Thursday, September 19, 2024
Patrick Pawlowski has been working to make guns safer since graduating in 2013. This spring, following much national fanfare, the product he played a key role in developing – Identilock – will hit the market. A biometric trigger lock, Identilock aims to prevent accidental shootings and to keep unwanted persons […]
Driving down Fairfield, Leya Bobbitt passes Detroit Mercy every morning on her way to work. Growing up right off Puritan, Bobbitt remembers walking to Detroit Mercy every year for Safety Street when she was a kid. Even as a youngster, Bobbitt knew Detroit Mercy was in her future. But almost […]
A Sudanese woman who was a victim of human trafficking is sitting in jail right now. Her daughter is 8 years old. The last time she saw her, she was 3. Another woman, a Haitian, is a permanent U.S. resident. But her husband remains in Haiti, and she must petition […]
After more than 31 years as a research librarian working on the first floor of the McNichols campus library, Sue Homant has retired. On her last day, she still placed the students’ chairs back under the tables. In a daze, she paused to recall all the changes that have occurred […]
Muslim students attending a unity vigil at Detroit Mercy last week expressed disappointment over President Trump’s executive order barring refugees and suspending travel from seven mostly Muslim countries. Chemistry major Zeinab Bazzi, a junior, said that even though her homeland is not on the list she is afraid to travel […]
The refugee situation in America – and Detroit – is going to get worse, Catholic Sister Nina Rodriquez told a Detroit Mercy audience at a “Refugees Among Us” panel discussion hosted last week by CLASA, the Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive. “Brother and sisters, we just want you to know […]
Super Bowl LI’s commercials generally disappointed. However, these ones stuck out to me: n “Daughter” by Audi: Of course, “Daughter” spoke to me as an almost-graduate. The ad shows a young girl in what appears to be a derby race with her father narrating the competition, speaking about how difficult […]
A Day of Giving will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the library on McNichols Campus. Hosted by the Student Alumni Association, it will run from 12:30 to 3 p.m. and feature activities and prizes. The event aims to promote the importance of alumni engagement and the roles that […]
At one time or another, many of us have felt unsure about what career awaits us after graduation. The Career Education Center in Reno Hall aims to help students with this matter – and others. “We provide a full spectrum of career development services,” said Cedric Brooks, a certified TypeFocus […]
There at least 15 things that freshmen look forward to in their first year of college: Parties, sports events, independence, meeting new people, a fresh start, having roommates, decorating their rooms, unlimited food options, choosing when to have classes, freedom to skip class, dating, staying up all night, joining Greek […]
