Category: <span>CC News</span>

Tickets still available for the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic, July 28-31

Detroit Mercy will once again host alumni and friends at the Rocket Mortgage Classic on July 28-31 at Detroit Golf Club. Several player commitments have been announced including U.S. Open runner-up Will Zalatoris, defending champion Cam Davis, former World No. 1s Justin Rose and Jason Day, and PGA Tour winners such as Tony Finau, Rickie Fowler and Kevin Kisner.

Detroit Mercy service-learning project provides care packs for people in need

For more than six years, Nour Lyon and her husband have been distributing care packs with useful items to members of the unhoused community. 

“I always felt helpless walking by homeless people in Detroit or driving around and I thought, ‘what can I have ready to go to give them?’” Lyon ’12, an assistant professor in the Physician Assistant Program, said. “I didn’t always have cash on me, and I thought that this would be something good and beneficial to give them.” 

Cup of Science: Perfecting the espresso experience

Robert McKeon Aloe draws from his day job at Apple, his University of Detroit Mercy education and a passion for data science in creating a tiny cup of perfection. McKeon, a 2006 alumnus of Detroit Mercy’s College of Engineering & Sciences, works as a manager for Apple in California, but when he’s not working for the innovative tech company, he’s using data science to experiment with espresso.