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Board of Regents approves promotions, tenure and continuous appointments; newly tenured faculty describe AI, fraud and herbicide resistance
Summary
At a special May meeting, the University of Minnesota Board of Regents approved recommended promotions, tenure and continuous appointments. Newly tenured and promoted faculty from Duluth and Twin Cities summarized research on plant chemistry and AI, scams amplified by AI, herbicide‑resistant waterhemp and sediment–microbe interactions.
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents approved this year’s recommended promotions, tenure and continuous appointments during a special May meeting, the board’s vice chair announced.
Executive Vice President and Provost Gretchen Ritter moved the board to approve the list of regular faculty promotions and tenure actions and the recommended academic professional continuous appointments; the motion was seconded and the board adopted it by voice vote.
The provost and vice provost for faculty and academic affairs, Beth Lewis, summarized the review process: external reviewers review dossiers, tenured faculty and departmental committees vote, and recommendations proceed up through deans and the provost to the board. Lewis said the cohort under consideration collectively reported substantial scholarly activity, including “126,000,000 in grants as principal investigator or co‑principal…
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