Regents roundup for July 2024

July 22, 2024

Get the details from the July U-M Board of Regents meeting, including news about
committee appointments and CEHHS hiring changes.

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Chancellor Domenico Grasso provided the following university updates:

  • Professors Hafiz Malik and Alireza Mohammadi secured a $1 million NSF grant that will be used to develop a reliable technology for authenticating electronic devices to reduce the spread of counterfeit parts and prevent unauthorized sales of excess manufactured components. Since May 1, more than $4.5 million in external research funding has been secured. 
  • Enrollment projections look to be meeting or exceeding forecasts this fall with positive trends in our new first year, transfer, graduate and returning students segments.

The following regular appointments were approved:

Joint or additional appointments or transfers of regular associate or full professors and selected academic and administrative staff.

  • Danielle L. DeFauw, chair, Department of Education, CEHHS, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027 (also professor of education, with tenure).

  • Jie Shen, interim chair, Department of Computer and Information Science, CECS, effective Sept. 1, 2024 through Dec. 31, 2024 (also professor of computer and information science, with tenure).

Approval of committee appointments

College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters Executive Committee

  • Robert W. Anderson, three-year term, Sept. 1, 2024 through Aug. 31, 2027

  • Anna Muller, three-year term, Sept. 1, 2024 through Aug. 31, 2027

College of Engineering and Computer Science Executive Committee

  • Onur Ulgen, three-year term, Sept. 1, 2024 through Aug. 31, 2027

  • Yi Zhang, three-year term, Sept. 1, 2024 through Aug. 31, 2027

College of Business Executive Committee

  • Aaron C. Ahuvia, three-year term, Sept. 1, 2024 through Aug. 31, 2027

  • Elif Izberk-Bilgin, three-year term, Sept. 1, 2024 through Aug. 31, 2027

  • Yan Xie, three-year term, Sept. 1, 2024 through Aug. 31, 2027

The Regents also approved the hiring of non-tenure-track clinical appointments in the College of Education, Health, and Human Services. This policy establishes a procedure whereby highly qualified professionals can be appointed to the CEHHS faculty to serve and enhance the college's continually evolving programmatic needs such as sports management. Other colleges on campus, and in Ann Arbor, have a long history of such appointments. 

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View the Board of Regents’ meeting agenda.