O)NE- IIIJNI)1ED-T'vENTY-F()IJIYEAIIS OF' LIDftTOI(IAL1 Ft1EIDM\ Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, November 25, 2014 michigandaily com ADMINISTRATION S chlissel names new leader fora UMHS Dr. Marschall Runge, dean of UNC School of Medicine, to take executive role By IAN DILLINGHAM and AMABEL KAROUB Daily NewsEditor and Daily StaffReporter University President Mark Schlissel named his nomination for a new leader of the University of Michigan Health System Mon- day. Dr. Marschall Runge has been recommended to lead medi- cal affairs at the University, pend- ing approval by the University's Board of Regents at their regular- ly scheduled meeting on Dec. 18. Runge currently serves as executive dean for the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. If approved, he will take over the position of executive vice president of medical affairs March 1. University spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald confirmed that Schlissel met with Runge prior to making the recommendation. "Dr. Runge has significant experience and success in mul- tiple aspects of healthcare and academic health sciences," Schlissel said in a press release. "His accomplishments as a scien- tist, physician and leader are ide- ally suited to advance the UMHS tripartite mission of clinical care, education and research." Runge currently serves as director of the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sci- ences Institute, a partnership between the University of North Carolina and several other insti- tutions which aims to "acceler- ate clinical and translational research from health science." He earned a bachelors of arts in biology and Ph.D. in molecular biology from Vanderbilt Universi- ty and a medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University. If appointed, he will take con- trol of one of the University's largest operations. UMHS includes the Univer- sity hospitals and health centers, the medical and nursing schools, along with a large portion of the University's biomedical research centers. Its operating activities accounted for over $3 billion for the 2014 fiscal year - 45 percent of the University's total opera- tions. When Ora Pescovitz stepped down from her role as CEO of thy.: University of Michigan Health System in June, a search com- mittee began to seek her replace- ment. Dr. Paul Lee, director of the Kellogg Eye Center, chaired the committee. See CEO, Page 3 University releases first sexual misconduct report Reported incidents rise to 129 during first year of new Title IX policy By MAX RADWIN Daily StaffReporter Following revisions to its Stu- dent Sexual Misconduct Policy in 2012, the University has released its first annual report devoted exclusively to incidents of sexual misconduct, which have been reported at an increasing rate in the last four years. The report provides details of the 129 reported incidents of potential sexual misconduct this year and how those proceedings werehandled. "Since this is our first report, ourinterestismakingsure thatit's useful to the campus community, especially for our students," said Anthony Walesby, the University's Title IX coordinator and associate vice provost for academic and fac- ulty affairs. "Students can read it and look at the information, and say, 'OK, this would have been more helpful had you presented it this way or if there were more hyperlinks,' or whatever it might be - that will be useful for us to know." In previous years, the data was published annually by the Office of Student Conflict Resolution as a subsection of its larger report concerning all forms of student complaints, violations, resolu- tions and sanctions. This year, the Office of Institutional Equity, in accordance with the University's new sexual misconduct policy, published this independent report separate from the OSCR data. The University's new policy was implemented in August 2013 following the two-year interim policy that was put in place in August 2011. The interim policy came as aresponse to a "Dear Col- league" letter issued by the U.S. Department of Education recom- mending that universities update their procedures for handling such incidents. Most notably, the new policy amended the burden of proof required for finding a person responsible for allegations of sexual misconduct. The Univer- sity previously practiced a higher "clear and convincing" standard. Under the new policy, cases are decided based on a "prepon- derance of evidence," which in practice means the standard of evidence that is more likely than not an incidence ofsexual miscon- See REPORT, Page 3 I ACADEMICS 'U' to add Nutritional Sciences Department School of Public Health to provide new way to for specialize By AMABEL KAROUB Daily Staff Reporter On Thursday, the University's Board of Regents approved the creation of the Department of Nutritional Sciences within the School of Public Health. Currently, there are three existing pathways available to graduate students interested in nutrition that are offered through the Public Health School's Human Nutrition Pro- gram. These three programs are being moved from their cur- rent home in the Public Health School's Department of Environ- mental Health Sciences to the new Department of Nutritional Sciences effective July 1, 2015. Susan Aaronson, environmen- tal health sciences lecturer, said the Master of Public Health pro- gram will stay largely the same, but will become more tailored to nutrition rather than environ- mental health. "The only thing that will be slightly different is a couple of See DEPARTMENT, Page 3 DEVELOPMENT Giving Blueday to encourage student donors Chris Tounsel and Marvin Chochotte (upper left), Associate History Prof. Martha Jones (bottom left) and Rackham student Kyera Singleton (right) discuss the possiblelmpacts of the grand jury decision regarding Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson at a speak out in Tisch Hall on Monday. Students, faculty discuss jury decision in Ferguson Fundraising drive to aid Victors for Michigan goal of $4 billion by 2018 ByEMILIE PLESSET Daily StaffReporter Next Tuesday is about to be a whole lot more Blue. The University aims to raise $1 million next Tuesday, Dec. 2 through Giving Blueday, the first University-wide one-day push for donations as part of its current major fundraisingcampaign,Vic- tors for Michigan. Tom Szczepanski, assistant vice president for development, connected Giving Blueday to Giv- ingTuesday, a national movement to promote charitable action after mass consumption on Thanks- giving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. "Imagine how few nonprofit organizations can claim that they raised a million dollars in one day," Szczepanski said. "I think that our alumni and our students and all the friends of the Univer- sity are up for that sort of chal- lenge." The University is asking stu- dents, alumni and friends of the University to donate to an area of their choice on Giving Blueday. Some private donors have agreed to match student donations; one will match all student gifts up to atotal of $30,000. Szczepanski anticipates that donorswilibe inspiredbycurrent students and their organizations. About 70 student groups, includ- ing the Black Student Union, Michigan Marching Band and the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, will partici- pate and encourage donors to give money for their organizations. "Nothing motivates the donor more than looking at a young per- son and saying, 'Wow, I want to support people like that,"' Szcz- epanski said. "By their participa- tion in things like the campaign kickoff, it really is the embodi- ment of what they're providing funds for, to support the students that we have here." To encourage participation, there will be activities on cam- pus throughout the day, includ- ing an appearance by Olympic ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White, both LSA students, and a performance by the School of Music, Theatre & Dance in the Diag. While much of the money raised will go toward student organizations, donors can also direct their money toward schol- See BLUEDAY, Page 3 Diag vigil planned for 6 p.m. today after grand jury rules in case By CLAIRE BRYAN Daily StaffReporter As the St. Louis County, Mo. prosecuting attorney announced a grand jury's decision that Fer- guson police officer Darren Wil- son would not be indicted in the August death ofteenager Michael Brown, about 40 students and University faculty membersgath- ered in Tisch Hall to discuss the issues and watch thg live televi- sion coveragetogether. Martha Jones, co-director of the University Law School's Program in Race, Law & History and an associate professor in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, organized the discussionbetween apanel of experts and students. "We knew it was likely when the grand jury decision was formed we would want to create a safe place where faculty and staff and visitors could come and be together and continue the con- versation," she said. In addition to Jones, the panel consisted of Matthew Country- man, anassociate professorinthe Department of American Culture and the Department of History; Rackham student Austin McCoy, a Ph.D. candidate in history; and Rackham student Kyera Single- ton, a Ph.D. candidate in Ameri- can culture. After the fatal shooting of Brown, a Black teenager, in August, protests in Ferguson See FERGUSON, Page 3 WEATHER HI: 35 TOMORROW LO:26 GOT A NEWS TIP? NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail How can we achieve friendly diplomacy? news@michigandaily.com and letus know. 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