Board of Trustees Minutes of Proceedings, November 28, 2011 207 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK HELD NOVEMBER 28, 2011 AT BARUCH COLLEGE VERTICAL CAMPUS 55 LEXINGTON AVENUE – BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN The Chairperson called the meeting to order at 4:28 P.M. There were present: Benno Schmidt, Chairperson Philip Alfonso Berry, Vice Chairperson Valerie Lancaster Beal Peter S. Pantaleo Wellington Z. Chen Kathleen M. Pesile Rita DiMartino Carol A. Robles-Roman Freida D. Foster Charles A. Shorter Judah Gribetz Sam A. Sutton Joseph J. Lhota Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld Hugo M. Morales Kafui Kouakou, ex officio Sandi E. Cooper, ex officio (non-voting) Cory Provost, ex officio Frederick P. Schaffer, General Counsel and Senior Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs Jay Hershenson, Secretary and Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations Hourig Messerlian, Deputy to the Secretary Towanda Lewis Steven Quinn Anthony Vargas Chancellor Matthew Goldstein President Lisa Staiano-Coico EVC and University Provost Alexandra Logue President Jeremy Travis Executive Vice Chancellor and C.O.O. Allan H. Dobrin Dean Michelle Anderson President Scott E. Evenbeck Dean Ann Kirschner President Karen L. Gould Dean Kenneth Olden President Russell K. Hotzler Senior Vice Chancellor Marc V. Shaw President Carole Berotte Joseph Vice Chancellor Eduardo J. Martí President Marcia V. Keizs Vice Chancellor Frank D. Sánchez President William P. Kelly Vice Chancellor Pamela Silverblatt President Gail O. Mellow Vice Chancellor Gillian Small President James L. Muyskens Vice Chancellor Gloriana Waters President Antonio Pérez Vice Chancellor Iris Weinshall President Regina Peruggi Associate Vice Chancellor Matthew Sapienza President William L. Pollard Senior University Dean John Mogulescu President Jennifer Raab RF President Richard F. Rothbard President Felix V. Matos Rodriguez 208 Board of Trustees Minutes of Proceedings, November 28, 2011 Chairperson Benno Schmidt called the meeting to order, and announced that the following notice would be entered into the record of this Public meeting: “The meetings of the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York are open to the public, and the Board welcomes the interest of those who attend. The public has ample opportunity to communicate with the Board. Public hearings on the Board’s policy calendar are scheduled one week prior to the Board’s regular meetings and members of the public who wish to communicate with the Board are invited to express their views at such public hearings. Furthermore, the Board holds additional public hearings each year in all of the five boroughs at which members of the public may also speak. In addition, written communications to the Board are distributed to all Trustees. The Board must carry out the functions assigned to it by law and therefore will not tolerate conduct by members of the public that disrupts its meetings. In the event of disruptions, including noise which interferes with Board discussion, after appropriate warning, the Chairman will ask the security staff to remove persons engaging in disruptive conduct. The University may seek disciplinary and/or criminal sanctions against persons who engage in conduct that violates the University’s rules or State laws which prohibit interference with the work of public bodies.” A. VIDEOTAPING OF BOARD MEETING: Chairperson Schmidt announced that as usual CUNY-TV is making available this important community service by transmitting the Public Sessions of this afternoon’s meeting of the Board of Trustees live on cable Channel 75. The meeting is also being webcast live and can be accessed by going to www.cuny.edu. The Public Session of this afternoon’s Board meeting will be available as a podcast within 24 hours and can be accessed through the CUNY website. Chairperson Schmidt stated that he is deeply saddened to report that the Honorable James P. Murphy, former chair of the CUNY Board of Trustees, passed away in his sleep at home on Sunday, November 27th. He was eighty-one years old. Mr. Murphy was appointed to the Board on June 11, 1980 and served as the Board's Chairperson from September 29, 1980 until January 31, 1997. He made numerous humanitarian and educational contributions both personally and professionally to improve the lives of others—his family, his many friends, and greater society. He will be sorely missed. Chairperson Schmidt stated that on behalf of the Board and Chancellor Goldstein, he would like to congratulate and welcome the new USS Chairperson and Student Trustee Kafui Kouakou. Welcome Kafui. Chairperson Schmidt stated that on behalf of the Board, he would like to express their collective appreciation to Cory Provost for his devoted service as the USS chairperson during the past two academic years. Somehow Cory found the time to train for and to participate in the ING New York City Marathon on November 6th as a runner for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, in memory of Brooklyn College co-student and mentor Tyrek Richie. Thank you, Cory, for adhering to such high standards of public and community service. Chairperson Schmidt stated that in consultation with Chancellor Goldstein, he has appointed the following Trustees who have agreed to serve on the Search Committee for a new President of Queensborough Community College: Trustee Wellington Chen will chair the Committee and Trustees Rita DiMartino, Frieda Foster, Judah Gribetz and Jeffrey Wiesenfeld will serve as trustee members. President Gail Mellow will serve as the presidential representative on this committee. Faculty, students and alumni have been selected pursuant to the University's guidelines. B. GRANTS: Chairperson Schmidt presented for inclusion in the record the following list of grants and bequests of $100,000 or above received by the University subsequent to the September 26, 2011 Board meeting. BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1. $233,398 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION to Danvers-Foust, for “Student Support.” 2. $204,390 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION to Danvers-Foust, for “Student Support.” Board of Trustees Minutes of Proceedings, November 28, 2011 209 3. $105,292 CONSORTIUM FOR WORKER EDUCATION to Self, G., for “Training.” BROOKLYN COLLEGE 1. $334,150 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION to Levy, S., for “Brooklyn College Education Talent Search Program.” 2. $310,860 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH to Sanchez-Delgado, R., for “Ruthenium-based Antimalarial Agents.” 3. $204,322 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION to Boger, R., for “Global Climate Change, International Food Security, and Local Sustainability: Collaborative Course Development and Sharing Among Institutions Serving Diverse and Underserved Learners.” 4. $169,614 NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES to Kohler-Britton, C., for “Child Care Development Block Grant.” 5. $167,132 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH to Hainline, L., for “RISE Option 2: Increasing URM Student Success in Science and Science Careers.” 6. $150,908 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH to Rabin, L., for “Cognitive Complaints in a Diverse Cohort of Elders: Novel Assessment Approaches.” 7. $135,029 NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT to Romer, N. and Reiser, D., for “Neighborhood Development Area – Brooklyn 008.” 8. $126,768 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION to Ghirlanda, S., for “Collaborative Research: Multi- Ancestor Coalescent Theory for Cultural Evolution.” 9. $107,966 NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT to Romer, N. and Reiser, D., for “Neighborhood Development Area – BK5 Maxwell HS.” CITY COLLEGE 1. $4,374,002 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY to Shinnnar, R., Citro, F., and Morris, J., for “A Novel Storage Method for Concentrating Solar Power Plant Allowing Operation at High Temperature.” 2. $2,625,000 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION to Khanbilvardi, R. M., for “NOAA Cooperative Remote Sensing Science & Technology Center (CREST).” 3. $1,999,659 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION to Zhu, Z., Ro, T., and Tian, Y., for “EFRI-M3C: Mobility Skill Acquisition and Learning through Alternative and Multimodal Perception for Visually Impaired People.” 4. $1,938,701 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH to Guyden, J., for “RCMI at City College.” 5. $1,706,383 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH to Hubbard, K., for “CCNY-MSKCC Partnership for Research, Training and Community Outreach.” 6. $1,350,000 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION to Vorosmarty, C. and Fekete, B., for “CNH: Impacts of Global Change Scenarios on Ecosystem Services from the World’s Rivers.” 7. $1,125,000 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION to Parker, N., for “New York City Louis Stokes Alliance – Phase IV.” 8. $1,000,000 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION to Akins, D., Couzis, A., Gayen, S., and Tamargo, M., for “CREST: Center for Exploration of Nanostructures in Sensors and Energy Systems (CENSES).” 9. $987,000 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION to Parker, N., for “2011-2013 NYC Bridge to the Doctorate.” 210 Board of Trustees Minutes of Proceedings, November 28, 2011 10. $831,607 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION to Gonzalez, J., for “CUNY’s Initiative for Continuous Innovative Learning Environments in STEM (CILES).” 11. $699,122 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH to Steinberg, M., for “Research Support for Biomedical Careers at CCNY.” 12. $525,909 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION to Thangaraj, E., for “City College Student Support Service Program.” 13. $503,328 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION to Carnaval, A., for “Why Are Tropical Mountains Unique? Herpetological Inventories and Evolutionary Biogeography