Author: John Ogurek

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REVIEW: Cyberpunk 2077 a gaming comeback story

Cyberpunk 2077 is an action role-playing game developed and published by CD Projekt Red, the same developers who are best known for the series The Witcher.  The game takes place in Night City in the year 2077. Night City is a megacity located in North California, a free state, and […]

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Detroit Mercy minority architecture group wins national award

On Oct. 14, Detroit Mercy’s National Organization of Minority Architecture Students chapter won the National Chapter of the Year Award for the 2022-23 school year.  Student members and organization leaders traveled to Portland, Ore., for their national conference from Oct. 11-15, where they were recognized for their accomplishments and efforts […]

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UDM student receives service honor

Detroit Mercy student Jeremiah Steen is one of 42 recipients of the 2023 Governor’s Service Awards. The honorees will be celebrated on Nov. 28 during a reception at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. Specifically, Steen was one of five recipients of the Spirit of Hope Award. Receiving this honor was […]

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Active shooter training gives UDM students CBS spotlight

University of Detroit Mercy had nursing students participate in an active shooter training at Oakland Community College in October. The training aired as part of CBS local news. One of the University’s clinical faculty that works at Trinity Hospital did this training through Trinity Hospital pre-Covid. The faculty reached out […]

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Creative Writing Club an insipring place for students

Recently, there has been a new club gaining popularity called the Creative Writing Club. This organization allows students to connect with each other through their writing and obtain unique perspectives and advice from their peers. It also gives students an opportunity to express themselves more fully to others through their […]

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Faculty Focus: Dr. James Lynch

The University of Detroit Mercy has a long and rich history that its foundation is built upon. One thing that keeps this history preserved is continuity and that word is directly associated at this university with Dr. James Lynch. Dr. Lynch is an alumnus of the university and an engineering […]

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50 years later, Dick Vitale still a Detroit legend

Fifty years ago, on March 31, 1973, the University of Detroit hired Rutgers assistant coach Dick Vitale to be its new head basketball coach. Yet to be known at the time, Vitale would become the voice of college basketball and help make the sport into what it is today, but […]

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UDM professor and alum win award for documentary

Dr. Zigmond Kozicki, an associate professor at Detroit Mercy, and Dr. Stephanie Baiyasi-Kozicki, a UDM alumnae, were recently awarded the 2023 Philo T. Farnsworth Award for their documentary film titled “Great Lakes: One Water for Life.”  The documentary film is about the Great Lakes, the largest group of freshwater lakes […]

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OPINION: Toronto is a great place to visit

Over the summer, I was able to travel to many different cities, including but not limited to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin; Alton, Virginia; Raleigh, North Carolina; Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg, Florida; and Toronto, Canada. The most significant trip for me however was my trip to Toronto. I have many family […]