March 2024 Regents’ Meeting

Thursday, March 28, 2024, University Hall, Alexander G. Ruthven Building

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

9 a.m.

Call to Order

• President’s Opening Remarks

• Regents’ Committee Reports

  • Finance, Audit and Investment Committee
    

• Chair Report

• Regular Business Agenda

Consent Agenda (Roman Numeral Sections I-VIII)

I. MINUTES

1. Approval of February 15, 2024
   
   

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, February 29, 2024
   
   

IV. PERSONNEL ACTIONS

1. March 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 William E. Barrie, M.D., clinical assistant professor of internal medicine; Melva G. Craft-Blacksheare, D.N.P., CNM, RN, associate professor of nursing, UM-Flint; Hugh E. Huntley, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering, UM-Dearborn; William Michael King, Ph.D., professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery; Jennifer J. Linderman, Ph.D., Pamela Raymond Collegiate Professor of Engineering, professor of chemical engineering, and professor of biomedical engineering; Kathy Sue O’Shea, Ph.D., Crosby-Kahn Collegiate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, professor of cell and developmental biology, and professor of psychiatry; Elisa A. Ostafin, M.D., clinical assistant professor of internal medicine; Ruth J. Person, Ph.D., professor of management, UM-Flint; Donald A. Roberts, Ph.D., clinical professor of radiation oncology; and Elona D. Van Gent, M.F.A., professor of art.
   
   

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. Absolute Return Commitment
   
2. Alternative Asset Commitment
   
3. Alternative Assets Commitment
   
4. University of Michigan Center for Innovation
   
5. Fletcher Street Parking Structure Repairs and Upgrades
   
6. University of Michigan Health A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center Air Handling Unit Replacement
   
7. University of Michigan Health A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center Fire Alarm Replacement
   
8. University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospitals New Children’s Emergency Services Fast Track Clinic
   
9. Authorization for the University to enter into an agreement with
   Arcascope Inc.
   
10. Authorization for the University to transact with CubeWorks, Inc.
    
11. Authorization for the University to transact with Health Patroller, LLC,
    dba Eebu Health
    
12. Authorization for the University to transact with the North American
    Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology
    
13. Authorization for the University to enter into a master agreement with CubeWorks, Inc.
    
14. Authorization for the University to enter into a contract with U.S. Good Business
    Lab Foundation
    
15. Authorization for the University to transact with Wise Work, LLC
    
16. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for Arborsense, Inc., a Delaware corporation
    
17. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for Fourth State, LLC, a Michigan corporation
    
18. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for HiPer Fiber, LLC, a Michigan corporation
    
19. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for Kidou Systems, LLC, a Michigan corporation
    
20. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for Lumetech, Inc., a California corporation
    
21. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for Saros Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation
    
22. Commercialization Agreements with the University of Michigan
    
23. Project Agreements with the University of Michigan
    
24. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements for the Michigan Biomedical Venture Fund for Abcon Therapeutics, Inc.
    
25. 3100 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy, Michigan - Supplemental Agenda Item
    
    

X. OTHER

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.