Following several successes last semester, the University of Detroit Mercy Theatre Department is beginning the year with another critically acclaimed play. "Recent Tragic Events" is set to open Feb. 5, and will be much different from the previous play, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," a raucous musical comedy. (0) comments
Four years ago, Beth Dalrymple received a life-saving phone call. She learned that she was the recipient of a liver. "I waited six years for a liver," said Dalrymple, a UDM alum. "But 18 people die every day because they do not receive life-saving transplants. (1) comment
A university alum will be playing a major role in revamping Detroit government. Cara Blount, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Detroit in 1974, was one of nine residents elected to the Detroit Charter Commission last year. (0) comments
One night in the 1950s, while on the Chitlin' Circuit, Donzetta Jones, 5 or 6, looked out the window of her parents' tiny trailer and saw something ablaze in a nearby field. "Daddy, how come there's a cross burning?" she asked. Her six-foot-seven father yanked her from the window and away from the sight of a symbol of racism. (0) comments
Self-awareness, ingenuity, heroism and love are critical to success as a business leader, according to a former Jesuit seminarian and Fortune 500 executive who spoke Jan. 25 in the ballroom on UDM's McNichols campus. Chris Lowney, who became a managing director of J. (0) comments