The Women’s and Gender Studies program at Detroit Mercy is delighted to announce the winners of the 2022-23 Undergraduate Writing Contest. Nine students were awarded prizes in three categories.
Unheard Voices: Afro-Brazilian Diaspora, curated and directed by Greg Grobis, was created from experiences during the 2022 Fulbright Hays Brazil GPA Trip.
Students from University of Detroit Mercy swept the top-three spots in the ninth annual Detroit Chapter ISACA Cybersecurity Scholarship Case Competition on April 16. The competition awarded $13,500 in scholarships with 21 teams competing across four institutions.
Award-winning journalist Karla Rivas with Radio Progreso in Honduras will be the guest speaker at a special Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive (CLASA) event on Thursday, April 20 at 12:45 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom.
The annual UCA Jesuit Martyrs fundraiser dinner is set for Wednesday, April 19 at 6:45 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom of the McNichols Campus. The fundraiser helps raised money to help El Salvadoran attend the UCA.
Join Detroit Mercy’s Cybersecurity Club for their last meeting of the 2022-23 school year on Tuesday, April 18 at 5:30 p.m. from Briggs Building, Room 217.
Detroit Mercy students will read their original creative work—poetry, fiction and memoir at Pages Bookshop in Detroit on Thursday, April 20. The reading is set for 6:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Join Director of Writing Across the Curriculum Sigrid Streit for a workshop Friday, April 14 focused on teaching writing and incorporating writing assignments into your courses.
The next gathering is Wednesday, April 12 from 5-6:30 p.m. in Room 205, Briggs Building. The session will be led by Amanda Hiber.
Organized by Detroit Mercy’s Cybersecurity & Information Systems department, 12 students formed two teams (cyber defenders), with one of those teams winning the competition on Saturday, April 1.
The Department of Religious Studies invites the campus community to the 2023 Cushing Distinguished Lecture, set for Thursday, April 13 at 7 p.m. in the College of Health Professions, Room 124.
Associate Professor of English and Department chair Mary-Catherine Harrison presented her research on the Plenary panel of the Midwest Victorian Studies Association conference. Her paper …
Associate Professor of Religious Studies Patrick Kelly, S.J., has published a new book, Play, Sport and Spirit. Published by Paulist Press in 2023, Play, Sport, …
Assistant Professor of Economics Ablaye Camara presented a paper titled, “U.S. and Allies Response to China’s Offensive in Africa: The Complex Equation of Cooperation and …
Anthony Grooms, the author of several works of fiction, including Bombingham and Vain Conversation, will be joining online class meetings of Professor of English Michael Barry’s Study of Fiction course on Wednesday, March 29.
Director of Writing Across the Curriculum Sigrid Streit and Director of the Writing Center Lauren Rinke at Detroit Mercy are inviting you to three virtual workshops focusing on teaching writing and incorporating writing assignments across all disciplines.
Each year, the Detroit Mercy English Department honors Dudley Randall, the late poet, publisher and Detroit Mercy librarian and poet-in-residence, by sponsoring a poetry competition in his name.
Detroit Mercy’s English Department will host author Adam Giannelli in the last Triptych virtual reading series, to be held on Thursday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m.
Detroit Mercy will hold a panel discussion and documentary viewing of Ossian Sweet as part of the University’s celebration of Black History Month. The event was re-scheduled to Wednesday, March 15 at 7 p.m. due to the University closing because of weather during late February.
Associate Professor of Theatre Andrew Papa recently published a book review with the Voice and Speech Review, regarding the book The Complete Business Speaker: How …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine presented on a webinar, “The Robert Cromwell Rescue, Federal Fugitive Slave Acts and their Legacy,” to attorneys …
Detroit Mercy undergraduate students, now is the time to submit your poetry work for the 53rd installment of the Dudley Randall Poetry Prize competition! The deadline for submissions is Friday, Feb. 10.
The first prize is $150, second prize earns $75 and third prize receives $50.
Tiya Miles, author of six books on African American and Indigenous history, will discuss her latest book, All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, A Black Family Keepsake. The webinar is set for Monday, Feb. 6 from 7-8:30 p.m. via Zoom.
A final informational session regarding travel to Israel through the Michigan Consortium for Israel Studies is set for Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. The info session will be held via Zoom.
Detroit Mercy’s English Department will host poet and writer Marcelo Hernandez Castillo at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 as the first speaker in its new virtual reading series, Triptych.
Detroit Mercy’s College of Liberal Arts & Education will host an information session Jan. 19, 2023, which includes news about a new scholarship that provides significant financial support for graduate students who enroll in the Clinical Psychology Master’s Program for the fall 2023 semester.
Phil Cousineau has used his education from the University to carve a unique and fascinating niche in the world and led him on a multi-disciplinary career since he graduated in 1974.
Detroit Mercy faculty were members of a group that traveled to Brazil this past summer as part of the Fulbright-Hays program, a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education and Bureau of Cultural Affairs.
Join students from Detroit Mercy’s Computer Animation and Voice Acting class as they present animated short films they wrote, directed, performed, edited and produced during the 2022 semester.
The Detroit Mercy Theatre Company (DMTC) is the recipient of two 2022 Wilde Awards for outstanding work for the stage.
The McNichols Campus is a bit more interesting with the addition of a sculpture commissioned by alumnus Tom Page ’71, ’76. The as-yet-unnamed sculpture honors and reflects the University’s Jesuit and Mercy foundations, traditions and values and paying homage to Detroit Mercy’s bright future.
Detroit Mercy’s College of Liberal Arts & Education will announce a new scholarship Dec. 8 that provides significant financial support for graduate students enrolled in the Clinical Psychology Master’s Program beginning in the fall of 2023.
Join Detroit Mercy’s Cybersecurity Club on Monday, Dec. 5 for the final meeting of the 2022 year, as the club will learn and talk about the inner-workings of computers. The meetings take place in the Briggs Building, Room 217 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
All students, staff, alumni, faculty and friends are welcome. No writing experience is necessary, just an interest in exploring and developing your creative inclinations.
College of Liberal Arts & Education Dean Jocelyn Boryczka was featured during 2022 midterm election coverage on Fox 2 Detroit and WXYZ Channel 7 in Detroit. Boryczka provided expert commentary both from the McNichols Campus and the television studios of WXYZ.
Ticketing & Audience Development Coordinator and Adjunct Professor of Theatre Sarah Hawkins Rusk is directing “The Children” by Lucy Kirkwood at the Open Book Theatre …
Detroit Mercy’s Cybersecurity Club is holding monthly meetings throughout the school year! Learn more about what the club has to offer and partake in free pizza during these meetings.
In this session with Detroit Mercy’s Islamic Studies Program, Detroit-based artists, educators and community organizers Tazeen and LuFuki share some of their original music compositions …
Students on University of Detroit Mercy’s McNichols Campus are bringing digital characters to life through acting and animation techniques as part of a new course …
Professor of History and Department Co-Chair Roy E. Finkenbine served as a guest editor for the Fall 2022 Michigan Historical Review, a special issue which …
CLAE Today! is a newsletter that showcases the accomplishments, contributions and events that occur in the College of Liberal Arts & Education (CLAE) at Detroit Mercy.
Patrick Kelly, S.J. ’83 has long been invested in sports, from playing them to writing and teaching about them. He’s now taking his passion to a higher calling, as he recently was part of an international summit on sports and accessibility at the Vatican from Sept. 29-30.
Detroit Mercy students, would you like to see your writing, photographs or visual art published? Then consider submitting your work to Detroit Mercy’s student art journal [sic], which is looking for poems, short stories, personal essays, photographs and other visual artwork.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Olio, Tyehimba Jess will give a dynamic, free poetry reading on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7-8:30 p.m.
Detroit Mercy Professor of Communication Studies Jason Roche received a $17,088 grant from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC). The grant will help fund production of a documentary film about the remarkable history and current restoration of Hamtramck Stadium.
Students in University of Detroit Mercy’s Communications Studies program have honed their filmmaking skills by telling the stories of local baseball history for a new …
Assistant Professor of English Stephen Pasqualina published an essay titled “Teach Students to Be Critics—and Builders” in Inside Higher Ed.
The public, students, staff and faculty are invited to hear two nationally award-winning poets read from their work at University of Detroit Mercy.
The University of Detroit Mercy marks its 10th year of educational travel to Cuba. Several events are scheduled in October to learn about the program, viewing student projects and how to participate in traveling to Cuba during spring break of the 2022-23 academic year.
Anne Kohnke, principal investigator for the Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) and director of the Center for Cyber Security & Intelligence Studies, …
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