The following items were approved by the Board of Regents
at its Dec. 13 meeting.
Capital outlay request submitted to the state
The University submitted in November its annual request and five-year plan to the State of Michigan for capital funding for three projects in Ann Arbor and one each at Flint and Dearborn. Capital outlay funding from the state usually provides two-thirds of the cost of a construction project. The Ann Arbor request includes a new biology building estimated to cost $175 million, a renovation and addition to the G.G. Brown Laboratory Building for $133 million and a new health sciences education building for $122 million. The Dearborn request is to renovate the Science Building and the Computer Science Building with their shared infrastructure for $36 million. The Flint request is to renovate the labs and classrooms in the Murchie Science Laboratory Building for $20.8 million.
HHC to improve three leased properties
The Hospitals and Health Centers (HHC) received approval to make improvements at three leased properties — Pathology Department at Traverwood, Preoperative Clinic at Domino’s Farms and the U-M Orthopaedics clinic at the Huron Valley Professional Center.
Approximately 15,000 square feet of additional space will be leased and improved to expand the Department of Pathology offices and wet laboratory space. The HHC will provide funding for the $1.927 million project budget. Construction is scheduled to be completed this spring.
A renovation of approximately 6,000 square feet of leased space at Domino’s Farms will provide exam rooms, waiting areas, offices and support spaces to create a centralized location for preoperative evaluations for several clinics. This will improve efficiency in the clinics and patient satisfaction. The HHC will fund the project budget of $1.845 million. Construction is scheduled to be completed this summer.
A records storage area at the clinic on South Main Street will be converted to a radiology room and a workstation will be upgraded to accommodate increased patient volume. The HHC will fund the project budget of $1.023 million. Construction is scheduled to be completed next winter.
New HHC data center to be built
A new service building was approved to house the Hospitals and Health Centers’ data center. The significant growth of the HHC as well as the dramatic increase in use of technology tools has made the existing data center space at the Taubman Health Center inadequate. To be designed by the engineering firm of X-nth Inc., the new building will be located on North Campus near the Grounds Services Building. The HHC will provide the funding, estimated at $50.9 million.
Equipment upgrade approved for CPP
Switchgear at the Central Power Plant (CPP) will be replaced following project approval from the regents. The CPP provides electricity and steam for heating and cooling buildings on central and medical campuses. The estimated cost of the project is $2.25 million and funding will be provided by utility resources. The engineering firm of CDA Associates will design the project and the phased construction is scheduled to be complete in Summer 2009.
Faculty appointments and promotions with tenure
Yan Chen, professor of information, School of Information, effective Jan. 1.
Rachel Goldman, professor of materials science and engineering, effective Jan. 1.
Named professorships
Robert Beck, Richard B. Couch Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, College of Engineering (CoE), effective Jan. 1, 2008-Dec. 31, 2012.
Charles Brooks III, Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Chemistry, professor of chemistry and professor of biophysics, LSA, effective Jan. 1.
Bin Cheng, T.H. Hildebrandt Research Assistant Professor of Mathematics, LSA, effective Dec. 1, 2007-May 31, 2010.
Dr. Kathleen Cho, Peter A. Ward Professor of Pathology, Medical School, effective Dec. 13, 2007- Aug. 31, 2012.
Jos de Mul, The Netherlands Visiting Professor of the History of Art, LSA, effective Jan. 1-April 30.
Peter Green, Vincent T. and Gloria M. Gorguze Professor of Engineering, CoE, effective Jan. 1, 2008-Dec. 31, 2012.
Richard Ryan Harty, Helen Herzog Zell Professor of Fiction, LSA, effective Jan. 1-April 30.
Dr. Martin Myers Jr., Marilyn H. Vincent Professor of Diabetes Research, Medical School, effective Jan. 18, 2008-Aug.31, 2013.
Julie Orringer, Helen Herzog Zell Professor of Fiction, LSA, effective Jan. 1-April 30, 2008.
Pavlo Pylyavskyy, T.H. Hildebrandt Research Assistant Professor of Mathematics, LSA, effective Dec. 1, 2007-May 31, 2010.
Dr. Peter Ubel, George Dock Collegiate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School, effective Dec. 13, 2007-Aug. 31, 2012.
Administrative appointments
Steven Ceccio, reappointed associate vice president for research, Office of the Vice President for Research, effective Sept. 1, 2007-Aug. 31, 2009.
Steven Kunkel, senior associate dean for research, Medical School, effective Dec. 1.
Philip Hanlon, vice provost for academic and budgetary affairs, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective Jan. 1.
Dr. Lori Pierce, vice provost for academic and faculty affairs, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective Jan. 1.
Flint campus
Renee Zientek, assistant vice chancellor of institutional advancement, effective Nov. 1, 2007.
Retirements
Richard Bailey, professor of English Language and Literature in LSA, effective Dec. 31. Bailey joined U-M in 1965. He is one of the leading experts on the use of English around the world and a highly accomplished scholar of lexicography. He is the author of three scholarly monographs and more than 170 articles and reviews.
Gorman Beauchamp, associate professor of humanities, CoE, and adjunct professor of English, Department of English Language and Literature, LSA, effective Dec. 31. He joined the University in 1970 as a visiting lecturer. He published a book on Jack London and many essays in scholarly journals on London and other authors, including Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Brenda Johnson, associate university librarian, effective Dec. 31. She joined U-M in 1985. She has been responsible for policy development, evaluation and planning of public services, resource allocation and personnel actions, and other activities that maintain and enhance the provision of library services to the campus community.
Nancy Karp, senior associate librarian in the Kresge Business Administration Library at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, effective Jan. 18. Karp joined the University in 1968. Through her selection of print and electronic resources, she has contributed to the richness of research materials at the Kresge Library.
Rowena Matthews, the G. Robert Greenberg Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry and professor of biological chemistry in the Medical School, professor of chemistry and research professor in the Program in Biophysics, LSA, and research professor, Life Sciences Institute, effective Dec. 31. She joined the University in 1974.
Dr. John McReynolds, professor of molecular and integrative physiology, Medical School, effective Nov. 30. He joined the University in 1974. His research focused on retinal neurophysiology in invertebrate and vertebrate retinas. His research was continually funded by the National Institutes of Health and led to 40 publications.
Marvin Peterson, professor of education in the School of Education, effective Dec. 31. He joined the U-M in 1969. Peterson is a member of the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education in the School of Education. He served as the director from 1976-1996. Organization and administrative behavior are among his research and academic interests.
