Last week, a new school 

faculty transition team was 
appointed to plan the transition 
from the School of Natural 
Resources and Environment to 
a new School of Sustainability.

An 
internal 
faculty 

committee 
proposed 
in 

September 
2016 
that 
the 

University of Michigan create 
a new school of sustainability 
to 
replace 
the 
School 
of 

Natural 
Resources 
and 

Environment 
and 
increase 

interdisciplinary collaboration 
across various sustainability 
and environmental programs. 
The school is set to be created 

by the end of the next academic 
year.

University Provost Martha 

Pollack said in an interview 
the recommendation for the 
new school, outlined in a 
November 2015 report, was 
created 
after 
an 
external 

committee 
reviewed 
the 

University’s 
sustainability 

programs — including SNRE, 
the 
Graham 
Sustainability 

Institute and LSA’s Program 
in the Environment — last fall. 
The external review concluded 
that there was strength in the 
current programs, but a need 
for greater synergy between 
them. In response, the internal 
committee proposed the new 
school of sustainability as one 

This article is part of a Michigan 

Daily series profiling the four 
candidates seeking a seat on the 
Board of Regents this November at 
the University of Michigan.

A member of the University 

of Michigan’s Board of Regents 
for the past eight years, Regent 
Denise Ilitch (D) is running for 
her second term this November.

Current 
Regent 
Laurence 

Deitch (D), as well as Ron Weiser 
(R), former chairman of the 
Michigan 
Republican 
Party 

and Carl Meyers (R), a financial 
advisor in Dearborn, are also 
on the ballot as major party 
candidates.

A University alumnus, Ilitch 

stands out on the board for a 
steady history voting against 
tuition increases. Her campaign 
emphasizes 
the 
need 
for 

accessible, affordable education at 
the University.

“I am laser-focused,” Ilitch said 

when describing the priorities 
of her campaign. “I want to stay 
laser-focused on an affordable, 
accessible, quality education for 
all students.”

Ilitch was the first member 

of her family, which included 
seven siblings, to attend college. 
She started her business career 
as a pizza maker in her family’s 
business, Ilitch Holdings, Inc., 
and worked her way to the 
position of president. She is 
currently 
president 
of 
Ilitch 

Enterprises LLC, and co-owner 

of 220 Restaurant Hospitality, an 
Italian-American food restaurant 
located in Birmingham.

Ilitch said along with tuition, 

votes to increase mental health 
funding and has worked to 
improve awareness of sexual 
assault on campus were some 
of the most impactful parts 
of her first term, issues that 

Ilitch highlighted as important 
moments of her tenure.

“I strongly support the safety 

programs for our students,” Ilitch 
said. “Sexual assault prevention is 
a huge issue on many campuses 
across the country and including 
ours.”

As part of her campaign, Ilitch 

is calling for the creation of a 

committee on the board dedicated 
to researching potential sources 
of revenue besides tuition. She 
was one of the three regents to 
vote against a 3.9 percent tuition 
increase this June, and the only 
Democrat to do so. She said she 
believes that the current cost of 
education and the consistent 

Driven by a philosophy that a 

“one-size-fits-all” approach does 
not exist in cancer treatment, 
University 
of 
Michigan 

Comprehensive Cancer Center 
and 
Tempus, 
a 
health-tech 

company 
based 
in 
Chicago, 

announced a partnership last 
week to enhance personalized 
treatment for cancer patients 
nationwide. 

The partnership, called the 

Michigan Oncology Sequencing 
Center panel, stemmed from 
the University’s MI-ONCOSEQ 
project for personalization of 
cancer therapy by using high-
throughput 
gene 
sequencing 

methods. 
Developed 
by 

Arul 
Chinnaiyan, 
director 

of the Michigan Center for 
Translational 
Pathology, 
the 

technique 
will 
provide 
new 

options for cancer cases where 
standard methods of treatment 
are ineffective or do not exist.

The panel utilizes a clinical 

sequencing-based 
approach 

to sequence DNA and RNA in 
a tumor in advanced cancer 
patients 
and 
compare 
them 

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NEWS......................... 2A

OPINION.....................4A

S TAT E M E N T. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 B

SUDOKU..................... 2A

A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A

SPORTSWEDNESDAY....1C

See SUSTAINABILITY, Page 3A

AMELIA CACCHIONE/Daily

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Democratic vice presidential nominee, speaks at a rally at Focus: HOPE in Detroit Tuesday.

Democratic vice presidential 

nominee Tim Kaine visited Detroit 
Tuesday to present Democratic 
presidential 
nominee 
Hillary 

Clinton’s plan to eliminate poverty 
across the United States.

He spoke at Focus: Hope, a 

nonprofit focused on alleviating 
poverty and racial division through 
education and job training for 
underrepresented minorities.

In 
his 
remarks, 
Kaine 

highlighted revitalization efforts 
in 
Detroit, 
saying 
it 
showed 

the importance of investing in 
economic development.

“The auto industry has come 

strongly back to life,” he said. 
“This amazing city has shown 
an amazing comeback spirit, and 
you’re just getting started.”

Since filing for bankruptcy in 

2013, Detroit has been the recipient 
of tens of millions of federal dollars 
aiming to decrease blight in the 
city. Recently, a $617 million bailout 

for Detroit Public Schools was 
approved by Governor Rick Snyder 
in June 2016.

The 
plan 
Kaine 
presented 

centered 
around 
three 
main 

features: creating jobs and raising 
wages, improving opportunities in 
low-income housing communities, 
and increasing access to and quality 

See TECH, Page 2A

MAZIE HYAMS/Daily

University Provost Martha Pollack speaks with Regent Denise Ilitch after a Board of Regents meeting in the Michigan 
Union on February 18, 2016.

Dogs Pounded

Sam Piazza scored a late 
goal to help the Michigan 
hockey team survive its first 
road trip to Ferris State, 2-1
» Page 1C

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See ILITCH, Page 3A

See KAINE, Page 3A

Former 
Secretary 
of 
State 

Madeleine Albright visited Ann 
Arbor Friday morning to campaign 
for 
Democratic 
presidential 

nominee Hillary Clinton at a 
Woman to Woman event.

About 40 women and a handful 

of men crowded into the home 
of Ann Arbor resident Martha 
Darling to hear Albright speak 
about her experiences working 
with Clinton and the importance 
of women in politics.

Albright said Clinton was great 

to work with because of her ability 
to hear the issues of the people she 
spoke with.

“I loved being Secretary of 

State, and it was wonderful having 
Hillary as a partner in that,” she 
said. “She really was an amazing 
American ambassador even in 
that stage in terms of going out 
and talking and doing something 
that has been so evident of the way 
she operates, which is listening to 
people.”

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D–Mich.), 

who spoke prior to Albright, 
encouraged the audience to vote, 
saying Democrats could regain 

See ALBRIGHT, Page 3A

The Statement

The Prison Creative Arts 

Project connects University 
students with local inmates 

for arts training

» Page 1B

Committee 
selected for 
formation of 
new school 

At Detroit rally, Tim Kaine shares 
campaign’s plan to combat poverty 

ACADEMICS

Faculty team to create recommendations 
for planned sustainability program

RACHEL COHEN
Daily Staff Reporter

Democratic vice presidential nominee discusses economic development at local nonprofit

LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter

University 
partners to 
personalize 
treatments

HOSPITAL

‘U’ joins with health-tech 
firm Tempus to give cancer 
patients more options

YOSHIKO IWAI

For the Daily

Regent Denise Ilitch highlights college 
affordability efforts in reelection bid

Campaign highlights promoting safety programs and votes against tuition increases

KATHERINE CURRAN

Daily Staff Reporter

Madeline 
Albright 
campaigns 
for Clinton

GOVERNMENT

Former Secretary of State 
talks about women in 
politics at local event

LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter

