Regents
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September 17, 2020
Regents Roundup — September 2020
The Board of Regents approved these items at its Sept. 17 meeting.
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September 17, 2020
UM-Flint will create College of Innovation & Technology
The Board of Regents approved the establishment in 2021 of a new, cutting-edge academic unit called the College of Innovation and Technology at UM-Flint with help from a $10 million Mott Foundation grant.
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September 17, 2020
U-M to increase its capacity for asymptomatic COVID-19 testing
The University Health Service will enter into an agreement with LynxDx Inc. to offer saliva-based COVID-19 diagnostic surveillance testing services on the Ann Arbor campus, giving U-M a testing capacity to up to 6,000 individuals per week.
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September 17, 2020
COVID-19 challenges prompt revised U-M academic calendars
The Board of Regents approved on Thursday revised 2020-21 academic calendars for the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses, designed to reduce the amount of back-and-forth travel for students during the pandemic. The calendars still ensure the university adheres to the federal definition of a credit hour.
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September 17, 2020
Watkins-Hayes named University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor
Celeste Watkins-Hayes, professor of sociology in LSA and of public policy in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, has been appointed a University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor.
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September 17, 2020
University begins implementing WilmerHale recommendations
U-M has begun to implement recommendations from the July 31 report that detailed decades of sexual harassment by the university’s former provost, President Mark Schlissel says.
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September 14, 2020
Board of Regents to meet publicly online Sept. 17
The Board of Regents will meet virtually at 4 p.m. Sept. 17, consistent with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive directive regarding public meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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July 16, 2020
Regents Roundup — July 2020
Other items approved by the Board of Regents at its July 16 meeting.
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July 16, 2020
Susan Gelman named 2021 Henry Russel Lecturer
Susan A. Gelman, a psychology and linguistics professor who is a world leader in the field of psychological science, has been named U-M’s 2021 Henry Russel Lecturer, and four junior faculty members will receive Henry Russel Awards.
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July 16, 2020
Regents approve five Distinguished University Professors
Faculty members Nicholas Kotov, Arthur Lupia, Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar, Lutgarde M. Raskin and Donald R. Zak have received one of U-M’s top honors as Distinguished University Professors.
