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September 2026 Regents’ Meeting

Thursday, September 17, 2026, 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

3:30 p.m.

Call to Order

  • President’s Opening Remarks
  • Presentation: AI Working Group

  • Regents’ Committee Reports

    • Finance, Audit and Investment Committee
    • Health Affairs Committee

  • Regular Business Agenda

I. MINUTES

  1. Approval of July 16, 2026 Minutes (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  2. Approval of September 1, 2026 Minutes (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)

II. REPORTS

  1. Investment Report (Received by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  2. Plant Extension Report (Received by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  3. University Human Resources Report (Received by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  4. Research Report (Received by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  5. University of Michigan Health System Report (no documents)
  6. Student Life Report (no documents)
  7. Dearborn Campus Report (no documents)
  8. Flint Campus Report (no documents)
  9. Faculty Governance Report (Received by the Regents September 17, 2026)

III. VOLUNTARY SUPPORT

  1. Report on Voluntary Support, June 30, 2026 (Received by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  2. Report on Voluntary Support, July 31, 2026 (Received by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  3. Report on Voluntary Support, August 31, 2026 (Received by the Regents September 17, 2026)

IV. PERSONNEL ACTIONS

  1. September 2026 Personnel Actions (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  2. Committee Appointments (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  3. Supplemental September 2026 Personnel Actions (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)

V. PERSONNEL REPORTS

  1. Reports of Lecturers’ Employee Organization (LEO) Activity (Received by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  2. Reports of regular instructional transactions (Received by the Regents September 17, 2026)

VI. RETIREMENT MEMOIRS

  1. Adoption of retirement memoirs for John Allison, Ph.D., William F. Hosford Collegiate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, professor of materials science and engineering, and professor of mechanical engineering; Margaret (Peggy) L. Carver, Pharm.D., associate professor of pharmacy; Sarah Howell, Ph.D., professor of history, UM-Dearborn; Arthur Lupia, Ph.D., vice president for research and innovation, Gerald R. Ford Distinguished University Professor of Political science, professor of political science, and research professor; Timothy G. Lynch, vice president and general counsel; Joseph M. Messana, M.D., professor of internal medicine; Judy Mousigian Nesmith, M.S., lecturer IV in biological sciences, UM-Dearborn; Julie M. Ribaudo, Ph.D., LMSW, clinical professor of social work; Sanjay Saint, M.D., M.P.H., MACP, George Dock Legacy Professor of Internal Medicine and professor of internal medicine; Lawrence M. Seiford, Ph.D., professor of industrial and operations engineering; and Keiko Yokota-Carter, B.A., M.A., M.I.L.S., librarian. (Adopted by the Regents September 17, 2026)

VII. MEMORIALS

  1. Adoption of memorial statement for Srinivasaraghavan Sriram, Ph.D., associate dean for graduate programs, Dwight F. Benton Professor of Marketing, and professor of marketing. (Adopted by the Regents September 17, 2026)

VIII. FINANCE-PROPERTY

  1. Walter E. Lay Automotive Engineering Laboratory Electric Vehicle Center Education and Research Renovation (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  2. Sale of Vacant Land: 2184 & 2200 Metro Lane SW, Wyoming, Michigan (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  3. Authorization for the university to extend a contract with Honey Locust Productions dba Honey Locust Health (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  4. Authorization for the university to enter into a contract with Job Crafting LLC (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  5. Authorization for the university to enter into a contract with Love is Zaki LLC (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  6. Authorization for the university to amend a contract with MU Consulting (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  7. Authorization for the University to transact with Noumion Inc. (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  8. Authorization for the university to enter into a contract with PerformWell PLLC (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  9. Authorization for the university to amend a contract with Voxel51, Inc. (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  10. Authorization for the University to enter into a proposed agreement with HealthyLifetime Inc. (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  11. Authorization for the University of Michigan to Enter into a License Agreement with Connected Traffic Intelligence located at the North Campus Research Complex (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  12. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements for the Michigan Biomedical Venture Fund for AngioInsight, Inc. (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  13. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements for the Michigan Biomedical Venture Fund for Parallel Robotics, Inc. (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  14. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for Carbon Fuels, Inc. d/b/a NX Fuels, a Delaware corporation (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  15. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements Under the Accelerate Blue Fund or similar funds managed by Innovation Partnerships for Fat Baby LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  16. Commercialization Agreements with the University of Michigan (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  17. Project Agreements with the University of Michigan (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)

IX. OTHER

  1. Amendments to the Bylaws of the University of Michigan (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  2. Non-tenure-track Clinical Appointment Sequence in the College of Business, University of Michigan-Dearborn (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  3. New non-Rackham graduate degree program in the School for Environment and Sustainability - Master of Energy Leadership and Business Innovation (Approved by the Regents September 17, 2026)
  4. Student Government Reports (Received by the Regents September 17, 2026)