December 2007
Stories About UDM
Schultz, Marisa, Detroit News, 2--20-12-1
A student loan company that used what investigators called deceptive marketing tactics to lure students at three Michigan colleges and elsewhere into potentially risky loan consolidation reached a settlement agreement Tuesday with the New York attorney general.
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Madrigal, Alexis, WIRED Science, 2--20-12-1
Architects want to turn Philadelphia's abandoned buildings and lots into a patchwork of farms that will come, as Geoff Manaugh of BLDGBLOG put it, "complete with crops grown for local consumption and soil remediation, and with an eye toward future tourism, including surreal petting zoos, hay rides, and even corn mazes."
Read moreAuchterlonie, Daily Tribune, 3--20-12-1
Shooting at Nebraska department store that killed 8 doesn't keep Oakland residents away from local malls
Read moreShawn, Lewis D., Detroit News, 5--20-12-1
Wattles won the 2007 Healthy School Award presented by the Oakland County Health Division, in partnership with the University of Detroit Mercy. The award recognizes Oakland County schools with outstanding health environments.
Read moreMcGraw, Bill, Freep.com, 6--20-12-1
Neighborhoods transformed as new homes spring up among vacant lots, but plenty of work remains
Read moreSchmitt, Ben and Free Press Staff, Freep.com, 0--20-12-2
Anthony Martinico, professor of architecture at the University of Detroit Mercy, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship grant to lecture at the Politechnika Warszawska in Warsaw, Poland.
Read moreTippen, Molly, The Journal Newspapers Online, 0--20-12-2
Of the 32 applicants, one was from a long-time subcontractor to the city, Dr. Erick Barnes, who is currently serving on a contractual basis as an administrative aide to the chief.
Read moreIsaiah McKinnon, Freep.com, 5--20-12-2
Local Comment from SAIAH MCKINNON, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of Detroit Mercy and a former Detroit police chief.
Read moreRobinson, Tim, Livingston Daily, 5--20-12-2
The Daily Press & Argus a certain sports editor has been deputized to help grant some wishes a certain Mommy-kisser might have been a tad too occupied to get to.
Read moreSchultz, Marisa, Detroit News, 6--20-12-2
The University of Detroit Mercy School of Law believes it will help thousands of other Michigan veterans like Rowan, thanks to a $200,000 grant the state recently awarded the school to expand the veterans clinic and launch a statewide tour of its Mobile Law Office -- a converted RV -- to provide legal assistance and representation for low-income veterans from Detroit to the Upper Peninsula.
Read moreSchmitt, Ben, Freep.com, mb-er-Dece
Anthony Martinico, professor of architecture at the University of Detroit Mercy, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship grant to lecture at the Politechnika Warszawska in Warsaw, Polan
Read moreStockhausen, Gerard L., Freep.com, mb-er-Dece
Local Comment from the Rev. Gerard L. Stockhausen on universities' reaching out to communities
Read moreKavanaugh, Kelli B., Model D, mb-er-Dece
The University of Detroit Mercy is planning an aesthetic and operational makeover of its McNichols entrance.
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n/a, emediawire, 1--20-12-1
GeoCritical, LLC announces the release of the GeoCritical Terror Index Score (GTIS)™ an analytical tool which allows end users to assess the vulnerability of their corporate assets relative to the location of historical terror attacks.
Read moren/a, United Press International, 3--20-12-1
Michigan-based GeoCritical LLC announced the release of a new assessment tool for end users to better evaluate the vulnerability of assets to terror attacks.
Read moren/a, prnewswire, 4--20-12-1
The Michigan Region of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has just unveiled a new five part speaker series entitled: Weaving Our Community. The Weaving Our Community series will examine and assess the social and economic impact of racism and other biases on the communities of southeastern Michigan.
Read moreDeFrank, Frank, The Macomb Daily, 5--20-12-1
An article on whether or not scandals involving athletes will impact sales of their memorabilia
Read moreLajoie Don, The Windsor Star, 5--20-12-1
Taxpayers, library staff and management have reacted with dismay to news that city council has ordered the Windsor Public Library Board to make $800,000 more in budget cuts next year, without reducing hours or eliminating any of 10 local branches.
Read moreMorath, Eric, Detroit News, 8--20-12-1
The storm clouds over next year's auto sales are getting thicker by the day -- and more than just automakers are preparing for a dampened 2008.
Read moreHurst, Nathan, The Detroit News, 8--20-12-1
Companies blitz Metro Detroit consumers with ads touting deals on digital TV, high-speed Internet.
Read moreZemke, John, metromode, 0--20-12-2
Detroit Renaissance is trying to build its "Creative Corridor" initiative around that concentration of institutions, big and small. The initiative, part of the larger "Creative Economy" effort, plans to compile and coordinate as many of the region's creative people and businesses in the Woodward corridor between Downtown and New Center so they can grow off each other
Read moreHunter, George and Edward L. Cardenas, Detroit News, 2--20-12-2
Despite option for parole, legal experts believe release is unlikely
Read moreBurr, Thomas, Detroit News, -2-00-12-7
He quotes ex-President Kennedy in landmark speech on personal religion.
Read moreHunter, George and Edward L. Cardenas, Detroit News, 8-, -Dec.
Case focuses on whether slaying was premeditated
Read moreCook, Jameson, Macomb Daily, mb-er-Dece
The Stephen Grant jury selection continues today in Macomb County Circuit Court as the estimated first day of trial proceedings has been pushed back to late this week
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n/a, monroenews.com, 2--20-12-1
Theresa Kimbrough was installed as the first African-American female postmaster at the Monroe Post Office Tuesday at Monroe Bank & Trust's new headquarters
Read moreField, Susan, Morning Sun, 6--20-12-1
Patrick Hackett joined the ranks of his wife and seven daughters Saturday when he earned a bachelor’s degree.
Read moren/a, business wire, 7--20-12-1
Akesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB:AKES), an emerging diabetes drug-development company, today announced it has appointed Carl LeBel, Ph.D., to serve on its board of directors.
Read moren/a, business wire, 9--20-12-1
Glenn S. Schafer, former vice chairman of Pacific Life Insurance Company, has been elected to the board of directors of Janus Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: JNS) effective December 14, 2007.
Read morePatton, Naomi R.q, freep.com, 3--20-12-2
Michigan Association of School Administrators has named Thomas Maridada its 2008 Michigan Superintendent of the Year.
Read moren/a, Napa Vallye Register, 3--20-12-2
Kristi Rae Hamamoto, continuing student at UDM and Eric Christopher Simington were married at Kennedy Park in Napa on September 1, 2007
Read moreGuest, Greta, Freep.com, 7--20-12-2
Gold's Gym, made famous in the cult film "Pumping Iron" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno, plans a major expansion in metro Detroit.
Read moren/a, Washington University in St. Louis, 7--20-12-2
William T. Shearer, M.D., Ph.D., has been elected to the board of trustees at Washington University in St. Louis
Read moren/a, Shreveporttimes.com, 0--20-12-3
Bio on Lt. Gen Robert J Elder, a three-star general, who is also responsible for getting the Air Force's cyber warfare program up and running.
Read moreSullivan, Cotter and Associates, Earthtimes.org, 5-, -Dec.
Sullivan, Cotter and Associates, Inc., a human resources consulting firm, has named Brian Walby, Ph.D. a Principal in its Detroit office
Read moren/a, Ascribe, 6-, -Dec.
Chabot Space & Science Center announces the confirmation of two new members to its Joint Powers Agency's Board of Directors, both from the Oakland Unified School District.
Read moren/a, Reuters, 6-, -Dec.
A Yale scholar who says justice is an essential part of sexual ethics has won the 2008 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion.
Read moreN/A, The International Space Fellowship, mb-er-Dece
NASA’s Glenn Research Center will be instrumental in assuring a seamless integration of the European Space Agency’s Columbus laboratory when it is attached to the International Space Station during the upcoming STS-122 mission of space shuttle Atlantis.
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