Regents

  1. December 6, 2018

    $2.5M gift to create professorship to support social justice

    A $2.5 million gift by the Kohn Charitable Trust will establish a new professorship of social justice and social policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

  2. December 6, 2018

    Weiser will chair Board of Regents; Ilitch to be vice chair

    Regent Ron Weiser of Ann Arbor will take over as chair of the Board of Regents beginning Jan. 1. Regent Denise Ilitch of Bingham Farms will serve as vice chair.

  3. December 6, 2018

    Regents Roundup — December 2018

    Other items approved by the Board of Regents at its meeting Thursday.

     

  4. December 6, 2018

    New Central Campus building to include innovative classrooms

    The Board of Regents approved design plans Thursday for a new 100,000-square-foot classroom building on Central Campus that will serve up to 10,000 students each day.

  5. December 6, 2018

    University to purchase Fingerle Lumber property near campus

    U-M will acquire 6.54 acres of land from Fingerle Lumber for the agreed-upon purchase price of $24 million.

  6. December 5, 2018

    Jeffries’ $33M gift dedicated to student support at Law School

    Lisa and Christopher Jeffries have committed $33 million to the Law School, with the gift’s entirety dedicated to student support.  The school’s South Hall will be renamed Jeffries Hall.

  7. November 7, 2018

    Newcomers Acker, Brown elected to Board of Regents

    Democrats Jordan Acker and Paul Brown have been elected to eight-year terms on the Board of Regents, replacing Republicans Regent Andrea Fischer Newman and Regent Andrew Richner.

  8. October 22, 2018

    Ten seeking two eight-year terms in Board of Regents race

    Ten candidates, including two incumbents, are vying for two eight-year terms on the U-M Board of Regents in the Nov. 6 election.

  9. October 18, 2018

    Central Power Plant project moves ahead, expected to reduce emissions

    Plans are moving forward for the expansion at the Central Power Plant to make room for new equipment that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly on campus.

  10. October 18, 2018

    U-M endowment up $1B over last year with strong rate of return

    The value of U-M’s endowment climbed to $11.9 billion in fiscal year 2018, $1 billion more than a year ago. The rate of return for the fiscal year was 10.7 percent.