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The University of Michigan\u2019s Board of Regents<\/a> met Thursday evening at U-M Dearborn to discuss the University\u2019s purchase<\/a> of Concordia University Ann Arbor; Michigan Medicine\u2019s<\/a> discontinuation<\/a> of gender-affirming care for minors; approve Gabriella Scarlatta as chancellor of U-M Dearborn; and hear public comments regarding U-M Dearborn\u2019s student government. Regent Jordan Acker (D) was absent from the meeting amid investigations<\/a> into alleged<\/a> sexually obscene comments.<\/p>\n University President Domenico Grasso began the meeting by appointing Gabriella Scarlatta, interim chancellor of the University of Michigan\u2013Dearborn campus, to be chancellor of U-M Dearborn. President Grasso commended Scarlatta for decades of excellent work at the University.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s an even greater pleasure to recommend to the Board that the word interim be removed from Chancellor Scarlatta\u2019s title, and that she be named the seventh Chancellor of U-M Dearborn,\u201d Grasso said. \u201cShe has devoted 30 years to this university, and I\u2019m confident she will further elevate its impact as a campus of opportunity that delivers a world-class, accessible education.\u201d<\/p>\n Scarlatta\u2019s appointment was approved by the Board.\u00a0<\/p>\n