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  • UDM to host all-sports fundraising dinner, Sept. 2

    Friday July 25, 2025
    A graphic for 'An evening with the Titans of Detroit,' with additional text reading Sept. 2, Tuesday, Cambria Hotel, Detroit, 5:30 happy four, 7 p.m. dinner. Logos on the graphic are for Detroit Mercy Titans and Cambria Hotel.

    University of Detroit Mercy will host an exclusive all-sports fundraising dinner on Tuesday, Sept. 2, at the Cambria Hotel in downtown Detroit.

    The inaugural “An Evening with the Titans of Detroit” event will feature live music, fine dining, beverages and auction items. The night is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. with a happy hour, followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $250 per person.

    Several special guests in attendance will include Hall of Fame basketball coach Tom Izzo, NBA All-Star Derrick Coleman, Titan legend John Long and NBA champion Steve Smith.

    UDM men’s basketball coach Mark Montgomery, the Titans men’s basketball team and other UDM coaches will also be in attendance. UDM is home to 17 NCAA Division I varsity athletic teams.

    “It is going to be a great night for fans to get together with some of the best athletes and sports personalities in Detroit, all to support Titan athletics,” said Director of Athletics Robert C. Vowels, Jr.

    Table sponsorships are available by contacting UDM Director of Development Jason Clark at 313-993-1232 or clarkje@udmercy.edu.

    Learn more/Register!

    A graphic for 'An evening with the Titans of Detroit,' with additional text reading Sept. 2, Tuesday, Cambria Hotel, Detroit, 5:30 happy four, 7 p.m. dinner. Logos on the graphic are for Detroit Mercy Titans and Cambria Hotel.

  • Video on DIA installation from MarCom communications fellows

    Friday July 25, 2025
    Two men install DIA artwork outdoors near the College of Health Professions building.

    As part of the ongoing rebranding work for UDM, MarCom communications fellows Alize Tripp and Jennifer Raptoplous, with the help of Let’s Roll’s Brian Rolling, produced a great piece of video content about the Detroit Institute of Art’s installation on the McNichols Campus.

    This partnership with the DIA shows another facet of community through collaboration, inclusion, and the arts.

    A special thanks to CHASS Dean Jocelyn Boryczka for helping to bring the artwork to campus. We hope everyone—faculty, staff, students, alumni and especially our neighbors—visit the McNichols Campus to check out these artworks!

  • TENN garden party for community set for Aug. 5

    Monday July 21, 2025
    A flyer for the TENN Garden Party on August 5, with additional text reading 'Join us for food, harvesting, and fun in our bustling garden.'

    All are welcome to join the Titan Equity Nourish Network (TENN) and Martin Park community in celebrating our bustling garden with an afternoon of food, planting and harvesting on Tuesday, Aug. 5. The free event is set to begin at 4 p.m. at the garden located at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.

    The church is located at 16100 Lawton Street in Detroit.

    To RSVP and for more information, please contact tenn@udmercy.edu.

    A flyer for the TENN Garden Party on August 5, with additional text reading 'Join us for food, harvesting, and fun in our bustling garden.'

  • Input needed on future development of Livernois & McNichols corridors

    Saturday July 19, 2025
    An image of two women standing outside the Live6 Alliance Homebase storefront.

    An image of two women standing outside the Live6 Alliance Homebase storefront.Live6 needs your input via a 10-minute online survey about the Livernois and McNichols corridors.

    Please take some time to complete this survey. The results will inform planning for future development, improvements and retail interventions in our district.

    Your perspective will help build our community’s five-year retail and market strategy in partnership with Main Street America.

    We appreciate your input as longtime stakeholders and supporters of the growth of the commercial corridors and the businesses that anchor Livernois and West McNichols.

    Start survey here!
  • TENN garden party for community set for July 1 close to McNichols Campus

    Monday June 30, 2025
    A flyer for the TENN Garden Party in July 1, with additional text reading 'Join us for food, harvesting, and fun in our bustling garden.'

    All are welcome to join the Titan Equity Nourish Network (TENN) in celebrating the community and garden with an afternoon of food and harvesting on Tuesday, July 1. The free event is set to begin at 3 p.m. at the garden located at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.

    The church is located at 16100 Lawton Street in Detroit.

    To RSVP and for more information, please contact tenn@udmercy.edu.

    A flyer for the TENN Garden Party in July 1, with additional text reading 'Join us for food, harvesting, and fun in our bustling garden.'

Resources, Centers and Clinics

Center for Social Entrepreneurship

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The Center provides business expertise and acumen as well as mentors to assist local entrepreneurs, beginning with the “Boost” workshop that aids entrepreneurs in developing business plans to achieve a greater social impact.

Social Entrepreneurship Center

Counseling Clinic

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The clinic provides no-cost counseling services to Detroit residents who otherwise may not have access to mental health services.

Counseling Clinic

Dental Center

Students working at dental clinic.

Detroit Mercy Dental offers dental services and education through two clinics, nine outreach clinics, a mobile dental clinic and a school-based dental sealant program.

Dental Center

Dental Mobile Clinic

Titans for Teeth Mobile Clinic -- side of the clinic vehicle The clinic travels to local participating schools in Detroit and Wayne County to provide comprehensive care for K-12 children. 

Dental Mobile Clinic

Detroit Collaborative Design Center

DCDC

The design center provides design services to non-profit community and civic organizations to engage communities and enhance neighborhoods.

DCDC

Detroit Mercy Eye Institute

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The Detroit Mercy Eye Institute includes the state-of-the-art equipment and technology needed to diagnose, monitor, and treat numerous eye conditions. The clinic will also provide affordable eyecare to the uninsured and vulnerable populations.

Detroit Mercy Eye Institute

Law Clinics

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Detroit Mercy Law provides legal assistance to Detroit area residents through six clinics: Immigration Law Clinic, SADO Criminal Appellate Clinic, Criminal Trial Clinic, Veterans Law Clinic, Juvenile Law Appellate Clinic and Intellectual Property Law Clinic.

Law Clinics

Pre-College Programs

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Detroit area students in grades 4-12 participate in more than 15 outreach programs annually through Saturday classes, summer camps, and innovative curricula in the sciences, technology engineering, mathematics, architecture and design.

Pre-College Programs

Psychology Clinic

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The Psychology Clinic provides assessment and counseling services for approximately 300 clients annually. Fees are based on ability to pay.

More on Psychology Clinic

Rx for Reading Program

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This program increases access to children’s books and supports families in reading to their children.  The program has distributed more than 2,000 children’s books a month at a variety of locations, including low-income health, dental and WIC clinics; homeless shelters; and Head Start programs.

RX for Reading

Summer Camps

kids and science camp A variety of summer activities available on UDM Campuses. Some are hosted by UDM; some are simply located on our campuses.

Summer Camps

Titan Equity Nourish Network (TENN)

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TENN is a student-led and community-driven food justice program that delivers fresh produce to 60 families in New Martin Park Neighborhood and 80 seniors at Theresa Maxis Senior Apartments.

TENN

Alliances and Initiatives

Reimagining the Civic Commons

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University of Detroit Mercy serves as one of the institutional anchors for the “Reimaging the Civic Commons” initiative, which is funded through the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation grant. The initiative focuses on the City of Detroit’s neighborhood revitalization priority: the Livernois/McNichols area. The project’s goal is to revitalize the neighborhoods between its two anchor institutions, Detroit Mercy and Marygrove College, creating a denser and more diverse urban community.

Reimagining the Civic Commons

Live6 Alliance

Live6 Alliance

University of Detroit Mercy helped to launch the Live6 Alliance in August 2015 to strengthen the Livernois Avenue and McNichols Road commercial corridor in northwest Detroit.

More on Live6

Service Immersion Days / Trips

students building a platform during a service immersion trip These experiences give students opportunities to serve in shelters, soup kitchens, after school projects, urban farms and many other important community based projects both locally and nationally.

Service Immersion

Directories

Media Experts Guide

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Detroit Mercy scholars are experts in their fields and many have agreed to be available to media. Note that experts' views are their own and may not reflect the views of their colleagues or University of Detroit Mercy. 

Detroit Mercy Media Experts

Migration Research Directory

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The AJCU Migration Research Directory is an open-access resource for high-quality research on migration, provided by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Faculty members from Jesuit universities around the world provide important migration and refugee research from a wide variety of perspectives.

AJCU Migration Research Directory