January 15 is one day when we are called to pause and celebrate all that the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. meant to shaping the United States. The Detroit Mercy Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion shared a range of on and off campus events, which are included in …
January is a month that celebrates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is also a month to take time to reflect on racial healing. Consider attending these events compiled by Detroit Mercy’s Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: On the McNichols Campus Monday, Jan.15 University …
Harold Greene, University of Detroit Mercy professor of Psychology, and Vaibhav Diwadkar, Wayne State University professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, received a $25,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to identify eye movement dysfunction in schizophrenia. Green and Diwadkar will serve as the principal investigators (PIs). The …
The College of Liberal Arts & Education (CLAE) will launch its first research showcase the week of April 15. A steering committee composed of faculty representing the humanities, arts and social sciences and led by Steven Huprich, CLAE associate dean for graduate education, will engage in planning throughout the winter …
Detroit Mercy Theatre Company is proud to present the Michigan premiere of Photograph 51, a captivating and thought-provoking play that tells the story of Rosalind Franklin, the unsung hero of DNA research. Set in the 1950s, the play explores the intense competition between scientists as they race to unravel the …
Detroit Mercy undergraduate students are invited to submit a poem to the Dudley Randall Poetry Prize competition. Each year, the Detroit Mercy English Department honors Dudley Randall, the late poet, publisher and University of Detroit Mercy librarian and poet-in-residence, by sponsoring a poetry competition in his name. Now in …
Detroit Mercy’s Creative Writing Collective (CWC) returns in the new year with its first gathering set for Tuesday, Jan. 16 from 5:15-6:30 p.m., in Briggs Building, Room 205. No writing experience is necessary, just an interest in exploring and developing your creative inclinations. Associate Professor of English Rosemary Weatherston will …
Detroit Mercy’s English Department welcomes back its Triptych series by hosting Srikanth Reddy, author of Facts for Visitors, on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m. Reddy will read his work virtually followed by audience questions. Interested participants are asked to register beforehand. The Triptych series is hosted by Detroit Mercy’s …
Happy New Year! Welcome to the winter 2024 semester! I hope that you and your families and friends enjoyed the holidays. It is so exciting to welcome our faculty and students back to campus! Open up your calendars to plan on attending some of our outstanding College of Liberal Arts …
Assistant Professor of English Stephen Pasqualina was awarded an honorable mention honor for the 1921 Prize in American Literature for his essay, “Before the Ship and the Plantation: Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon and Blackness as Totality.” “I’m grateful and wowed that my essay on Hurston’s ‘Barracoon’ received an honorable mention …
