A distinguished Iowa professor, Karl A. Gschneider, will be speaking on the application of lanthanide metals in everyday life on April 24 at 5:15 p.m. in the chemistry lecture hall, room 114. He is not only a graduate of the university and the 2000 Alumni of the Year, […]

Few people can name one decision that kick-started their career. Even fewer can tell you that they are truly happy with their job. But Christopher Darga, a professional actor and graduate of University of Detroit, might be able to tell you both. "I’ve never had a bad experience […]

What happens after a UDM student graduates? Do alumni leave Michigan for bigger and better places? Is everyone given a commemorative coffee mug and sent on their way? Are there passes given to take the secret elevator to the speak-easy at the top of the clock tower? Maybe, but for […]

Tom Ryan loves basketball. He's been the men's basketball public address announcer for nearly 30 years and remembers when he first fell in love with the game. "In 1955, I moved across the street from the University of Detroit, right on Fairfield," Ryan said. "It was the summer before my […]

A picture hangs in the Hall of Honor on the main floor of the Commerce and Finance Building. It's a picture of a man who came from humble beginnings to become a giant in the Detroit community. The man is of Samuel Logan Jr., and it serves as […]

A few years ago, Greg Russell went to a high school reunion that was not his own. "I went to U of D High School in Detroit," Russell said. "However, I go to the Detroit Pershing high school reunions because if I had gone to a public school that is […]

On any given night, university alum George Noory – host of the nation’s most popular overnight radio show – may touch on time travel, aliens, UFOs, vampires, 9-11 conspiracies and near-death experiences. "A belief in a higher power and whether you tap into it is present in everything […]

When Emil Brolick enrolled at the University of Detroit in the late 1960s, he thought he wanted to go into law. A few early economics courses changed his mind, and by the time he graduated from Detroit with a master’s in economics in 1972, he knew he wanted to apply […]

What made you decide to run? There is a woefully ironic dearth of Republicans in the Republican primary. Each candidate is searching for a niche to fill: Conservative, libertarian or even liberal. I am a Republican, party of Lincoln and Reagan. I decided to run because none of these niche […]