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Regents hear public comments on Arboretum train plan, bargaining, campus climate and student needs
Summary
Public speakers urged the Regents to protect Nichols Arboretum from an elevated train route, called for stronger university engagement in labor negotiations, highlighted student housing and food insecurity and urged continued support for race-and-ethnicity course designations and climate commitments.
The Board of Regents heard a sequence of public comments that covered campus planning, labor talks, student needs and curriculum design.
Marta Manildi, president of Ann Arbor Wild Ones, urged Regents to oppose routing any elevated train through Nichols Arboretum as envisioned in Campus Plan 2050, saying it would harm ecology, increase erosion and introduce invasive species and that alternatives should use…
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