Below are just some of the distinguishing features and faculty that reflect educational excellence at UDM.
UDM among top tier
For the ninth year, UDM ranks among the top tier of Midwestern master's universities in the 2010 edition of
U.S.News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges."
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Article features UDM's commitment to city
Web weekly Model D published the article, "Remember the Titans: UDM reaches out to its neighbors," about how UDM "is shaping the fabric of its neighborhood, introducing new talent and brains to Detroit with every incoming class, and keeping its family close to home." Check out the article on the Model D web site.
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School of Architecture host international program
The UDM School of Architecture hosted the Detroit launch of the International Honors Program "Cities in the 21st Century" Study Abroad Program. As part of the program, students visited Detroit, in addition to Delhi, Capetown and Buenos Aries this fall, studying subjects from urban planning to politics and development, looking at how and why cities change. See the Cities in the 21st Century program site for more.
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MBA Students Win Competition
A team of three MBA students from the College of Business Administration won the second annual ACG Detroit Cup, an intercollegiate student competition on mergers and acquisitions, in February. Students Jennifer Gallagher, Ann Morgan and Brian Powrozek beat out teams from University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University and Walsh College. See the UDM news release.
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School of Dentistry offer free care, braces
UDM's Department of Orthodontics, in conjunction with Covenant Community Care Dental Center and Henry Ford School-Based & Community Programs, hosted the "Access to Care: Free Braces" event in June. Approximately 500 children, nine to 16 years old, were screened at the School of Dentistry on the Corktown Campus. Sixty of the participants were then selected to receive free braces. Learn more in the UDM news release. In May, the School of Dentistry hosted the Michigan Day of Oral Health Out-Reach (MIDOOR) event, in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Community Health. According to WWJ-AM, the crowd of hopeful patients reached the dental clinic's capacity within the first hour. The School received more than 1,200 patients during the event. Governor Jennifer Granholm was at the School to celebrate UDM's commitment to serving its community with excellent dental care. Read more about MIDOOR at UDM.
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UDM wins international robotics championship again
For the second consecutive year, University of Detroit Mercy took home the top prize at the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, held in June in Rochester, Michigan. Fifty teams representing 43 schools constructed their robots and competed against other universities throughout the world. These included nationally recognized leaders in engineering education such as Princeton, Cornell, Georgia Tech, Olin and Rose-Hulman, and other Michigan universities: Michigan Tech, Lawrence Tech, Wayne State and University of Michigan-Dearborn. Competitors also included state universities from across the nation (including Florida, Maryland, Wisconsin, California, Nebraska, Texas and Pennsylvania), and international universities including University of Toronto and Ecole de Technologie Superieure [Canada]). (link to video)
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Only Graduate Program in Health Systems Management in Detroit Area
UDM offers the only graduate program in
Health Systems Management in the Detroit area. The program prepares nurses to manage systems of care more effectively to improve patient outcomes through high-quality and cost-effective health care services.
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Economics Degrees Offered at Macomb University Center
UDM now offers three new Economics degrees (a B.A. in Financial Economics, a M.A. in Financial Economics, and a M.A. in Economics) at the Macomb University Center.
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Law Clinics Address Community Legal Needs
The UDM School of Law has expanded its legal outreach with the following community clinics:
- Appellate Advocacy Clinic
- Criminal Trial Clinic
- Environmental Law Clinic
- Immigration Law Clinic
- Mediation Training and Clinic
- Mobile Law Office
- Urban Law Clinic
- Veterans Law Clinic
- Project SALUTE
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Host Institution for 2009 Final Four
University of Detroit Mercy served as the host institution for the 2009 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Final Four at Ford Field, shattering the NCAA record for attendance. The championship game saw 72,922 in attendance, the second largest to ever watch a college basketball game. It was also the largest to watch an NCAA tournament game or session and was the biggest crowd for an NCAA championship game in NCAA history. The total numbers showed that Ford Field drew a two-day crowd of 145,378, the biggest in Final Four history.
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