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• March 09: Triptych virtual author series features poets Ilya Kaminsky & Katie Farris on March 19

  Monday March 09, 2026
  

  

  Detroit Mercy’s English Department welcomes poets Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris, who will read their work for the 2026 Triptych series on Thursday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom.

  Triptych is a virtual reading series featuring award-winning authors in conversation with Detroit Mercy’s Poet-in-Residence Stacy Gnall. Triptych events are free and open to the community.

  Ilya Kaminsky was born in Odesa, Ukraine, in 1977, and arrived to the United States in 1993, when his family was granted asylum by the American government. He is the author of the poetry collections Deaf Republic and Dancing in Odessa, and is co-editor and co-translator of many other books.

  His work, which has been translated into more than 20 languages, has been a finalist for a National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award, and is the winner of many awards. Kaminsky, who currently teaches at Princeton, was selected by the BBC as “one of the 12 artists that changed the world” in 2019.

  Katie Farris is the author of the memoir-in-poems, Standing in the Forest of Being Alive, which was listed as a Publisher’s Weekly’s Top 10 Poetry Books for 2023, as well as shortlisted for the 2023 T.S. Eliot Prize. She is also the author of the hybrid-form text boysgirls, and the chapbooks A Net to Catch My Body in its Weaving, winner of the 2021 Chad Walsh Poetry Award, Thirteen Intimacies and Mother Superior in Hell. Most recently she is winner of the Pushcart Prize.

  Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Granta, The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation and Poetry, and has been commissioned by MoMA. She is the co-translator of several books of poetry from the Ukrainian, French, Chinese and Russian. She also teaches at Princeton.

  Triptych events are held via Zoom on third Thursdays in January, February and March, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

  Register here!

  

• March 09: Cushing Distinguished Lecture series features Ruben Habito, April 8

  Monday March 09, 2026
  

  Ruben Habito

  The Detroit Mercy Department of Religious Studies presents the 2026 Cushing Distinguished Lecture series, featuring Ruben L.F. Habito. The lecture is set for Wednesday, April 8 at 7 p.m., in the Fountain Lounge of the Student Union.

  Habito‘s lecture is titled, “Contemplation in Action: Emerging from Helplessness to Being of Some Help amidst our Wounded and Troubling World.”

  Living in the midst of our deeply divided, demoralizing and deteriorating world, one tends to ask: How may I be of help in alleviating this situation? This important talk will offer guidelines for contemplative practice that may inspire and empower one to active engagement toward healing our collective woundedness on many fronts. 

  Habito is professor emeritus of World Religions and Spirituality at the Perkins School of Theology (Southern Methodist University) and founding teacher of Maria Kannon Zen Center in Dallas. He is the author of Healing Breath: Zen Spirituality for Christians and Buddhists in a Wounded World, and many other titles.

  This event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be provided. Please contact Todd Hibbard for more information at 313-993-1088 or hibbarja@udmercy.edu.

  The Cushing Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible by the generous endowment of Drs. Ralph and Barbara Cushing, alumni of the graduate program in Religious Studies at Detroit Mercy.

  Register here.

• March 09: Graduate admission workshop dates announced for March and April

  Monday March 09, 2026
  

  Looking to further your education? Make your graduate applications stand out by attending an upcoming Graduate Admission Workshop, hosted by the Center for Career & Professional Development and the Office of Admissions.

  Sessions will focus on resume/interview skills, personal statements and letters of recommendation/etiquette. Join us in-person in the Admissions Office in Room 181 of the Student Union or virtually via Teams. Registration is encouraged but not required.

  Session dates and topics are as follows:

  • Thursday, March 19, at 1 p.m. — Resume/interview skills
  • Tuesday, March 31, at 1 p.m. — Personal statements
  • Tuesday, April 14, at 1 p.m. — Letters of recommendation/etiquette

  For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Associate Director for Graduate Admissions Jennifer Goethals at 313-993-3309 or goethajm@udmercy.edu.

  Register here.

• March 05: Men’s basketball advances to semifinals of Horizon League Championship

  Thursday March 05, 2026
  

  Five Titans scored in double figures as the University of Detroit Mercy men’s basketball team put the foot on the gas pedal and never let it go, steamrolling past Milwaukee, 84-63, on Wednesday night in Calihan Hall.

  The third-seeded Titans (16-14) — winners of eight of their last 10 games — will now meet second-seeded Robert Morris in the Barbasol #HLMBB Championship Semifinals on Monday at 9:30 p.m. at Corteva Coliseum in Indianapolis. 

  Sophomore TJ Nadeau led the way with 17 points and six rebounds. Redshirt freshman Tyler Spratt added 15 points, while senior Legend Geeter tallied 12 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals. Senior Orlando Lovejoy scored 13 points with six rebounds, three assists, and junior London Maiden had 12 points in just 13 minutes.

  The Titans shot 53.6% from the field and were 17-of-21 (81.0%) at the free throw line, while holding Milwaukee (12-20) to 37.1% shooting.

  With the win, UDM advances to the semifinals for the first time since the 2012-13 season.

  Detroit Mercy took a commanding lead with a 14-0 run early on for a 16-5 advantage. Nadeau and Maiden had four points apiece in that span, and sophomore Ryan Kalambay put the finishing touches, getting to the rim for a bucket and the foul, hitting the free throw.

  Later on, Geeter started a 7-0 spurt with a three and back-to-back baskets by Maiden and Lovejoy had the Titans up, 28-15, with 6:41 left in the first. UDM then sank two straight triples off the hands of freshman Lance Stone and Nadeau to up the advantage to 36-19 before heading into the break in front, 38-24.

  In the second half, Lovejoy went to the hoop for a layup and the foul as his free throw made it 47-26. The Titans would extend the lead to as many as 26, 63-37, with 11:09 left, as Lovejoy had another layup.

  UDM would stay with a comfortable 20-point lead the rest of the way to register its biggest winning margin in the playoffs since rolling past Cleveland State, 92-58, in 2006.

  Kalambay ended with five points and a team-high eight rebounds and three blocks, while Stone finished with seven points, two rebounds, and two assists.

  The other semifinal will have top-seeded Wright State facing the winner of NKU-Green Bay.

  Purchase tickets online.

  Media coverage

  CBS Sports: Nadeau scores 17, Detroit Mercy beats Milwaukee in Horizon League Tournament 84-63

  Detroit News: Detroit Mercy’s NCAA hopes are very much alive; Oakland’s season is over

  Detroit News: In wide-open Horizon League, Detroit Mercy men’s hoops says: Why not us?

  WDIV: Detroit Mercy basketball completes stunning turnaround with 15 wins, eyes NCAA Tournament

  WXYZ: Father and son duo helping lead Detroit Mercy into the future

  Fox 2 Detroit: Detroit Mercy Coach Mark Montgomery talks college basketball

  WXYZ: UDM’s remarkable turnaround

  Horizon League Weekly podcast: Orlando Lovejoy talks UDM men’s basketball’s run to March

  WWJ: Detroit Mercy basketball’s leading scorer is nontraditional

• March 05: Theatre Company presents one-night TheatreLab reading, March 19

  Thursday March 05, 2026
  

  

  The Detroit Mercy Theatre Company invites the campus community to a TheatreLab reading featuring five actors, three short plays and one night only of engaging reading, directed by Lynch Travis.

  The event will take place on Thursday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m., in the new Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre.

  Seating is free and open to the public. No ticket required.

  

• March 05: 2026 Phenomenal Woman Award winner Samerah Saad to be honored at March 20 reception

  Thursday March 05, 2026
  

  

  The Detroit Mercy community is invited to the annual Phenomenal Women’s Reception, set for Friday, March 20, at 5 p.m., in the Student Union Ballroom.

  The recipient of the award this year is Samerah Saad, associate director of Residence Life.

  The reception, hosted by the Student Life Office and the Campus Activity Board, celebrates the lives of women at Detroit Mercy.

  The event is free and open to all students, faculty and staff.

  

• March 05: Post-Graduate Certificate in Addiction Studies to hold virtual info session, March 25

  Thursday March 05, 2026
  

  Learn more about Detroit Mercy’s Post-Graduate Certificate in Addiction Studies program by attending an upcoming virtual information session. During the session, you will meet the program director, watch a presentation and have the opportunity to ask questions.

  The next session will be offered on Wednesday, March 25 at noon.

  Register here.