May 2020 Regents’ Meeting

Thursday, May 21, 2020

The University of Michigan Board of Regents will conduct a virtual meeting May 21 that is consistent with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive directive regarding public meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting will provide for public participation while maintaining appropriate social distancing. The meeting will take place at 4:30 p.m. 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

4:30 p.m.

Call to Order

• President’s Opening Remarks
  
• Regular Business Agenda
  
  

Consent Agenda (Roman Numeral Sections I-VIII)

I. MINUTES

1. Approval of March 26, 2020 Minutes
   
   

II. REPORTS

1. Investment Report
   
2. Plant Extension Report
   
3. University Human Resources Report
   
4. Litigation Report
   
5. Regents Report on Non-Competitive Purchases equal to or over $10,000 from Single Sources, December 16, 2019 through March 15, 2020
   
6. Research Report
   
7. University of Michigan Health System Report (no documents)
   
8. Student Life Report (no documents)
   
9. Dearborn Campus Report (no documents)
   
10. Flint Campus Report (no documents)
    
11. Faculty Governance Report
    
12. Student Government Reports
    
    

III. VOLUNTARY SUPPORT

1. Report on Voluntary Support, March 31, 2020
   
2. Report on Voluntary Support, April 30, 2020
   
   

IV. PERSONNEL ACTIONS

1. May 2020 Personnel Actions
   
2. Promotions to the Ranks of Professor and Associate Professor, 2020-2021
   
   

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 Kevork B. Bardakjian, D.Phil., Marie Manoogian Professor of Armenian Languages and Literatures, professor of Armenian languages and literatures, and professor of Slavic languages and literatures; Tomasz K. Baumiller, Ph.D., professor of Earth and environmental sciences and curator, Museum of Paleontology; Elizabeth J. Brough, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor of nursing; Richard K.J. Brown, M.D., clinical professor of radiology; Sergey M. Chernyak, Ph.D., associate research scientist, environment health sciences; Paul N. Courant, Ph.D., Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Edward M. Gramlich Distinguished University Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Harold T. Shapiro Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, professor of public policy, professor of economics, professor of information, and faculty associate, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research; Ernest N. Emenyonu, Ph.D., professor of Africana studies, UM-Flint; William Fulton, Ph.D., Oscar Zariski Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and professor of mathematics; Marva J. Furman, Ph.D., professor of English, UM-Flint; Elaine K. Gazda, Ph.D., professor of classical art and archaeology and curator, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology; Bonnie M. Hagerty, Ph.D., associate professor of nursing; John W. Hoard, B.S., associate research scientist, mechanical engineering; Janean E. Holden, Ph.D., Barbara A. Therrien Collegiate Professor of Nursing and professor of nursing; L. Rowell Huesmann, Ph.D., Amos N. Tversky Collegiate Professor of Communication Studies and Psychology, professor of communication and media, professor of psychology, and research professor, Research Center for Group Dynamics; James S. Jackson, Ph.D., Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, professor of psychology, faculty affiliate, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, and research professor, Research Center for Group Dynamics; Margaret F. Kahn, Ph.D., professor of political science, UM-Flint; Jamile Trueba Lawand, Ph.D., associate professor of foreign languages, UM-Flint; Vahid Lotfi, Ph.D., professor of management science, UM-Flint; Carl F. Marrs, Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology; Marianne P. McGrath, Ph.D., professor of psychology, UM-Flint; Hugh L. Montgomery, Ph.D., professor of mathematics; Margaret Murray-Wright, M.S.N., R.N.,clinical assistant professor of nursing, UM-Flint; Kirk Philipich, D.B.A., associate professor of accounting and finance, UM-Dearborn; Becky J. Rodda, P.T., D.P.T., clinical professor of physical therapy, UM-Flint; Carl P. Simon, Ph.D., professor of mathematics, professor of complex systems, and professor of public policy; John R. Stembridge, Ph.D., professor of mathematics; Edward L. Stuenkel, Ph.D., professor of molecular and integrative physiology; Linda Bjork Terrell, M.D., clinical assistant professor of internal medicine; Charles B. Thomas, Jr., Ph.D., associate professor of sociology, UM-Flint; Maureen P. Tippen, M.S., R.N., clinical associate professor of nursing, UM-Flint; Christine M. Waters, M.F.A., professor of art, UM-Flint, Christina B. Whitman, J.D., Francis A. Allen Collegiate Professor of Law and professor of law; and J. Frank Yates, Ph.D., Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of psychology in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and professor of business administration.
   
   

VII. MEMORIALS

1. Adoption of a memorial statement for Kent Jeffrey Sheets, Ph.D., professor of family medicine and professor of learning health sciences.
   
   

VIII. DEGREES

1. There are no actions with respect to degrees this month.
   
   

IX. FINANCE-PROPERTY

1. Absolute Return and Alternative Asset Commitments
   
2. Planned Uses of Income from the Julian A. Wolfson and the Marguerite Wolfson Endowment Funds for the fiscal year 2020-2021
   
3. Authorization to Issue General Revenue Bonds
   
4. Issuance and Sale of Commercial Paper Notes by the University
   
5. Authorization for the University of Michigan to Enter into License Agreements with Venture Accelerator Firms Located at the North Campus Research Complex
   
6. Authorization for the University of Michigan to Enter into a License Agreement with GreenMark Biomedical Inc.
   
7. Authorization for the University to transact with Oscar Ybarra, cred-ABLE, LLC
   
8. Authorization for the University to contract with QE Tools, LLC
   
9. Authorization for the University to enter into an agreement with Ripple Science Corporation
   
10. Authorization for the University to transact with The Guild Poetry Inc.
    
11. Authorization for the University to enter into a contract with Southwest Research Institute
    
12. Authorization for the University to transact with FlexSys, Inc.
    
13. Authorization for the University to transact with Arbor Medical Innovations LLC
    
14. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and Arborsense, Inc.
    
15. Research Agreement between the University of Michigan and Ascentage Pharma Group Corporation, Ltd.
    
16. Research Agreement between the University of Michigan and Beijing Zenithnano Technology Co., Ltd.
    
17. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and CubeWorks, Inc.
    
18. Research Agreement between the University of Michigan and Eli Lilly and Company
    
19. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and Endectra, LLC
    
20. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and FibrosIX Inc.
    
21. License Agreement between the University of Michigan and Guangzhou Boxin Medical Technology Co. Ltd.
    
22. Research Agreement between the University of Michigan and The Hope Foundation
    
23. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and Innovative BioTherapies, Inc.
    
24. Sponsored Activity Agreement between the University of Michigan and Lynx Dx, Inc.
    
25. License Agreement between the University of Michigan and MakeMedical LLC
    
26. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and MDI Therapeutics, Inc.
    
27. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and MDI Therapeutics, Inc.
    
28. Research Agreement between the University of Michigan and MeiraGTx Limited
    
29. Research Agreement between the University of Michigan and MeiraGTx Limited
    
30. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and Mitovation, Inc.
    
31. License Agreement between the University of Michigan and OGB1, Inc.
    
32. Option Agreement between the University of Michigan and OGB1, Inc.
    
33. Research Agreement between the University of Michigan and Oncopia Therapeutics, LLC
    
34. License Agreement between the University of Michigan and ORBIT Project, LLC
    
35. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and PhotoSonoX LLC
    
36. Sponsored Activity Agreement between the University of Michigan and PP2A Therapeutics Oy
    
37. Option Agreement between the University of Michigan and Therapeutic Systems Research Laboratories, Inc.
    
38. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and Therapeutic Systems Research Laboratories, Inc.
    
39. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and Therapeutic Systems Research Laboratories, Inc.
    
    

X. OTHER

1. Regents’ Bylaws Revisions Sec. 5.09 and 5.10
   
2. Regents’ Bylaws Revisions
   
3. Ann Arbor Campus Academic Calendar 2022-2023
   
   

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.