Welcome back to the Winter 2026 semester! I hope that your holiday break was peaceful and provided time to connect with family and friends. The electric buzz of anticipation and activity now begins to fill our classrooms, buildings, and walkways across campus as faculty, students, and staff return from a …
The CHASS January 2026 College meeting departed from its usual informational format to engage faculty and staff in the process of radical transformation. This theme for the 2025-2026 academic year focuses on change as fundamental to the human condition which education animates since we are always changing through learning to …
University of Detroit Mercy’s English Department hosts Triptych, a virtual reading series featuring award-winning authors in conversation with UDM’s poet-in-residence, Prof. Stacy Gnall. The series showcases nationally and internationally recognized writers whose work spans poetry, essays, translation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Triptych events take place on the third Thursday of January, …
University of Detroit Mercy will welcome, as part of its celebration of Black History Month, historian Kendra D. Boyd, Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University–Camden, for a book talk on Thursday, February 5 at 6:00 p.m. in the Loranger Architecture Exhibition Space. Boyd will discuss her book Freedom Enterprise, …
The Detroit Mercy Theatre Company will present its second production in the new Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre, Poor Clare by Chiara Atik. This is a bold, hilarious, and anachronistic retelling of the real story of St. Clare of Assisi—a young woman who gave up comfort and convention for a …
The Writing Center will host a series of interactive workshops this semester designed to support students across disciplines and at every stage of the writing process. All workshops take place from 1:00–1:45 p.m. in Briggs 127 and are open to all students. Tuesday, January 27 – Understanding Your Professor’s AI …
Award-winning poet Jim Daniels will visit University of Detroit Mercy for a reading and conversation on Tuesday, March 17 from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in the Bargman Room of the McNichols Campus Library. Daniels is known for poetry rooted in working-class life, Detroit history, and personal narrative. His many collections, including Gun/Shy …
The English Department will host Triptych+1: Student Reading, a live, in-person event celebrating student writers and performers. Taking place on Thursday, April 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Book Suey Bookstore Cooperative in Hamtramck, the event creates an inviting, community-centered space for students to share their work beyond campus. Triptych+1 offers …
Psychology students are gaining hands-on experience this semester through a Learning Lab course taught by Prof. Preston Foerder, Department of Psychology. Students will apply principles of classical and operant conditioning by training goats in partnership with Pingree Farms, an urban farm located about 10 minutes from campus. The project connects …
Jason J. Roche, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, invites faculty to collaborate with students enrolled in his podcasting course this semester. Faculty members with interesting research, projects, or stories are encouraged to share ideas that could be developed into podcast episodes by students. The collaboration provides students with hands-on …
