March 2010
Stories About UDM
John Minnis, Oakland County Legal News, 03-04-2010Read more
Jessica Nunez, Michigan Live, 03-08-2010
Get ready for another summer full of celebrity sightings in Detroit. According to WDIV, Pierce Brosnan could be one of the stars filming on location in the Motor City this year.
Read moreThe Michigan Catholic, The Michigan Catholic, 03-19-2010
For at least 47 University of Detroit Mercy students, this year's spring break was about volunteer service and prayer instead of drinking and getting wild. Those 47 students took part in Alternative Spring Break activities organized by the university's campus ministry office that took them to six different places around the country to engage in work projects and learn about poverty in the United States.
Read moreStefanie Carano, Detroit Auto Scene, 03-29-2010Read more
MICK MCCABE, Detroit Free Press, 03-29-2010
It was the same buzz we had heard one year ago that afternoon when Detroit Pershing's Keith Appling was in the process of erasing Antoine Joubert's name from the state championship game record book by scoring 49 points during the Class A title game. This time it was Ray McCallum Jr. who awoke the crowd in the final championship game on a day of games that lacked suspense.
Read moreStories which utilized a UDM expert
Paul Egan, The Detroit News, 03-02-2010
The Michigan Attorney Discipline Board on Monday ruled that an attorney who represented former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick at a police whistle-blower trial committed five violations of professional rules of conduct in connection with the text message scandal. As a result, Samuel McCargo could be reprimanded, suspended or even disbarred. McCargo's penalty hearing has not been scheduled. The board said it will be held soon, though an appeal is expected.
Read moreAOL News, AOL Inc., 03-08-2010
The disgraced ex-mayor of Detroit owes the city $1 million in restitution for a text-messaging sex scandal that got him booted out of office two years ago. And according to prosecutors, 89 of the money orders that have helped Kilpatrick make his payments thus far have come from family members, including his mother, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.
Read moreShea Howell, The Michigan Citizen, 03-19-2010
In the midst of the lackluster Mayoral election in 2008, University of Detroit Mercy Professor of Architecture Dan Pitera released a newly-designed map of the city of Detroit. Professor Pitera wanted to give people a picture of the under-population of Detroit. He estimated that the vacant land parcels, nearly 40 square miles, equaled the landmass of San Francisco.
Read moreGerald Scott, Detroit Auto Scene, 03-29-2010Read more
Stories about UDM students/alumni
Dan O'Meara, Birmingham Eccentric, 02-14-2010Read more
The Daily Nnews, The Daily News, 03-14-2010Read more
Livingston Daily, Livingston Daily, 03-15-2010
Attorneys Deborah Skorupski and Jillyn Smith have opened a new law office in downtown Brighton. The office is E. Grand River Ave., Suite 102, in the Ravine Plaza across from Brighton Lake Road. The phone number is (810) 229-2900.
Read moreMark Hicks, The Detroit News, 03-15-2010
Shardè White spent years dreaming of managing a business but feared she had few prospects. The 23-year-old single mother, who waitressed in the city for several years, was unemployed for more than a year and unable to find another job as she juggled her communications studies at the University of Detroit Mercy. Then, last spring, she learned of the Detroit Workforce Development Department's Hospitality/Retail Career Center, which is operated in partnership with Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit. It offers free career training and instruction to eligible displaced local workers and low-income residents.
Read morePR Newswire, PR Newswire, 03-16-2010
Business Attorney David M. Walker, Esq. finds himself consulting an increased number of clients on the pros and cons of having independent contractors as opposed to employees. At the end of the year, companies issue independent contractors IRS form 1099 to reflect the compensation paid to the contractor; on the other hand, employees are issued IRS form W-2 that discloses the salary paid by the company.
Read moreJewel Gopwani, Detroit Free Press, 03-20-2010
Organizers say they expect the movement also will play out on a political level -- suggesting that signers elect political officials who support the declaration's themes. "It could turn into a lot of different things. We're kind of in that place where we're still listening to what people want it to be and what people think will be effective," said Claire Nelson, a drafter, Midtown resident and owner of the Bureau of Urban Living.
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