University Senate
Proposed: December 3, 2010
Adopted:
PROPOSED AGENDA
University Senate
Friday, December 3, 2010
1:15 pm, 107 Jerome Greene
1. Adoption of the agenda
2. Adoption of the minutes of November 12, 2010
3. Executive Committee chair’s remarks
--Update on fringe benefits deliberations
--Update on ROTC
--Review of the University policy on conflict of interest and research, approved by the Senate in April 2009
4. Reports
--Nilda Mesa, AVP, Environmental Stewardship, on current sustainability issues, including environmental report cards
• "Colleges Say They Expect Their Green Raters to Measure Up" (Chronicle of Higher Education)
and
• "Frustration with Green Rankings Pushes Colleges to Develop Their Own" (Chronicle of Higher Education)
5. New business
Revised Resolution to Approve a New Smoking Policy for Columbia University's Morningside Campus, with maps showing the effects of a 50-foot rule and a 20-foot rule on the Morningside campus, a November 30 Spec article on a proposed full-campus smoking ban at Barnard, and the final report of the Tobacco Work Group (available online only)
• Sen. Alex Frouman (Stu., CC) on changes in the resolution since November 12
• Michael McNeil, chair of the Tobacco Work Group
• CUMC administrators Amador Centeno, Vice President for Facilities, and Kathleen Crowley, Associate Vice President for Environmental Health and Safety, on CUMC's smoke-free policy