The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Dec. 18 meeting.
Addition planned for Engineering Programs Building
A 10,000-gross-square-foot addition to the Engineering Programs Building is planned to provide more space for student project teams, many of which enter into national competitions. The $4.8 million project will be funded from College of Engineering resources (CoE).
Renovations to include new lab suite at Bagnoud building
Renovations to approximately 6,700 in the basement of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Building are slated to create an ultra-low vibration laboratory suite. Scheduled for completion in the summer of 2010, the $5.3 million project will be funded by CoE.
Museum of Zoology collections to be relocated
The majority of the Zoology Museum collections currently held at the Alexander G. Ruthven Museums Building will be relocated into approximately 46,000 gross square feet of space to be renovated within the University Stores building, while 6,800 gross square feet within Ruthven will be renovated to create a modern storage compartment for the portion of the collection to be maintained there for teaching purposes. The $20 million project will be funded from University investment proceeds.
Renovations planned at Stephen M. Ross School of Business
A renovation of approximately 41,300 gross square feet within the Business Administration Executive Dormitory and Sam Wyly Hall will restore the finishes and furnishings to the executive education guest room areas that had been used as office space during the construction of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business Facilities Enhancement project. The $4 million project will be funded from resources from the Ross School and is scheduled to be completed next summer.
Budget, scope revised for soccer project
Environmental studies performed by the University and submitted to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have led to a change in the layout of the Intercollegiate Athletics Soccer Fields project between the Varsity Tennis Center and South Main Street. Additional work to protect the wetlands in the area will increase the budget from $2 million to $2.8 million. The project is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2009.
University Hospital to increase beds
Approximately 6,400 gross square feet of space vacated on level 7 of University Hospital by the move of the General Clinical Research Center to the Cardiovascular Center will be renovated to create a new 27-bed inpatient suite and support spaces to meet increasing demand. The $4.2 million project is scheduled to be complete next fall and will be funded from Hospitals and Health Centers’ resources.
Hospital to add PET/CT scanner
A new positron emission tomography/computed tomography scanner will be added in the basement of University Hospital, reducing wait times for the advanced imaging method that can detect cancer cells. Approximately 1,700 gross square feet of space vacated by the move of the Department of Nuclear Cardiology to the Cardiovascular Center will be renovated to add the new scanner and associated support spaces. The $4.5 million project, funded by the Hospitals and Health Centers, is scheduled to be complete next fall.
Faculty promotions and appointments with tenure
Howard Brick, professor of history, with tenure, effective Jan. 1, 2009, and Louis Evans Professor of History, LSA, effective Jan. 1, 2009-Aug. 31, 2014.
Dr. Daniel Clauw, professor of anesthesiology, Medical School, effective Dec. 1.
David Williams, professor of anesthesiology, Medical School, effective Dec. 1.
Administrative appointments
Noreen Clark, interim dean, School of Kinesiology, effective Jan. 1, 2009-April 30, 2009.
Steven Dworkin, reappointed director, English Language Institute, LSA, effective July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010.
Mark Meyerhoff, acting chair, Department of Chemistry, LSA, effective Jan. 1, 2009-June 30, 2010.
Mark Nornes, chair, Department of Screen Arts and Cultures, LSA, effective July 1, 2009-June 30, 2012.
Dr. Kenneth Pienta, associate dean for clinical and translational research, Medical School, and director, Michigan Institute for Clinical Health Research, effective Dec. 1.
James Shayman, reappointed associate vice president for research — health sciences, Office of the Vice President for Research, effective Jan. 1, 2009-Dec. 31, 2011.
Named professorships
Rodney Ewing, reappointed Donald R. Peacor Collegiate Professor of Geological Sciences, LSA, effective July 1, 2009-June 30, 2014.
Susan Murphy, reappointed Herbert E. Robbins Collegiate Professor of Statistics, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2009-Aug. 31, 2014.
Martin Powers, reappointed Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures, LSA, effective Dec. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
Wei Cheng, Ara G. Paul Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, effective Jan. 1, 2009-Dec. 31, 2011.
Alfred Hero III, R. Jamison and Betty Williams Professor of Engineering, CoE, effective Jan. 1, 2009-Dec. 31, 2013.
Jill Horwitz, Louis and Myrtle Moskowitz Research Professor of Business and Law, Law School, effective Jan. 1, 2009-June 30, 2009.
Howard Hu, NSF International Department Chair of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health (SPH), effective Jan. 1, 2009-Aug. 31, 2011.
Shixin Jack Hu, G. Lawton and Louise G. Johnson Professor of Engineering, CoE, effective Jan. 1, 2009-Dec. 31, 2013.
Neal Krause, Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor of Public Health, SPH, effective Jan. 1, 2009-Dec. 31, 2013.
Dr. Juanita Merchant, H. Marvin Pollard Professor of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Medical School, effective Dec. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
Kamal Sarabandi, Rufus S. Teesdale Professor of Engineering, CoE, effective Jan. 1, 2009-Dec. 31, 2013.
Johannes Schwank, James and Judith Street Professor of Chemical Engineering, CoE, effective Jan. 1, 2009-Dec. 31, 2013.
Rivka Bliboim, Louis and Helen Padnos Visiting Professor of Judaic Studies, LSA, effective Jan. 1, 2009-May 31, 2009.
Katsuya Hirano, Toyota Visiting Professor of Japanese Studies, LSA, effective Jan. 1, 2009-April 30, 2009.
Dearborn campus
Keshav Varde, reappointed associate dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science, effective Sept.1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2011.
Retirements
Violet Barkauskas, associate professor of nursing in the School of Nursing, effective Dec. 31. She joined the University in 1980. Barkauskas developed and taught graduate-level community health nursing courses and supervised sizeable numbers of master’s student research papers and doctoral dissertations. She held leadership titles, including chair of community health nursing from 1982-86 and associate dean for organizational planning and support from 1987-96.
James Chaffers, professor of architecture in the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, effective Dec. 31. He joined U-M in 1973. His work focused on the design links between spatial quality and human spirituality. Chaffers was the first person to graduate from U-M’s doctoral program in architecture and the first known person the in U.S. to receive a doctoral degree in architecture.
Dr. Joseph Dennison, professor of dentistry, School of Dentistry, effective Dec. 31. He joined the University in 1971. Dennison received a wide range of grants from the National Institutes of Health and from corporate clinical research contracts. He published 15 book chapters, 75 peer-reviewed papers, 137 research abstracts and participated in more than 300 presentations.
Eric Essene, William C. Kelly Collegiate Professor of Geological Sciences and professor of geological sciences, LSA, effective Dec. 31. He joined the University in 1968. His interests spanned the fields of metamorphic petrology, mineralogy, geochemistry and general petrology. He has directed or co-directed 72 master’s degree students and 36 doctoral students.
Luis Gomez, Athur F. Thurnau Professor, professor of Asian languages and cultures, and professor of psychology and religious studies in LSA, effective Dec. 31. He joined U-M in 1973. He founded the University’s doctoral degree program in Buddhist studies and served as chair of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures from 1981-89 and as acting chair from 2002-03.
Margaret Lomax, research professor, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, and research professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Medical School, effective Dec. 31. She joined U-M in 1964. Early in her career, Lomax was one of the first molecular biologists to use recombinant DNA techniques. She held many positions, including co-director of the Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center.
Michael Longo, professor of physics in LSA, effective Dec. 31. Long joined the University in 1962. His research focused on experimental particle physics at high-energy particle accelerators. Most recently at the Fermilab, he has taken part in the Main Injector Particle Production experiment and the HyperCp Collaboration, which has produced significant new results in the field of hyperon physics.
Susan Pritzel, assistant professor of dental hygiene in the School of Dentistry, effective Dec. 31. She joined U-M in 1973. As a gubernatorial appointee to the State Board of Dentistry, Pritzel has proctored dental and dental hygiene national board examinations and has participated in accreditation site visits and licensing committees.
Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, professor of history, professor of American culture and professor of women’s studies, effective Dec. 31. She joined U-M in 1996. Smith-Rosenberg is an historian known for her path-breaking scholarship in U.S. women’s and gender history. She has held many fellowships, including from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
James Vincent, professor of environmental health sciences in SPH, effective Dec. 31. He joined U-M in 1998. His research has included studies of the transport of air pollutants near buildings, aerosol standards setting and occupational health policy. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed works and four books.
Patricia Yocum, librarian, University Library, and adjunct lecturer, LSA, effective Jan. 2, 2009. Yocum joined U-M in 1977. She directed the efforts of the University Library Instructor College and established and taught a course on digital research in the natural sciences in LSA. She served on many committees and was secretary of the Senate Assembly and a member of SACUA.
