talent Award is the School of …
Terrell Nichols is the first recipient of the Dolores Davis-Penn Scholarship providing full tuition and room and board at University of Detroit Mercy for graduates of Detroit’s Jalen Rose Leadership Academy. The scholarship was established this year with a $250,000 gift from University of Detroit Mercy alumnus and Jalen Rose …
