December 2021 Regents’ Meeting

Thursday, December 9, 2021 - Richard L. Postma Family Clubhouse

The Board of Regents will hold its monthly meeting at the Richard L. Postma Family Clubhouse (500 E. Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI 48104). Parking arrangements have been made for guests and community members in the Orange Lot (SC7) near Crisler. U-M parking permits will not be necessary on the day of the board meeting. Guests can park and walk through the tunnel under Stadium Blvd to the golf course. Meeting guests also can take the U-M Commuter South bus, which stops at the edge of the orange lot. The public will be able to livestream the regents meeting by clicking on a link from the main U-M website or using this direct link: www.umich.edu/watch/.

Meeting Schedule

3 p.m.

Call to Order

• President’s Opening Remarks
  

• Presentations

  • Student Mental Health Review Committee
    
  • SACUA Annual Report
    

• Regents’ Committee Reports

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

• Regular Business Agenda

Consent Agenda (Roman Numeral Sections I-VIII)

I. MINUTES

1. Approval of October 21, 2021 Minutes
   
   

II. REPORTS

1. Investment Report
   
2. Plant Extension Report
   
3. University Human Resources Report
   
4. Litigation Report
   
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 31, 2021
   
   

IV. PERSONNEL ACTIONS

1. December 2021 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 David S. Bach, M.D., Park W. Willis III Collegiate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and clinical professor of internal medicine; Rosario Ceballo, Ph.D., professor of psychology and professor of women’s and gender studies; Robert J. Denver, Ph.D., professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology; Jonathan E. Freedman, PhD., Marvin Felheim Collegiate Professor of English, American Studies and Judaic Studies, professor of English language and literature, professor of American culture, and professor of Judaic studies; Beth Genné, Ph.D., professor of dance and professor of art history; Roma Gianchandani, M.B.B.S., clinical professor of internal medicine; Margaret E. Gnegy, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology; Edie N. Goldenberg, Ph.D., professor of political science in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and professor of public policy; Carmen Renee Green, M.D., professor of anesthesiology, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and professor of health management and policy; Erdogan Gulari, Ph.D., Donald L. Katz Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering and professor of chemical engineering; Siobán D. Harlow, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology, professor of global public health, and professor of obstetrics and gynecology; June Howard, Ph.D., Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, professor of English language and literature, professor of American culture, and professor of women’s and gender studies; Jeffrey W. Innis, M.D., Ph.D., Morton S. and Henrietta K. Sellner Professor of Human Genetics, professor of human genetics, professor of pediatrics, and professor of internal medicine; Craig A. Jaffe, M.D., clinical associate professor of internal medicine; Paul R. Kileny, M.S., Ph.D., professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery; Jon D. Miller, Ph.D., research scientist; Arnold S. Monto, M.D., Thomas Francis Collegiate Professor of Public Health, professor of epidemiology, and professor of global public health; Jun Ni, Ph.D., Shien-Ming (Sam) Wu Collegiate Professor of Manufacturing Science and professor of mechanical engineering; Eran Pichersky, Ph.D., Michael M. Martin Collegiate Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology; Richard L. Prager, M.D., Richard and Norma Sarns Research Professor of Cardiac Surgery and professor of cardiac surgery; R. Kevin Reynolds, M.D., George W. Morley Collegiate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and professor of obstetrics and gynecology; Mary C. Ruffolo, Ph.D., LMSW, Rosemary A. Sarri Collegiate Professor of Social Work and professor of social work; Stephen J. Stefanac, D.D.S., M.S., clinical professor of dentistry; Jeffrey E. Terrell, M.D., professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery; Richmond H. Thomason, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, professor of linguistics, and professor of electrical engineering and computer science; Priscilla K. Tucker, Ph.D., professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and curator, Museum of Zoology; and Ralph T. Yang, Ph.D., John B. Feen Distinguished University Professor of Engineering, Dwight F. Benton Professor of Chemical Engineering, and professor of chemical 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. Fiscal Year 2023 Capital Outlay Submissions All Campuses
   
2. University Real Estate Policy Annual Report on Leases Exceeding 50,000 Square Feet
   
3. Alternative Asset Commitments
   
4. Alternative Assets Commitment
   
5. Absolute Return Commitment
   
6. Long Term Portfolio Asset Allocation
   
7. East University Chiller Plant Chiller Replacement
   
8. Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building
   
9. University of Michigan Health University Hospital Electrical Substation Replacement
   
10. Authorization for the University of Michigan to Enter into License Agreements with Innovation Partnerships Startup Incubator Firms Located at the North Campus Research Complex
    
11. Authorization for the University to enter into an agreement with Inspire Rx, LLC
    
12. Authorization for the University to enter into an agreement with Ripple Science
    Corporation
    
13. Authorization for the University to transact with Victor John Strecher LLC
    
14. Authorization to enter into or amend Agreements
    
15. Approval of Technology Transfer Agreements
    
16. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements for the Accelerate Blue Fund (“A-B Fund”) for Abernethy Schwartz Partners LLC, DBA BlueConduit
    
17. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements for the Accelerate Blue Fund (“A-B Fund”) for NX Fuels Inc., DBA Carbon Fuels Inc.
    
    

X. OTHER

1. Department of Robotics, College of Engineering
   
2. University of Michigan Health System Board Bylaws
   
3. Horace H. Rackham Educational Memorial, 100 Farnsworth Street, Detroit Michigan - supplemental agenda item
   
4. 324 S. Saginaw, Flint, Michigan - supplemental agenda item
   
   

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA-RELATED TOPICS

*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.