UDM News Releases

Here are the most recent University of Detroit Mercy news releases from 2013. For more news, see the archive.

Recent UDM News:

President Garibaldi named ‘Man of Excellence' by Michigan Chronicle

June 14, 2013

University of Detroit Mercy President Antoine Garibaldi, Ph.D. was named one of the Michigan Chronicle's 2013 Men of Excellence during the sixth annual “Men of Excellence” program held at the Westin Book Cadillac on June 7.

Livernois Storefront to Provide New Business Opportunities in Detroit

June 10, 2013

Business leaders as well as community stakeholders in Detroit's Livernois Avenue community now have a place to call home to further develop growth and success in the area.

NCAA Executive Selected as UDM Director of Athletics

May 29, 2013

Robert C. Vowels, NCAA Vice President of Membership and Student-Athlete Affairs, has been named Director of Athletics at University of Detroit Mercy. The announcement was made today at a press conference by UDM President Dr. Antoine M. Garibaldi. Vowels will oversee the 19 men’s and women’s athletic teams in the University’s Division I intercollegiate athletic program.

UDM School of Law Hosts International Law Conference: June 21 - 22

May 28, 2013

In this time of globalization and incredible change in the legal profession, the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and its partners in international dual-degree programs, the University of Windsor Faculty of Law (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) and the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Monterrey, Mexico), are pleased to present Law and Legal Education in the Americas: Comparative Perspectives, an international law conference to be held on June 21 and 22, 2013, at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, 651 East Jefferson Avenue, in downtown Detroit. 

GM Partners with UDM to Help Clean Up Detroit

May 24, 2013

Service will gain a whole new meaning for a few select University of Detroit Mercy students this summer. General Motors has hired a group of 12 student leaders to lead 110 Detroit-area high school interns for the summer on various community projects as part of their GM Student Corps.