The Oakland University Center for Public Humanities, in partnership with Christ Church Cranbrook’s Lilly Endowment-funded Faith in Detroit initiative, is offering its inaugural Faith in Detroit Summer Writing Workshop to provide support, instruction, inspiration and community for aspiring and established writers. Hosted June 11-14 on the Christ Church campus in Bloomfield Hills, the four-day workshop will feature generative sessions, panel discussions, a craft talk and a keynote address by award-winning
President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz has made a new $1 million philanthropic commitment to Oakland University, further strengthening her extraordinary personal investment in the university’s mission, students, faculty and future. The latest commitment will establish two new opportunity funds earmarked for research and the arts. The funds are designed to provide flexible, current-use implementation in areas of strategic importance and emerging opportunities that support Oakland University’s Strategic Vision
The internationally recognized Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) will return to Oakland University this spring, marking the 33rd annual competition and bringing hundreds of student engineers and cutting-edge autonomous vehicle technology to campus. Co-hosted by the Oakland University School of Engineering and Computer Science, the four-day competition attracts collegiate teams from across North America and the world who design, build and program autonomous ground vehicles capable of navigating