November 2009
Stories About UDM
Julie Brown, Garden City Observer, 11-01-2009
Project SALUTE works to assist low-income veterans with denied federal disability and pension claims obtain their benefits. It's a program of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.
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PRNewswire, PRNewswire, 11-05-2009
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is awarding free clinics throughout the state a total of $1 million in grants that will provide health services to individuals and families without health insurance. With the Michigan unemployment rate currently at 15.3 percent more Michigan residents than ever are going without health insurance.
Read moreSarah Cormier, The Journal, 11-11-2009
Ever wonder what it would be like to live during the mineral bath era, when tons of people from all over were drawn to Mount Clemens? If you have, you don't have to wonder anymore.
Read moreJennifer Guerra, NPR, 11-13-2009
ANN ARBOR, MI (MICHIGAN RADIO) - You're going to hear the words asset and opportunity a lot in this story. And frankly, that's a pretty welcome surprise. It's not often you hear those words associated with Detroit these days. But don't tell that to Charles Cross, Chandra Moore, and Virginia Stanard. They all work at the Detroit Collaborative Design Center. The firm is associated with the University of Detroit Mercy. And most of their work focuses on Detroit's abandoned spaces.
Read morePR Newswire, PR Newswire, 11-24-2009
Ford Motor Company has joined forces with the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) to retrain traditional automotive engineers to develop electric vehicles of the future. Ford and UDM created the Advanced Electric Vehicle Program, a graduate-level curriculum that emphasizes core electric and hybrid vehicle engineering expertise, such as power electronics, power flow, energy management and system architecture.
Read moreFoMoCo, Collision Concierge, 11-25-2009
These days every automaker says it’s working on electric vehicles, but few own up to the fact that passing the electrification test will require a bit of homework. Ford Motor Company is teaming with the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) to retrain traditional automotive engineers, providing them with the skills and expertise to develop the next generation of advanced electric and hybrid vehicles.
Read moreHybrid ABC, Hybrid ABC, 11-25-2009
For over a century, the training of automotive engineers has focused on creating vehicles propelled by internal combustion engines. Electrical and mechanical engineers have worked on piston engines, transmissions and all manner of related systems. The future holds new directions for transportation, much of which revolves around electric drive systems. That means veterans and upcoming engineers need new skill sets.
Read moreTony Borroz, Wired, 11-25-2009
Ford is betting the future is electric, promising that as many as 25 percent of its cars will have a motor and a big honkin’ battery by 2020. It’s going to need engineers to build those cars and mechanics to keep those cars going, so it’s launching a school you could call EVU. The Blue Oval is joining the University of Detroit Mercy to retrain automotive engineers to face the electric era. The Advanced Electric Vehicle Program offers graduate-level courses emphasizing electric and hybrid drivetrain technology and components like power control and energy management systems.
Read moreEdmunds.com Green Car Advisor, WordPress, 11-25-2009
Ford Motor Co. announced today that it is teaming with the University of Detroit Mercy to retrain traditional automotive engineers so that they can develop advanced electric and hybrid vehicles. Ford and UDM have collaborated to create a new graduate-level curriculum focused on key engineering skills for the development of electrified vehicles. The UDM program will supplement Ford’s internal electrical engineering training courses as the company retrains its own employees to deliver an aggressive EV product strategy, the automaker said in a statement. The course series, which begins in January, is designed to advance the knowledge and capabilities of technological team members in the automotive and defense-ground-vehicle industries.
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COREY WILLIAMS, The Associated Press, 11-02-2009
The look of the Detroit City Council could change drastically when voters go to the polls in the city's fourth election in just over eight months. Mayor Dave Bing is expected to easily win re-election in Tuesday's nonpartisan race, but five incumbents are being challenged by 13 newcomers for the nine open seats on the council. The nine-member board has been the subject for more than a year of a federal corruption probe that nabbed Councilwoman Monica Conyers for taking money for her vote on a waste hauling deal.
Read moreDetroit Free Press, Detroit Free Press, 11-21-2009
The Ford Fusion midsize car has been selected as Motor Trend magazine's 2010 Car of the Year, beating a field of nearly two dozen contenders.
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Petoskey News, Petoskey News, 11-03-2009
Petoskey graduate Patrick Liederbach made University of Detroit Mercy history in leading the Titans to a fifth-place finish in the Horizon League Cross Country Championships at Kensington Metropark in Milford. Liederbach, a junior, became just the third Titan to earn All-Horizon League honors three times in his career as he placed 10th in the 8K race in 26 minutes, 11 seconds. Liederbach earned a spot on the All-Horizon second-team.
Read moreDan O'Meara, South Oakland Eccentric, 11-08-2009
Trina Kochanski of Royal Oak once feared her ambition to play college soccer had been dashed before she had ever played a game. That was in the spring of 2005 when, near the end of her senior season at Kimball High School, a knee injury put her athletics future in jeopardy.
Read moreLisa Eckelbecker, TELEGRAM & GAZETTE, 11-08-2009
Whenever Ty N. Tremblay went to a supermarket, he noticed a problem: An elderly and disabled shopper seated in a motorized cart could only collect what would fill a small basket on the cart or would have to rely on someone else to follow with a large shopping carriage. The solution? The Autonomous Shopping Cart, a robotic shopping carriage created by Mr. Tremblay and other Worcester Polytechnic Institute students that would follow any shopper through the aisles of a store.
Read moreGolden Grizzlies, Golden Grizzlies, 11-13-2009
Freshman Bethany Watterworth scored a team-high 23 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, and senior Melissa Jeltema added 15 points, but it was not enough for the Oakland University women's basketball team (0-1) as the Golden Grizzlies dropped a 74-65 decision to the University of Detroit Mercy Titans (1-0) on Friday afternoon at the Athletics Center O'Rena.
Read moreBright Now! Dental Inc., Earth Times, 11-16-2009
Bright Now! Dental Inc., the nation’s leading provider of business support services to dentists, announces the grand opening of a new Castle Dental office in Kyle. Located at 5103 Kyle Center Drive in the Kyle Corners Shopping Center, the office provides families with a convenient, comfortable environment where they can receive the latest in comprehensive, full-serve quality dental care.
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