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December 2023 Regents’ Meeting

Thursday, December 7, 2023, University Hall, Alexander G. Ruthven Building

Meeting Schedule

3 p.m.

Call to Order

  • President’s Opening Remarks

  • Regents’ Committee Reports

    • Health Affairs Committee
    • Finance, Audit and Investment Committee

  • Chair Report

  • Endowment Report

  • SACUA Annual Report

  • Regular Business Agenda

I. MINUTES

  1. Approval of October 19, 2023 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
  11. Student Government Reports

III. VOLUNTARY SUPPORT

  1. Report on Voluntary Support, October 30, 2023

IV. PERSONNEL ACTIONS

  1. December 2023 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 Leslie B. Aldrich, M.D., clinical associate professor of internal medicine; Roy C. Barnes, Ph.D., professor of sociology, UM-Flint; Pallab K. Bhattacharya, Ph.D., D.Eng.(Hon.), Charles M. Vest Distinguished University Professor, James R. Mellor Professor of Engineering, and professor of electrical engineering and computer science; Michael R. Combi, Ph.D., Freeman Devold Miller Collegiate Research Professor, Distinguished Research Scientist, and research professor, climate and space sciences and engineering; Daniel J. Fischer, M.S.W.,clinical associate professor of social work and adjunct clinical assistant professor of psychiatry; Daniel C. Fisher, Ph.D., Claude W. Hibbard Collegiate Professor of Paleontology, professor of Earth and environmental sciences, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and curator, Museum Paleontology; Donald Freeman, Ph.D., professor of education; Thomas R. George, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor of kinesiology; Anne Ruggles Gere, Ph.D., Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, professor of English language and literature, Gertrude Buck Collegiate Professor of Education, and professor of education; Ronald M. Gilgenbach, Ph.D., Chihiro Kikuchi Collegiate Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, and professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences; Mitchell M. Goodsitt, Ph.D., professor of radiological sciences; John A. Helmuth II, Ph.D., professor of finance, UM-Flint; Michael J. Imperiale, Ph.D.,Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of microbiology and immunology; Scott D. Johnson, Ph.D., professor of marketing, UM-Flint; Andy Kirshner, D.M.A., associate professor of music and associate professor of art and design; John Laitner, Ph.D., professor of economics and research professor; J. Rebecca Liu, M.D., associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology; Marie Lozon, MD, clinical professor of emergency medicine and clinical professor of pediatrics; Pankaj K. Mallick, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering, UM-Dearborn; Donna J. Marvicsin, Ph.D., clinical associate professor of nursing; Semyon M. Meerkov, Ph.D., professor of electrical engineering and computer science; Kenneth G. Powell, Sc.D., Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of aerospace engineering; Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy, Ph.D., Robert W. Parry Collegiate Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics, professor of chemistry, professor of biophysics, and professor of macromolecular science and engineering; Audrey F. Seasholtz, Ph.D., professor of biological chemistry and research professor; Subrata Sengupta, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering, UM-Dearborn; Wayne E. Stark, Ph.D., professor of electrical engineering and computer science; Louise K. Stein, Ph.D., professor of music; Laura M. Struble, Ph.D., clinical professor of nursing; Twila Tardif, Ph.D., professor of psychology and professor of Asian languages and cultures; Mary E. van der Velde, M.D., clinical professor of pediatrics; Joel M. Weinberg, M.D., professor of internal medicine; and Dongming Zhao, Ph.D., professor of electrical and computer engineering.

VII. MEMORIALS

  1. No deaths of active faculty members were reported to the regents this month.

VIII. DEGREES

  1. Recommendations for Honorary Degrees

IX. FINANCE-PROPERTY

  1. University Real Estate Policy Annual Report on Leases Exceeding 50,000 Square Feet
  2. Fiscal Year 2025 Capital Outlay Submissions All Campuses
  3. Alternative Asset Commitments
  4. Electric Vehicle Center Battery Laboratory Expansion
  5. Observatory Hall Reserve Officers Training Corps Space Renovation
  6. University of Michigan-Dearborn Renick University Center First Floor Renovations
  7. School of Nursing Building 1 Classroom and Interior Renovation
  8. Authorization for the University to transact with Arbor Medical Innovations, LLC
  9. Authorization for the University to transact with Dieta Inc.
  10. Authorization for the University to enter into an agreement with Freshstart
    Clubhouse, Inc.
  11. Authorization for the University to transact with Growing Forward Together
  12. Authorization for the University to transact with Morph Biosciences, LLC
  13. Authorization for the University to enter into an agreement with Reames Consulting LLC dba Guideline Consulting
  14. Authorization for the University to enter into an agreement with Ripple Science Corporation
  15. Authorization for the University to enter into an agreement with SustainabiliD LLC
  16. Authorization for the University to transact with Whip’s Dog Days
  17. Authorization for the University to transact with Wise Work, LLC
  18. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements from the Accelerate Blue Fund (“A-B Fund”) for Refraction AI, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
  19. Commercialization Agreements with the University of Michigan
  20. Project Agreements with the University of Michigan
  21. New Michigan Marching Band Practice Field - Supplemental Agenda Item
  22. Marsal Family School of Education at Marygrove - Supplemental Agenda Item

X. OTHER

  1. Department of Voice - Rename as the Department of Voice & Opera
  2. Establishment of the Technology Department, College of Innovation and Technology, University of Michigan-Flint
  3. College of Arts and Sciences, University of Michigan-Flint - Approval to change the name of the College of Arts and Sciences to the College of Arts, Sciences and Education
  4. Holland Hospital Strategic Alliance

*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.