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A man sits at a machine during an eye exam while a woman looks at images of the eye.
November 22, 2024
This new school will be located in Novi, Mich., and is the 25th School of Optometry in the United States and the second in Michigan. The first class will begin in the fall of 2025 and prospective students can submit applications starting in December.
Eight people and a mascot cut a ribbon inside of an annex.
November 15, 2024
On Nov. 14, the Steve & Kathy McShane Makerspace & Collaboratory was officially opened. Inside the College of Engineering & Science, the re-envisioned annex has been designed as a workshop for students from different disciplines to work together.
#43 Wall Street Journal College Pulse National ranking
September 04, 2024
The 2025 Wall Street Journal/College Pulse ranking has put º£½Ç´óÉñ at No. 43 in the nation, nine places higher than it ranked the University last year.

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Detroit Mercy in the News


Detroit News | Dec. 3, 2024
Things are actually looking up for Detroit Mercy, in large part because of the contributions of freshmen ― which is almost unheard of these days, in the post-COVID age and the era of the transfer portal. Two true freshmen are averaging more than 20 minutes a game for the Titans, and four more freshmen are averaging more than 10.


CBS Detroit | Nov. 29, 2024
It will be the second School of Optometry in Michigan, the university says in a news release. Classes will begin in the fall of 2025.


WJR Radio | Nov. 25, 2024
Detroit Mercy Provost Pamela Zarkowski was a guest Monday talked about the launch of the School of Optometry.


WXYZ Channel 7 | Nov. 22, 2024
The º£½Ç´óÉñ men's basketball team is rebuilding after last year's season that didn't see them win a game until February.


Crain's Detroit | Nov. 21, 2024
Earlier this year, the University opened the Detroit Mercy Eye Institute on the Novi Campus to statewide and national fanfare and began accepting patients in April.


7 News WXYZ | Sept. 29, 2024
Show host Chuck Stokes interviewed Professor of Psychology Steven Huprich on how people can navigate the anxiety and tension that many are experiencing surrounding the upcoming election.


Burlington Free Press | Sept. 23, 2024
º£½Ç´óÉñ plans to establish a clinic and education program in Vermont by 2027, bringing in 64 third-and fourth-year students who it hopes will decide to stay in the state to practice after they graduate, greatly alleviating what Sen. Bernie Sanders called Vermont's "dental crisis." 

Alumni News


Tue, 10 Dec 2024
Allison Malloy '23 and Emma Pehote ’23 in Lourdes in the uniform of the Order of Malta.In May 2023, shortly before she graduated from Detroit Mercy with a Nursing degree from, Allison Molloy ’23 received a scholarship to go on a spiritual journey. She had no idea how much of an impact it would have on her.ÌýÌý The Our Lady of Lourdes Pilgrimage Charitable Fund is …


Mon, 02 Dec 2024
Two icon-style portraits hang on a wall, one of St. Ignatius and one of Catherine McAuleyDetroit Mercy Law recently unveiled portraits of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, and Venerable Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy. The Most Rev. Robert J. Fisher ’83, auxiliary bishop of Detroit, blessed the portraits and several members of the Sisters of Mercy and …