8:00 a.m. – Facilities Planning and Construction Committee

9:00 a.m. – Technology Transfer and Research Committee; agenda items include:

·         Report on the UT Horizon Fund

·         Report on the Stampede Supercomputer that will enable petascale computing for science and engineering

10:00 a.m. – Academic Affairs Committee; agenda items include:

·         Approval to establish a university charter school, pursue a charter school application with the Texas Education Agency and the State Board of Education and delegate authority to operate the charter school to the president at UT Tyler

·         Discussion and appropriate action regarding proposed revisions to the mission statements for UT Arlington, UT Dallas, UT  El Paso, UT Pan American, UT San Antonio, and UT Tyler

·         Academic leadership discussion about research activities, including work at the UT Austin J. J. Pickle Research Campus

11:00 a.m. – Health Affairs Committee; agenda items include:

·         Discussion featuring research opportunities, accomplishments and challenges at UT Medical Branch - Galveston

·         Report on the Supply Chain Alliance Strategic Plan

·         Discussion and appropriate action regarding proposed revisions to the mission statement for UT Health Science Center - San Antonio

·         Discussion regarding the changing health care environment

The Board will convene in open session at 12:00 p.m. to discuss findings from the Deloitte & Touche LLP review on information security compliance effectiveness.

The Board will recess into executive session at 12:20 p.m. for discussion and appropriate action regarding proposed negotiated gifts, personnel, real estate and legal matters; agenda items include:

·         Discussion of legal issues related to accreditation at UT Health Science Center – San Antonio

·         Discussion and appropriate action concerning legal and personnel issues related to correctional managed care at UT Medical Branch – Galveston

The Board will reconvene in open session at 2:20 p.m. to consider action, if any, on executive session items.

2:30 p.m. – Audit, Compliance, and Management Review Committee

3:15 p.m. – Finance and Planning Committee

The Board will reconvene in open session at 3:45 p.m.; agenda items include:

·         Annual meeting with officers of the UT System Employee Advisory Council

·         Ratification of designation of Bruce A. Beutler, M.D., as a Regental Professor

The Board will adjourn at approximately 5:30 p.m. 

Background Materials

Webcast Morning Link

Webcast Afternoon Link

AgendaBook-Nov-2011.pdf