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December 2024 Regents’ Meeting

Thursday, December 5, 2024, University Hall, Alexander G. Ruthven Building

Meeting Schedule

3:30 p.m.

Call to Order

  • President’s Opening Remarks
  • Presentation: The European Southern Observatory 39-meter ELT Project

  • Regents’ Committee Report

    • Finance, Audit and Investment Committee
    • Health Affairs Committee
    • Personnel, Compensation and Governance Committee

  • Regular Business Agenda

I. MINUTES

  1. Approval of October 17, 2024 Minutes

II. REPORTS

  1. Investment Report
  2. Plant Extension Report
  3. University Human Resources Report
  4. Litigation Report (no documents)
  5. Research Report
  6. University of Michigan Health System Report (no documents)
  7. Student Life Report (no documents)
  8. Dearborn Campus Report (no documents)
  9. Flint Campus Report (no documents)
  10. Faculty Governance Report

III. VOLUNTARY SUPPORT

  1. Report on Voluntary Support, October 31, 2024

IV. PERSONNEL ACTIONS

  1. December 2024 Personnel Actions
  2. Committee Appointments

V. PERSONNEL REPORTS

  1. Reports of Lecturers’ Employee Organization (LEO) Activity
  2. Reports of regular instructional transactions

VI. RETIREMENT MEMOIRS

  1. Adoption of retirement memoirs for Richard Aaron, professor of music; Kiumi Akingbehin, Ph.D., professor of computer and information science, UM-Dearborn; Irina Arakelian, M.S., lecturer IV in mathematics; Thomas J. Armstrong, Ph.D., professor of industrial and operations engineering; Chun-Shu Chang, Ph.D., professor of history; Walter Cohen, Ph.D., professor of English language and literature; Cathleen M. Connell, Ph.D., professor of health behavior and health equity; Mick P. Couper, Ph.D., research professor, Survey Research Center; Gregory R. Dressler, Ph.D., Collegiate Professor of Pathology Research and professor of pathology; Larry M. Gant, Ph.D., professor of social work and professor of art and design; Geoffrey E. Gerstner, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., D.ABDSM, associate professor of dentistry; Clement Hawes, Ph.D., professor of English language and literature and professor of history; Joel D. Howell, M.D., Ph.D., MACP, FRCP, Elizabeth Farrand Collegiate Professor of Medical History, professor of internal medicine, professor of history, and professor of health management and policy; Smadar Karni, Ph.D., professor of mathematics; Catharine A. MacKinnon, J.D., Ph.D., Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law and professor of law; Daniel S. McConnell, Ph.D., research scientist, epidemiology; John D. Piette, Ph.D., professor of internal medicine, professor of health behavior and health equity, and professor of global public health; Barry G. Rabe, Ph.D., J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, professor of public policy, professor of environmental policy, professor of environment, and professor of political science; Kenneth Resnicow, Ph.D., Irwin M. Rosenstock Collegiate Professor of Public Health, professor of health behavior and health equity, and professor of pediatrics; Douglas Richstone, Ph.D., Lawrence H. Aller Collegiate Professor of Astronomy and professor of astronomy; Terry E. Robinson, Ph.D., Elliot S. Valenstein Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and professor of psychology; Athina Sikavitsas, D.O., clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine and clinical assistant professor of pediatrics; Bradley R. Smith, Ph.D., professor of art and design; Debra A. Thompson, Ph.D., professor in ophthalmology and visual sciences and professor in biological chemistry; Valerie Traub, Ph.D., professor of English language and literature, professor of women’s and gender studies, and Adrienne Rich Distinguished University Professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies; Danielle Kim Turgeon, M.D., clinical professor on internal medicine; Donna M. Wicker, O.D., clinical assistant professor in ophthalmology and visual sciences; and Peter Yaman, D.D.S., M.S., clinical professor of dentistry.

VII. MEMORIALS

  1. Adoption of memorial statement for Yizhak Schotten, professor of music.

VIII. DEGREES

  1. Recommendations for Honorary Degrees.

IX. FINANCE-PROPERTY

  1. Fiscal Year 2026 Capital Outlay Submissions - All Campuses
  2. University Real Estate Policy - Annual Report on Leases Exceeding 50,000 Square Feet
  3. 116 E. Hoover Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  4. 142, 144, and 146 E. Hoover Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  5. 425 and 503 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  6. 1214 Washtenaw Court, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  7. University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Lease of 1004 E. Michigan Avenue,
    Lansing, Michigan
  8. Ypsilanti Health Center Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program
    300 W. Michigan Avenue, Ypsilanti, Michigan
  9. Appointment of Auditors
  10. Authorization for the university to transact with Ann Arbor Symphony
    Orchestra
  11. Authorization for the university to enter into a contract with Bichini Bia
    Congo Dance Theater
  12. Authorization for the university to transact with Community Development
    Advocates of Detroit (CDAD)
  13. Authorization for the university to increase funding with Cornell Farms
  14. Authorization for the university to transact with DASI Simulations
  15. Authorization for the university to transact with Intero Biosystems Inc.
  16. Authorization for the university to transact with KEOW MEI GOH dba
    Papahana, LLC
  17. Authorization for the university to transact with NeoNest Global
  18. Authorization for the university to enter into an contract with Positivius
    LLC dba Riverbank Consulting Group
  19. Authorization for the University to enter into a contract with Reames Consulting
    LLC dba Guideline Consulting
  20. Authorization for the university to purchase from Saving Soles
  21. Authorization for the university to enter into an contract with SVSUMCHGN-
    1 dba ViewPoint
  22. Authorization for the university to enter into an contract with Tonya Marie
    Kneff-Chang dba Interdisciplinary Insights LLC
  23. Authorization for the university to transact with Wise Work, LLC
  24. Authorization for the University of Michigan to Enter into a License Agreement
    with an Innovation Partnerships Startup Incubator Firm Located at the North
    Campus Research Complex
  25. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for Intero Biosystems, Inc.
  26. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for Ocutheia, Inc.
  27. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for PRO Therapeutics, LLC
  28. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for Volt Harbor, Inc.
  29. Commercialization Agreements with the University of Michigan
  30. Project Agreements with the University of Michigan

X. OTHER

  1. Restructuring and Closure of College of Engineering Department - Integrative Systems + Design (ISD) Division into College of Engineering Academic Units
  2. Governance Integration - Regional Community Hospital Boards - Approval of Plan Amended and Restated Bylaws
  3. University of Michigan Regents Bylaws - Approval of”Housekeeping” Bylaw revisions
  4. Name change for the Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute, and the
    supporting endowed and expendable funds
  5. Approval to Establish Academic Departments and Divisions within the College of Innovation and Technology at the University of Michigan-Flint
  6. UM-Flint Bylaws - Approval of Revised University of Michigan-Flint Bylaws, multiple articles
  7. Student Government Reports

*The agenda and the items linked from this page are an unofficial version of this month’s Regents’ Meeting Agenda. The official and authoritative version of the agenda is kept on file in the Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the University.

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