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May 2026 Regents’ Meeting

Thursday, May 21, 2026, Fairlane Center South, University of Michigan-Dearborn

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
  • Presentation: A University-Community Partnership: Building Environmental Justice Capacity with Salina Schools

  • Regents’ Committee Reports

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

  • Regular Business Agenda

I. MINUTES

  1. Approval of March 19, 2026 Minutes (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)

II. REPORTS

  1. Investment Report (Received by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  2. Plant Extension Report (Received by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  3. University Human Resources Report (Received by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  4. Regents Report on Non-Competitive Purchases equal to or over $10,000 from Single Sources, December 16, 2025 through March 15, 2026 (Received by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  5. Research Report (Received by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  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 (Received by the Regents May 21, 2026)

III. VOLUNTARY SUPPORT

  1. Report on Voluntary Support, March 31, 2026 (Received by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  2. Report on Voluntary Support, April 30, 2026 (Received by the Regents May 21, 2026)

IV. PERSONNEL ACTIONS

  1. May 2026 Personnel Actions (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)

V. PERSONNEL REPORTS

  1. Reports of Lecturers’ Employee Organization (LEO) Activity (Received by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  2. Reports of regular instructional transactions (Received by the Regents May 21, 2026)

VI. RETIREMENT MEMOIRS

  1. Adoption of retirement memoirs for Jeffrey C. Alt, Ph.D., research professor, Earth and environmental sciences; Jami L. Anderson, Ph.D., J.D., professor of philosophy, UM-Flint; Cynthia M. Arslanian-Engoren, Ph.D., professor of nursing; Jill Becker, Ph.D., Patricia Y. Gurin Collegiate Professor of Psychology, professor of psychology and research professor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute; Vincenzo A. Binetti, Ph.D., professor of Italian; Michael Boehnke, Ph.D., Richard G. Cornell Distinguished University Professor of Biostatistics and professor of biostatistics; Howard J. Bromberg, J.D., clinical professor of law; Roy Clarke, Ph.D., Marcellus L. Wiedenbeck Collegiate Professor of Physics and professor of physics; Anne Curzan, Ph.D., former dean, Geneva Smitherman Collegiate Professor of English Language and Literature, Linguistics and Education, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, professor of English language and literature, professor of linguistics, and professor of education; Mark Fitzgerald, D.D.S., M.S., professor of dentistry; Betsy Foxman, Ph.D., Hunein F. and Hilda Maassab Endowed Professor of Epidemiology, professor of epidemiology, and director of the Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases; Elliot Ginsburg, Ph.D., associate professor of Jewish thought, Department of Middle East Studies and associate professor of Judaic studies; Allon Goldberg, Ph.D., Allon Goldberg, Ph.D., professor of physical therapy professor of physical therapy, UM-Flint; Susan Dorr Goold, M.D., MHSA, M.A., professor of internal medicine and professor of health management and policy; Will Hansen, Ph.D., FACI, professor of civil and environmental engineering; A. Melissa Harris, M.Arch., associate professor of architecture; Freda Herseth, M.M., Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of music; Joan Holland, B.M., clinical associate professor of music; Jong-Jin Kim, Ph.D.,associate professor of architecture; Paula M. Lantz, Ph.D., University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy, professor of public policy, and professor of health management and policy; Terrence J. McDonald, Ph.D., former dean, Arthur F. Thurnau professor and professor of history; Eric Michielssen, Ph.D., Louise Ganiard Johnson Professor of Engineering, associate dean for research, and professor of electrical engineering and computer science; Laurel E. Moore, M.D., clinical professor of anesthesiology and clinical professor of neurosurgery; Markus Nornes, Ph.D., professor of film, television and media and professor of Asian languages and cultures; Charles G. Ransom, B.A., M.L.S., librarian; Ellen Rowe, M.M., Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Earl V. Collegiate Professor of Music, professor of music (jazz studies), and chair of conducting; Julia S. Seng, Ph.D., professor of nursing, professor of women’s and gender studies, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and research professor, Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Paolo Squatriti, Ph.D., professor of history, professor of romance languages and literatures, and professor of program in the environment; George Steinmetz, Ph.D., Charles H. Tilly Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Germanic Languages and Literatures and professor of sociology; Jeremy M.G. Taylor, Ph.D., Pharmacia Research Professor of Biostatistics, professor of biostatistics, professor of computational medicine and bioinformatics, and professor of radiation oncology; Terri D. Voepel-Lewis, Ph.D., professor of nursing and research professor, anesthesiology; Brenda L. Volling, Ph.D., Lois Wladis Hoffman Collegiate Professor of Psychology and professor of psychology; Henry Y. Wang, Ph.D., professor of chemical engineering; Stewart C. Wang, M.D., Ph.D., professor of surgery; John T. Wei, M.D., M.S., David A. Bloom Professor of Urology and professor of urology; and Zhenhua Yang, Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology. (Adopted by the Regents May 21, 2026)

VII. MEMORIALS

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

VIII. DEGREES

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

IX. FINANCE-PROPERTY

  1. Issuance and Sale of Commercial Paper by the University (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  2. Financing of New Projects, Potential Refinancing of General Revenue Bonds and Commercial Paper Notes (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  3. 4090 Geddes Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  4. Lorch Hall Renovation and Addition (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  5. New Men’s Gymnastics Training Center (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  6. Planned Uses of Income from the Julian A. Wolfson and the Marguerite Wolfson Endowment Funds for the fiscal year 2026-2027 (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  7. Michigan Stadium Fireworks Approval (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  8. University of Michigan Health – Sparrow Sale of Ownership Interest in the Woodlands of DeWitt (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  9. Authorization for the university to transact with Arborsense, Inc. (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  10. Authorization for the university to contract with Detroit Dance Collective (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  11. Authorization for the university to transact with Fastflo (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  12. Authorization for the university to amend a contract with Honey Locust Productions LLC dba Honey Locust Health (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  13. Authorization for the university to transact with the Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  14. Authorization for the university to transact with the Institute for Social and Environmental Research, Nepal (ISER-N) (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  15. Authorization for the University to contract with Karma Thegsum Choling (Ann Arbor) (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  16. Authorization for the University to transact with Otto’s Arcade and Club (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  17. Authorization for the University to enter into a contract with Positivius LLC dba Riverbank Consulting Grou (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  18. Authorization for the University to enter into a contract with QE Tools LLC (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  19. 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 (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  20. Authorization for the University to enter into an agreement with IGYM LLC (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  21. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for ArtOva Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  22. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for Blue Daisy Bio, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  23. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for Controlled Light, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  24. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for Geminus.ai Inc., a Delaware corporation (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  25. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for MONSTR Sense LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  26. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for New Vital Signs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  27. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for Parallel Robotics LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  28. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for RET Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  29. Commercialization Agreements with the University of Michigan (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  30. Project Agreements with the University of Michigan (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)

X. OTHER

  1. Report of Emergency Action Taken - Honorary Degree (Received by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  2. Report of Emergency Action Taken - Classified Information (Received by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  3. Resolution Delegating Duties and Responsibilities Concerning Access to, Management, Handling, and Protection of Federally Classified Information (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  4. New undergraduate degree program in the School of Social Work (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  5. Approval of Ann Arbor Campus Academic Calendar for 2028-2029 (Approved by the Regents May 21, 2026)
  6. Student Government Reports (Received by the Regents May 21, 2026)