Friday, November 15, 2024
Kristin Johnston was named UDM's first director of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion last year. Kristin Johnston, Detroit Mercy’s first director of the newly-created Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, says she plans to use her role to foster community and inclusivity among everyone on campus. “I want […]
Omid Sabbaghi spent four months teaching in Azerbaijan as part of the Fulbright Program. Omid Sabbaghi, a finance professor and director of graduate business programs at Detroit Mercy, recently returned from a trip to Azerbaijan, where he taught at Khazar University and conducted research as part of the Fulbright Program. […]
Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and SpaceX and one of the world’s richest people, announced on April 14 that he wanted to buy the social media site Twitter. Musk’s primary intentions for the purchase of the company, he said, include an overall push for greater free speech. Musk, however, tried to […]
The coronavirus has impacted millions of people around the world and it almost killed me. Nearly 6.63 million people died from COVID-19 and there are over 643 million confirmed cases. Unfortunately, I was one of the 643 million confirmed cases due to poor judgment and my increased need to go have […]
It’s one of the lesser-known locations on the University of Detroit Mercy’s McNichols campus. It’s also one of its most beautiful. Lansing-Reilly Hall, built in 1926, is home to the Jesuit priests who teach and work in and around Detroit Mercy. It’s one of the first buildings you see as you drive […]
On Friday, Dec. 16, a semester of hard work will culminate at the Detroit Mercy Animated Short Film Festival. Students in Professor Andrew Papa and Professor Jason Roche’s Computer Animation and Voice Acting class will be presenting their final projects at the festival to cap off the Fall semester. The festival […]
For most students, the holidays serve as a time for being with family, showing appreciation through gifts and, of course, eating good food. Beyond friends and family, the season of giving extends to the less fortunate. Students at Detroit Mercy have multiple ways to help those in need ahead of […]
Bust out the eggnog and ugly sweaters; it’s Christmas time. Students at the University of Detroit Mercy are preparing to celebrate the holidays with family and friends in a variety of ways – once they get those pesky finals out of the way, that is. Most say they appreciate the […]
An extraordinary number of incredible, groundbreaking albums came out in 2022, proving yet again that the music industry is alive after the struggles of the coronavirus pandemic. From rock to country to even hyperpop, artists of all genres released albums that may go down as classics and be listened to for […]
In a year that Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Ye each released an album, a white boy with a lisp out of Los Angeles took the title of “Al- bum of The Year” for many. Last month, American rapper and former YouTube star Ben Lasky, better known by his stage name “Quadeca,” […]
