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2017. Phase II is on track to be completed in fall of 2018, and Phase III will be started in summer of 2019 and completed in 2019-20. Please refer to Standard 7.2 for further details.

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In support of the College’s strategic goal of expanding clinical and translational research, the Center for Clinical Vision Research was established in 2013 helping to attract more than $2M in new research revenue. • In response to assessments of faculty and student needs, shared imaging (including confocal and multiphoton microscopes), histology and cell culture core research facilities have been established. • To offset decreasing federal research funding and support the continued growth of research at the College, the amount of research support obtained from industry has increased significantly. • To complement existing student and faculty research interests, the College recently completed a national search and recruited a retinal cell and molecular biologist (Stephanie Wohl, PhD). • In response to public need for better clinical care, the college prioritizes the application of basic research to clinical application and clinical research. To do that the College seeks to develop more translational research (basic to clinical) and was recently awarded an Empire Innovation Grant from New York State to develop a translational research center. Construction was begun in 2018. To meet needs for improved assessment of student content mastery and integration for clinical thinking, ExamSoft, an electronic student assessment system was obtained. • To meet needs for a modern electronic system that keeps track of faculty accomplishments, maintains up-to-date faculty information on the college website, and provides the college’s promotion and tenure program (via the Committee on Professional Qualifications - CPQ) with ready access to this information, a new electronic (Digital Measures) was obtained and implemented in 2018. Academic Affairs uses two modules of this system: Activity Insight for faculty information and WorkFlow for secure promotion and tenure review. To meet student needs for on-campus relaxation space and increased study space, as revealed in student exit surveys, the Center for Student Life & Learning was constructed. This $10M project was completed in 2013. • In support of the College’s strategic goal of expanding its research program, improvements and needed repairs to the research space on Floors 16 and 17 were completed in 2013 at a cost of approximately $2.6M. • To fulfill the College’s 2011 enrollment management plan, the first -floor lecture halls were gutted and reconstructed to accommodate the increased enrollment and enhance

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