The University of Michigan Board of Regents will vote later today on a proposal to extend the faculty tenure probationary period from 8 to 10 years after a semester of discussion. University officials say extending the probationary period will not force any school or college to change how long it ...
The University of Michigan Board of Regents today approved a $56 million renovation for Alice Crocker Lloyd Hall, which houses about 560 students. The project will update infrastructure in 176,000 square-foot residence hall, including new plumbing, heating, cooling ventilation and suppression systems; wired and wireless high-speed network access; renovated bath ...
Questions were raised at today’s University of Michigan Board of Regents meeting about the absence of the campus police chief, who university officials say has been on medical leave since last fall. Former university employee Doug Smith, who spoke before the U-M Board of Regents today, alleged Kenneth Magee is ...
The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved a major renovation of Crisler Arena at its meeting today. The project will add 63,000 square feet to the arena and create new spectator entrances, retail spaces, ticketing areas and a private club space. It will cost $52 million, said Timothy Slottow, ...
Three renovation projects got the University of Michigan Board of Regents' blessing today, including the design for a $56 million project at Alice Lloyd Hall. Paul Stachowiak, president of Integrated Design Solutions of Troy, presented regents with the schematic design for the residence hall’s renovation. While the exterior look of the building ...
The two Republican incumbents fended off challenges to retain their seats on the University of Michigan Board of Regents.
A promise to make sure University of Michigan jobs keep flowing to unions appears to have paid off in donations for Democratic University of Michigan Board of Regents candidate Greg Stephens. In a mid-September fundraising letter, Stephens — the business manager of the local International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers — ...
While the comments Andrew Shirvell has made are hurtful, all they’ve done is add to his desire to continue serving the students who elected him, University of Michigan student body President Chris Armstrong said today. Armstrong has been under attack by Shirvell, an U-M alumnus and Michigan assistant attorney general, ...
The race for two open seats on the University of Michigan Board of Regents is getting crowded. At least nine candidates from multiple parties are making a run at the seats currently held by Republican Regents Andrea Fischer Newman and Andrew Richner.
The design for the new golf practice facility for both the University of Michigan's men's and women's golf programs was approved by the U-M Board of Regents today. The $2.5 million, 10,000-square-foot facility was designed by the Ann Arbor Architects Collaborative, also known as A3C. It will be set off ...
The University of Michigan plans to slow its annual endowment distribution from 5 percent to 4.5 percent, the U-M Regents decided today.
Work is already under way to accommodate the University of Michigan's anticipated largest class ever, with 6,350 freshmen expected this fall, U-M President Mary Sue Coleman told the Board of Regents this afternoon. U-M received nearly 31,600 applications this year. As of June 1, 15,979 of those applicants were offered ...