The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its meeting Thursday.
New battery prototype facility planned for U-M Energy Institute
Approximately 2,700 gross square feet of office space at the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project Laboratory will be renovated to create a state-of-the-art laboratory for the fabrication of prototype batteries for the U-M Energy Institute. The $1.6 million project will be funded from the university’s general fund and is scheduled to be completed next summer.
Renovations planned for ICLE
The Institute for Continuing Legal Education building will undergo a renovation of approximately 9,900 gross square feet on the first floor to remodel existing offices and a conference room to create accessible restrooms, a personal room and collaborative office areas. The project will also replace carpet and four of the building’s original heating, cooling and ventilation units. The ICLE is funding the $1.75 million project, which is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2015.
New Ross School academic building named
The new Stephen M. Ross School of Business academic building, to be constructed at the corner of East University Avenue and Monroe Mall, will now be called the Jeff T. Blau Hall. Blau is the CEO and general partner of Related Companies, a company founded and chaired by Ross, and a U-M alum. Blau recently donated $5 million to the university to help fund the completion of the $135 million addition to the business school. In 2006, he donated $4 million and the university had the Ross School auditorium named in his honor.
Ann Arbor campus
Faculty appointments and promotions with tenure
Jordan I. Siegel, associate professor of strategy, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, effective Sept. 1.
Leung Tsang, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, College of Engineering, effective Jan 1.
Camille M. Wilson, associate professor of education, School of Education, effective Sept. 1.
Jieping Ye, associate professor of computational science and bioinformatics, Medical School, effective Jan. 1.
Named professorships
Samuel R. Bagenstos, Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, Law School, effective Oct. 1, 2014-Sept. 30, 2019.
Michael S. Barr, Roy F. and Jean Humphrey Proffitt Professor of Law, Law School, effective Oct. 1, 2014-Sept. 30, 2019.
Dr. Khaled Hafez, Valassis Professor of Urologic Oncology, Medical School, effective Oct. 1, 2014-Aug. 31, 2019.
Dr. Lisa H. Harris, Wallace and Janet Jefferies Collegiate Professor of Reproductive Health, Medical School, effective Oct. 1, 2014-Aug. 31, 2019.
John A.E. Pottow, John Philip Dawson Collegiate Professor of Law, Law School, effective Oct. 1, 2014-Sept. 30, 2019.
Stephen W. Ragsdale, David Ballou Collegiate Professor, Medical School, effective Oct.1, 2014-Aug. 31, 2019.
Margo Schlanger, Henry M. Butzel Professor of Law, Law School, effective Oct. 1, 2014-Sept. 30, 2019.
Kentaro Toyama, W. K. Kellogg Professor of Community Information, School of Information, effective Jan. 1, 2015-Dec. 31, 2019.
Administrative appointments
Wilhelm A. Piskorowski, assistant dean for community-based dental education, School of Dentistry, effective Nov. 1, 2014-Oct. 31, 2019.
* Joseph Rosa, director, U-M Museum of Art, effective July 1, 2015-June 30, 2020.
Lonnie D. Shea, William and Valerie Hall Department Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, CoE and Medical School, effective Oct. 1, 2014-Aug. 31, 2019.
* Dr. Robert A. Winfield, chief health officer, Office of the President, effective Nov. 1.
Flint campus
Roy S. Hanashiro, interim chair, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, effective Sept. 1, 2014-June 30, 2015.
* Reappointments
Retirements
Rick L. Riolo, research professor, complex systems, LSA, effective Sept. 30. He held numerous positions at U-M including research assistant, research associate, technical writer, systems research programmer, associate research scientist and lecturer. His research applied complex systems, agent-based modeling, evolutionary computation, and genetic programming in disciplines including biology, political science, business, epidemiology, dentistry and physics. He served as principal investigator on numerous research grants and published articles in leading scholarly journals. Riolo played an instrumental role in the founding of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems and the curriculum development for the graduate certificate in complex systems.
Carolyn M. Sampselle, Carolyne K. Davis Collegiate Professor of Nursing and professor of nursing, School of Nursing; professor of women’s studies, LSA; and professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Medical School, effective Oct. 31. She joined the faculty in 1985. Sampselle served as director of the School of Nursing’s Division of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction Programs and as associate dean for research. She is a nationally recognized expert in women’s health, was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and received honors including the Edna Doyle Teacher of the Year Award and the Sarah Goddard Power Distinguished Service Award.
