Year: 2015

Freshman in their first college semester have successfully identified and uniquely named the bacteriophage (viruses that infect bacteria) they discovered. Identified and named SEA PHAGE The Biology class is part of SEA-PHAGES project which provides students a unique mentored research experience in their freshman year. “This is a great experience for freshman,” says Dr. Stephanie Read More …

ReBUILDetroit scholar, Carrington Goldsmith from Marygrove College, talks about the challenges of entering college, the summer experience and his experience as a ReBUILDetroit scholar. Throughout the coming months, we will continue to feature ReBUILDetroit scholars from our consortium partners.

Watch the video of the Summer Enrichment Program leaders talk about the goals of the program.

Dean Gary Kuleck celebrates construction commencement of the iNSPIRE Laboratory on November 4. “This is an exciting time,” says Kuleck.  “We will have will two new labs coming online in the Spring, one in Science and one in Engineering.” The iNSPIRE Laboratory will be the home for collaboration, strengthen bonds and relationships for ReBUILDetroit scholars Read More …

Learning how to study for college courses is different than preparing for high school classes. Susan Trudeau, director of the Student Success Center at the University of Detroit Mercy, offers these tips in her presentation, “How to Study in College” for ReBUILDetroit scholars. “You have to work smarter,” says Trudeau.  “Take a break after 25 Read More …