Renovation approved for UH O.R.
Five existing procedure rooms in the University Hospital (UH) will be renovated to create two larger, licensed, modernized operating rooms. Though there are 24 other UH operating rooms, this project is made possible by the transfer of cases to the new Cardiovascular Center with its eight new operating rooms. The Hospitals and Health Centers will fund the $4 million project and the architectural firm of Harley Ellis Devereaux will design it. Construction is scheduled to be completed in Winter 2008.
Lighting improvements for Law School buildings
Quaint but insufficient lighting in the Law Quadrangle buildings will be replaced during the next two years. See story on page 9.
Taubman Medical Library to receive new elevators
The three elevators in the six-story Alfred Taubman Medical Library will be replaced during a phased, two-year schedule. The elevators are original equipment from the building’s construction in 1978 and have begun to require increased maintenance. Investment proceeds will fund the $1.5 million project.
Ingalls Substation duct bank
Additional electrical capacity will be provided to the Wall Street area in anticipation of future growth via a new underground utility duct bank that will be installed from the Ingalls substation. Funding for the $3.8 million project will be provided from Utility and Information Technology Central Services resources. The construction is scheduled to be completed next spring.
Two projects receive final approvals
Two construction projects—North Quad Residential and Academic Complex and the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Laboratory renovation—received final approval last week. Regents authorized staff to issue the projects for bids and award construction contracts provided the bids are within the approved budget.
North Quad, a unique combination of residential space for 460 students and academic space for five units, is expected to be completed in Summer 2010, at the corner of Huron and State streets. Demolition of the Frieze Building has been completed. Site preparation work, including securing the façade of the Carnegie Library, is underway.
The second project will renovate the Phoenix Memorial Laboratory building into space suitable for the research activities of the new Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute. The project is scheduled to be complete in Fall 2008.
Property purchase approved
Regents authorized staff to purchase property at 1024 Maiden Lane, which is contiguous to U-M property and across the street from the Kellogg Eye Center. A lease for tenants of the small house on the property will be accommodated until it terminates next June. A purchase price of $335,000 has been negotiated.
2008 meeting schedule confirmed by regents
Members of the Board of Regents approved a meeting schedule at its May 17 session for 2008 as follows:
Jan. 17, Feb. 14, March 20, April 17, May 15 (U-M-Dearborn), June 19, July 17, Sept. 18, Oct. 23 (U-M-Flint), Nov. 20 and Dec. 18.
The time and location of the meetings may vary and will be posted in advance, along with the agenda, on the board’s Web site, www.regents.umich.edu/meetings at noon on the Monday preceding the meeting.
Administrative appointments
Gary Beckman, reappointed chair, Department of Near Eastern Studies, LSA, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Patrice Speeter Beddor, reappointed chair, Department of Linguistics, LSA, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Michael Bonner, acting chair, Department of Near Eastern Studies, LSA, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008.
Susan Douglas, reappointed chair, Department of Communication Studies, LSA, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Gregory Dowd, director, Program in American Culture, LSA, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Sharon Herbert, reappointed director, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Angela Kane, chair, Department of Dance, and professor of dance, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, effective Sept. 1, 2007.
Theresa Love, chair, Department of Psychology, LSA, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2012.
Robert Megginson, reappointed associate dean for undergraduate and graduate education, LSA, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Bruce Mueller, chair, Department of Clinical, Social, and Administrative Sciences, School of Pharmacy, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Michael Schoenfeldt, reappointed associate dean for humanities, LSA, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008.
Linda Tesar, chair, Department of Economics, LSA, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Sarah Thomason, acting chair, Department of Linguistics, LSA, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008.
Michael Traugott, acting chair, Department of Communication Studies, LSA, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008.
Lieutenant Colonel Therril Valentine, chair, Air Force Officer Education Program, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Meredith Jung-En Woo, associate dean for social sciences, LSA, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Dr. James Woolliscroft, dean, Medical School, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2012.
New faculty appointments and promotions with tenure
Luming Duan, associate professor of physics, LSA, effective Sept. 1.
Jane Fulcher, professor of music (musicology), School of Music, Theatre & Dance, effective Sept. 1.
Daniel Gilbert, associate professor of music (winds and percussion), School of Music, Theatre & Dance, effective Sept. 1.
Sandra Gunning, professor of English language and literature, professor of American studies, and professor of Afroamerican and African studies, LSA, effective Sept. 1.
Daniel Hack, associate professor of English language and literature, LSA, effective Sept. 1.
Tailen Hsing, professor of statistics, LSA, effective Sept. 1.
Robert Jagers, associate professor of education, School of Education, effective Sept. 1.
Catherine Krull, associate professor of cell and developmental biology, Medical School, effective Sept. 1.
Janet Larson, professor of nursing, School of Nursing, effective Sept. 1.
Stephen Ragsdale, professor of biological chemistry, Medical School, effective Sept. 1, 2007.
Dr. Jon Sekiya, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, Medical School, effective July 1, 2007.
Douglas Trevor, associate professor of English language and literature, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2007.
Named professorships
Dr. William Chandler, Richard C. Schneider Professor of Neurosurgery, Medical School, effective July 1, 2007-Aug. 31, 2012.
Dr. Edward McGuire, Reed Nesbit Professor of Urology, Medical School, effective June 21, 2007-Aug. 31, 2012.
Thomas Trautmann, Marshall Sahlins Collegiate Professor of History and Anthropology, LSA, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2012.
Ruma Banerjee, Vincent Massey Collegiate Professor of Biological Chemistry, and professor of biological chemistry, Medical School, effective Sept.1.
Dearborn Campus
John Gillespie, chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Camron Amin, associate dean, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, effective Aug. 15, 2007-June 30, 2009.
Nancy Howells Wrobel, chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Flint Campus
John Helmuth II, dean and professor of economics, with tenure, School of Management, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2012.
Lois Alexander, reappointed chair, Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) , effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Robert Barnett, reappointed associate dean, College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Lauren Friesen, reappointed chair, Department of Theatre and Dance, CAS, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Robert Stach, reappointed chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, CAS, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Kathryn Schellenberg, chair, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, CAS, effective July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010.
Lauren Friesen, David M. French Professor, CAS, effective July 1.
Retirements
Dr. Arnold Coran, professor of surgery in the Medical School, effective May 31. He joined the University in 1974. Coran has contributed extensively in many fields, including pediatric surgery, parenteral and enteral nutrition, shock in children, and studies of cancer in children. He currently is the president of the World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons.
Don Lowell Fisher, associate professor of anatomical sciences, Medical School, effective April 30. He joined U-M in 1972. Fisher led courses in gross anatomy, dental gross anatomy, and embryology. He is a firm believer in active learning. For three straight years, 1999, 2000 and 2001, he was chosen by medical students as the outstanding basic science teacher of the year.
Judith Heady, associate professor of biology, U-M-Dearborn College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, effective April 30. She joined U-M in 1974. Her work on women and science, girls in science, women faculty and classroom learning formed a nucleus of interest focused on the excitement of science.
Walter Piper, professor of toxicology in the School of Public Health, effective May 31. He joined U-M in 1987. Piper taught courses to generations of students on the principles of environmental health, toxicology, biochemical and molecular toxicology, naturally-occurring biological toxins, and carcinogenesis. He was director of the toxicology program from 1987-1994.
