ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

MINUTES OF SENATE COUNCIL MEETING

March 19, 2014

FINAL

PRESENT: Drs. Allen Spiegel, Jeffrey Segall, Elyse Sussman, John Blanchard, Robbie Burk, Roy Chuck, Francine Einstein, Allison Harney, Nadine Katz, Genevieve Neal-Perry, Mr. Faraz Alizadeh, Drs. Stephen Baum, Ed Burns

EXCUSED: Drs. Ekaterina Dadachova, Vern Schramm, Jill Crandall, Gary Schwartz

ABSENT:

GUEST: Ms. Shelly Motzkin

The March 5 minutes were approved.

The Board of Overseers is working diligently with the administration to develop a path forward for Einstein.

The NY Times article on the retrenchment of the NIH budget was discussed. There will be an Einstein fundraiser at Palm Beach next week.

David Goldman’s presentation to the Chairs meeting was summarized, with a number of new funded grants being described.

The New York Structural Biology Consortium has proposed to hold a town hall meeting at Einstein.

The latest US News and World report indicates Einstein has gone from 38th to 34th.

The meeting adjourned at 3:55 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Jeffrey E. Segall, Ph.D.
Speaker, Einstein Senate