Money Magazine (Nov. 2009) advises its readers to invest in real estate in "the area around University of Detroit Mercy, which is filled with brick homes set in well-manicured lawns."

Professor of English Nicholas Rombes and Assistant Professor of Psychology Linda Slowick are the 2009 recipients of UDM's Faculty Excellence Awards in recognition of their outstanding teaching and scholarly endeavors.

UDM's Career Education Center offers services to assist undergraduates, graduates and alumni with their career goals. Center services include cooperative education, career advising, career development courses, and senior job search assistance. The cooperative education program is required for students majoring in architecture, engineering and nursing and is optional for business and liberal arts majors. During the 2008-2009 school year, 400 students successfully completed cooperative education assignments with metro Detroit area employers.

More than 69 courses across the University incorporate Service-Learning in classes, resulting in course-related, direct services to the poor and marginalized in our community. During the 2007-2008 school year, approximately 1,200 UDM student volunteers provided service in conjunction with approximately 140 community service agencies.

Alternative Spring Break allows students the opportunity to participate in community service during spring break. In spring 2008, students and colleagues spread out across the country to help those in need: hurricane rebuilding efforts in Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana; home repair for the elderly in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina; working with children of Hispanic immigrants in Burnsville, NC; working with the homeless and immigrants in Los Angelos, California; and working at a women's center in Anthony, New Mexico. For more information, visit the University Ministry web site.

UDM's McNichols Library is designated a literary landmark in honor of Dudley Randall, the former Detroit poet laureate and University librarian.

Acceptance rates of UDM graduates to medical and dental schools ranged between 75% and 86% over the past several years - approximately double the national average.

UDM is Michigan's largest Catholic institution of higher education and is sponsored by two religious orders: the Society of Jesus and the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas-Regional Community of Detroit.

During FY 2007-2008, approximately 82% of UDM students received some form of financial assistance, totaling more than $104 million.

The University was named to the 2009 President'sHigher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth. The Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and engagement.

The McNichols Library hosts two historically significant archives: the James Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive, which houses the papers of Fr. James Carney, S.J., a missionary whose life was dedicated to social justice for the poor and landless in Honduras; and the Black Abolitionists Archives, which houses a collection of materials documenting the efforts of more than 300 men and women involved in the abolitionist movement from 1760-1829.