Tonight, the NCAA men’s basketball scoring record set 53 years ago by Pete Maravich will most likely be broken by Detroit Mercy’s phenom Antoine Davis. Detroit’s No. 0 — whose jersey was retired after his last game at Calihan Hall last week— has the best average in the nation right …
Alumna pays it forward with nursing kits for students Growing up, Shawna Stewart ’15 was drawn to the medical field in order to care for people. Now working as a nurse in Detroit, she’s trying to help make things more affordable for nursing students. In 2020, the University of Detroit …
When she was sworn in as a Michigan Supreme Court justice on Jan. 1, Kyra Harris Bolden ’14 made history. The University of Detroit Mercy Law alumna is the first Black woman to serve on the state’s highest court. In appointing her to the position, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said, …
We have gotten a little behind in writing about Titans basketball phenom Antoine Davis, but hope we can be forgiven. At the pace he’s been setting records, it’s a little hard to keep up. On Monday, for the 12th time in his already illustrious career, graduate senior Antoine Davis was …
“When you look good, you play good.” From his days as an amateur and professional basketball player to founding and operating his own sportswear company, it’s a phrase Desmond Ferguson ’00 knows quite well. The former Detroit Mercy student-athlete remembers how similar basketball uniforms looked growing up around sports in …
University of Detroit Mercy has announced its Hall Of Fame Class of 2023 with 13 outstanding individuals and one team that will be remembered forever in Titan history. Detroit Mercy established its Sports Hall of Fame in 1977 to honor the student-athletes, coaches and administrators who have helped develop the …
Antoine Davis became the Horizon League’s all-time leading scorer on Thursday, helping lead Detroit Mercy men’s basketball to a 75-66 road victory over preseason league favorite, Purdue Fort Wayne. Davis made three consecutive 3-pointers in a span of 90 seconds later in the contest to break the record and give the Titans …
Throughout the school year, Pat Higo fields calls for photos and other materials as an archives and special collections librarian at University of Detroit Mercy. But there’s a specific collection Higo receives more requests for than any other and it’s been part of the University’s legacy for decades. “At least …
On Nov. 8, the University lost one of its most cherished Jesuits, Fr. Gerald “Jerry” F. Cavanagh, S.J. He was 91. Fr. Cavanagh was a welcoming and friendly face on the McNichols Campus for 42 years. He welcomed students, staff and faculty alike with an open ear, a 100-watt smile …
Of the nearly 336,000 U.S. Air Force airmen serving on active duty today, fewer than 1% have achieved the rank of colonel and less than a quarter of those are women. Only after dedicating a minimum of 22 years serving in the military and three years in the previous rank …
