January 27, 2017 meeting, Board of Trustees THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Columbus, Ohio, January 26-27, 2017 The Board of Trustees met on Thursday, January 26, 2017 and Friday, January 27, 2017 at Longaberger Alumni House in Columbus, Ohio, pursuant to adjournment. ** ** ** Minutes of the last meeting were approved. 639 January 27, 2017 meeting, Board of Trustees The Chairman, Mr. Shumate, called the meeting of the Board of Trustees to order on Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 3:18pm. Present: Alex Shumate, Chairman, Michael J. Gasser, Janet B. Reid, William G. Jurgensen, Jeffrey Wadsworth, Clark C. Kellogg, Timothy P. Smucker, Cheryl L. Krueger, Brent R. Porteus, Erin P. Hoeflinger, Alex R. Fischer, Hiroyuki Fujita, Halie M. Vilagi, Lydia A. Lancaster, and James D. Klingbeil. Alan VanderMolen, Linda S. Kass, Abigail S. Wexner, and Corbett A. Price were absent. Mr. Shumate: Good Afternoon. I would like to convene the meeting of the Board of Trustees and ask the Secretary to note the attendance. Dr. Thompson: A quorum is present, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Shumate: I hereby move that the board recess into executive session to consider business sensitive trade secret matters required to be kept confidential by Federal and State statutes, and to discuss personnel matters regarding the appointment, employment, and compensation of public officials. Upon the motion of Mr. Shumate, seconded by Ms. Krueger, the Board of Trustees adopted the foregoing motion by unanimous roll call vote, cast by trustees Mr. Shumate, Mr. Gasser, Dr. Reid, Mr. Jurgensen, Dr. Wadsworth, Mr. Kellogg, Mr. Smucker, Ms. Krueger, Mr. Porteus, Mrs. Hoeflinger, Mr. Fischer, Dr. Fujita, Ms. Vilagi, and Dr. Lancaster. Dr. Thompson: Motion carries, Mr. Chairman. *** The Chairman, Mr. Shumate, reconvened the meeting of the Board of Trustees on Friday, January 27, 2017 at 10:03am. Mr. Shumate: It is good to see so many of you this morning to join us for our board meeting and I would like to officially reconvene the meeting of the Board of Trustees and ask the Secretary to note the attendance. Dr. Thompson: A quorum is present, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Shumate: Thank you. So that we are able to conduct the business of this meeting in an orderly fashion, I would ask that all ringers on all cell phones and other communication devices be turned off at this time and I would ask all members of the audience to observe rules of decorum proper to the conducting of the business at hand. I would like to call upon one of our student trustees, Dr. Lydia Lancaster, to present the student recognition awards. *** 640 January 27, 2017 meeting, Board of Trustees STUDENT RECOGNITION AWARDS Dr. Lancaster: Thank you, Chairman Shumate. I would like to call Massarah Mikati and Paul d’Hyver de las Deses de Juillac Fernandez up to the table, please. How did I do, Paul? Thank you guys for being here. I’d first like to introduce you to Paul. Paul d'Hyver de las Deses de Juillac Fernandez, is in the pilot class of the Integrated Business and Engineering honors program and has excelled in his curriculum. He will graduate this spring. Paul is instrumental in representing the Fisher College of Business. He works as a Fisher Ambassador to welcome prospective students and showcase the college and he works as a peer advisor to help freshman business students navigate their first year and find the path to success. Not only is he known for telling his “Fisher story,” he has also represented the university as a presidential host this year. Paul, who is fluent in Spanish, participated in the Honduras Sustainable Housing Project, a two-year entrepreneurial project to design improved, affordable, and replicable housing for the residents of Choluteca, Honduras. Additionally, he also spent a month in Tanzania in the summer 2014 building a school and teaching English. Paul has been a leader at Ohio State in various capacities. His leadership roles include: Buckeye Leadership Fellows, Buckeye Capital Investors, Students Consulting for Non- Profit Organizations, and he is involved in his fraternity. Paul also works as a Columbus Foundation Fellow to help the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s development and fundraising team. When not traveling abroad, he’s traveling for athletics. Paul spends a large portion of his time training with the triathlon team. His goal for his last year is to finish in the top 5% at the collegiate nationals and bring 35 or more competitors to the event. After interning at P&G in brand management and at Royal Dutch Shell, Paul will be working as an associate consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in Chicago. Paul, we wish you the best as you conclude your chapter at Ohio State, as your future is surely bright. Please join me in congratulating Paul! Paul, you are welcome to share some of your thoughts and words with us. Mr. d'Hyver: Well, there are a lot of thoughts. First off, thank you to Lydia for practicing and getting the last name correctly twice, that is very impressive. Second, it is crazy sitting here and receiving this award. I am a little bit in disbelief because I did not even see it coming really, but thinking about what I would say and thinking about the past four years, realizing that graduation is less than 100 days away, I realized what I think the source of success is and it is two main things. The first one is my family sitting behind me. We moved from Mexico right before high school and my parents left everything they had in Mexico, their family, all their friends, everything they had ever known, all just to get better opportunities. I think that if I was still in Mexico I would not be in any position similar to this so I am highly grateful for all the support and all the sacrifices they have ever given me. The second thing, I think, is the people that I have surrounded myself with. I did not know what my path would look like in college for the four years that I was here but every single year, every semester at Ohio State so many opportunities have come my way. The university is huge is and there are so many opportunities that come with that. I have not even explored them all but I am just so happy that there have been so many things that 641 January 27, 2017 meeting, Board of Trustees I have been able to do and it did not even take any effort on my part. I had to say yes whenever a cool opportunity came my way and there were so many of them coming that it was just amazing to see. The last thing I want to say is thank you to the Schoenbaum family. When I was a freshman, I was awarded the Schoenbaum scholarship and they enabled to me to do so many other things because I was basically financially worriless so thank you to the Schoenbaum family for the charity and thank you to you all for having me here. Dr. Lancaster: Thank you, Paul. Our second student we are recognizing is Massarah Mikati. Massarah is also a graduating, fourth-year student. She is an honors-student, triple majoring in Journalism, French, and International Studies with concentrations in Middle East and Francophone Studies. Her roots have guided her path and passions. She is the daughter of Lebanese immigrants, who immigrated to the U.S. in 1986 to seek refuge from the Lebanese civil war. Massarah has been aspiring to be a magazine writer specializing in the Middle East since the age of 13, desiring to give the silenced a humanized and contextual voice. Massarah is tri-lingual, speaking English, French, and Arabic, and has devoted her time to her passion for journalism. She is a John Oller Investigative Reporter for the Lantern, specializing in the Middle East and Islam, and has contributed publications and communications to the following media outlets: the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, USA Today, and WOSU, just to name a few. She has been recognized for her contributions, and in 2016, she received the Jack G. Shaheen Mass Communications Award, honoring Arab-American’s who excel in media studies. Along with her passion for journalism has come a passion for research. Massarah has spent time as an undergraduate research assistant in the Department of Communication, and she has just returned to OSU from France, spending her fall 2016 semester conducting field research for her honors thesis. Massarah acquired over $15,000 in grants to conduct this research in France, where she interviewed over 30 individuals who include journalists, political activists, writers and musicians. Massarah is currently applying for post-graduation internships, with her goal to do graduate work in journalism, and becoming a reporter to work toward greater social justice, continuing to follow her passions. Massarah, I think it is certain that you will go far as you pursue your dreams. Congratulations. Ms. Mikati: Thanks, Lydia. As Lydia said, this past semester I was living alone in Paris and I was conducting field research for my honors thesis. I got to spend four months immersing myself in the French-North African community, examining discrimination, pluralism, or lack of, and identity in France. I spent these four months diving into one of the topics I am most passionate about, enriching my knowledge and expertise in order to enrich that of others. If it were not for Ohio State, that experience would not have been possible. I have always been an ambitious student and seeking as many enriching opportunities as I could find but I have to admit, I did not expect to be able to accomplish and learn as much as I have in these past four years when I was first starting out at Ohio State. From undergraduate research to reporting for The Lantern, and following Dr. Drake for a whole semester to being challenged and pushed to my limits in almost every class, I have taken to being guided and mentored by the most amazing professors that believed in my potential, even when I did not. 642 January 27, 2017 meeting, Board of Trustees Enrichment is really an understatement when talking about the wonderful experience I have had here at Ohio State and even more unexpected than what I have been able to accomplish was being recognized for it. Coming into Ohio State, I did not think I would stand out in the massive sea of students here and it means more than you know to be recognized for all of my efforts here today. First, I want to thank the institution for constantly working to provide endless opportunities for students like me to discover our minds and the world around us. More importantly, I would like to thank my professors and mentors, especially those who are here today, for guiding me in discovering my mind and the world around me. They have been there for me, pushing me, and believing in me non-stop and if it were not for their guidance, I am sure I would not be here today, nor in any significant position in the future. Of course, more than anything, I want to thank my family. My brothers, my parents, and especially my mom, they have sacrificed everything to give us everything. My family taught me to be proud of who I am, to fight for what I believe in, hence the journalism, to be noble and gracious, and to never give up on myself or on others. Without their support, I really am nothing. Thanks again for awarding me this incredible honor. I will definitely continue to make Ohio State proud in the future. Dr. Lancaster: Thank you both so much. We will start with Paul and his family; we will present the award and take photos. Mr. Shumate: We fully anticipate, Paul and Massarah, that both of you will have full and very successful lives and careers not only because of what you have learned, but because of what you have experienced here at Ohio State. Speaking on behalf of the board, we wish you great success in all of your future endeavors. Let us give them a great round of applause. The focus of this week’s board meeting has been on research and innovation. I would like to begin by recognizing the $20 million investment by the State of Ohio in the Transportation Research Center that we were able to announce yesterday with our Governor, John Kasich. That investment is directly related to the topic of this morning’s special presentation on the Columbus Smart City award from the United States Department of Transportation. Dean Williams if you would come forward. We recognize that you are fighting through a little pain from surgery earlier this week. We would like to ask you to describe the growing relationship between the region’s smart infrastructure and the research work that we are doing at Ohio State. We are also very honored to have with us, our Mayor, Andy Ginther. Dean Williams and Mayor, if you would come forward. Mayor, let me say, on behalf of the board, we truly appreciate your excellent leadership, your outstanding leadership on behalf of this city and specifically your leadership with this initiative. Put quite simply, we would not have this award without you and your leadership. Let us recognize our Mayor. Dean Williams? *** 643 January 27, 2017 meeting, Board of Trustees SMART COLUMBUS: A PARTNERSHIP IN VISION, RESEARCH, AND INNOVATION Dr. Williams: Thank you, Chairman Shumate. The U.S. Department of Transportation has challenged Columbus to lead the nation in smart mobility and it is indeed a great honor for me to be here with Mayor Ginther to discuss how together we will meet this challenge. Let me start by emphasizing the collaborative nature of this partnership. Smart Columbus involves the city, many local industries, community leaders, organizations, and of course, many talented faculty, staff, and students here at Ohio State. President Drake continually encourages and supports these kind of collaborations and I would like to thank him and Provost McPheron for their unwavering support of Smart Columbus. The team approach extends to research at Ohio State University and reflects our discovery themes that you heard about yesterday. Smart Columbus encompasses faculty and at least three of our discovery themes: energy and environment, food production and security, and translational data analytics, as well as other traditional strengths at our university such as public policy, social work, city and regional planning, and many more. Our discovery theme hires are crucial to the success of Smart Columbus and delivering on our commitments to that partnership. Smart Columbus includes many Ohio State organizations and is anchored, as you heard, by the Transportation Research Center (TRC) led by Mark-Tami Hotta who is joining us here today. Yesterday, as Chairman Shumate just mentioned you heard how Governor Kasich and President Drake committed a total of $45 million in infrastructure investment at TRC to create the nation’s largest smart mobility center. The Center for Automotive Research (CAR), the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis, the Crash Imminent Safety Center, and our Department of Transportation and Traffic Management are among many research centers involved in Smart Columbus. I would like also to announce that the College of Engineering will invest $24 million in new faculty, staff, and students to create a research center at TRC to build on the infrastructure investments. The total investment out there of $69 million over the next several years. I need to call out Carla Bailo, our Assistant Vice President for Mobility Research Business Development. Without her extraordinary leadership in the automotive industry, without her C-suite rolodex, and without her international visibility, we would not be sitting here today talking about this partnership. Most exciting, is that Smart Columbus is about much more than transportation as you will hear, it will positively impact serious community issues like poverty, foot deserts, infant mortality, access to affordable transportation, employment opportunities, and internet connectivity. Smart Columbus aligns not only with our discovery themes but with Ohio State’s motto of education for citizenship and Dr. Drake’s focus on community engagement and his 2020 vision for our university. Smart Columbus is a city that embraces creative partnerships like few others. We are thrilled to serve as the primary research partner in this collaborative initiative, and with that in mind, let me direct your attention to a video that captures the spirit of this endeavor. Thank you very much. (Video presentation) Mayor Ginther: Good morning and thank you for allowing the dean and I to share a few words this morning about this incredible partnership that is going to help transform mobility here in the City of Columbus and cities across the country and the world. It was just over a year ago when I had finally realized where some of the bathrooms were in the Mayor’s office. In my first year and first few months in office, I called President Drake and Dr. Wadsworth, and Alex Fischer from Austin, Texas at the South by 644 January 27, 2017 meeting, Board of Trustees Southwest Conference where we realized we were one of seven finalists in this incredible challenge being put on by the Department of Transportation and Vulcan. It was incredible the response from them and as evidenced by our ability to beat out some of the great American cities to win this award. Competition of 78, finalists of seven, and Columbus ultimately winning this award and to think about where we have gone and how far we have come even since the award in June is so significant. We would not be here if it were not for the incredible sense and culture of public-private partnerships in this community and we are grateful for that. I want to thank American Electric Power, Alex Fischer, and our incredible Smart Columbus executive teams some of whom are here this morning. We have incredible partnerships with AEP, Columbus Partnership, Honda, Battelle, Franklin County, the Ohio Department of Transportation and so many more. Collaboration, as I mentioned, is really part of our DNA, it is our culture in this community which ultimately led to the Harvard Business School entitling and teaching a class entitled “The Columbus Way” because arguably, we do public-private partnerships better here in central Ohio than anywhere else in America. Great track record of accomplishments, whether you look to the Scioto Mile, Columbus Commons, or all over our great community. Collaboration is particularly indicative of the relationship between the city and Ohio State. The city and Ohio State ensure that our core goals and values align because we know it is mutually beneficial. With Smart Columbus, we tapped some of the best talent in the world in transportation at Ohio State to help us with the future of mobility. The reason we were so successful is that we have tried to stay focused on, I believe, the greatest challenge and opportunity of the 21st century. How do you leverage innovation and technology to help improve people’s lives? This was not simply about moving people more quickly or efficiently around but opening up ladders of opportunity in dealing with some of those challenges that the dean mentioned, whether it be infant mortality, poverty, access to high quality affordable child care, and job opportunities around our great community. I would like to acknowledge Carla Bailo and Geoff Chatas, some of the outstanding leaders at Ohio State who have gotten us to where we are. In turn, as the city grows into the epicenter of the future of mobility, Ohio State will be on the frontline of research and deployment. I cannot stress enough, how transformative Smart Columbus will be for our great city and Ohio State, not just for the grant period but well into the future. I am especially grateful to American Electric Power, Ohio State faculty and staff on the technical teams, and the leadership on this board who have been driving this work forward. Thank you for having us. Mr. Shumate: Alex, do you have comments? Mr. Fischer: The members of this board have often heard me ask the question, would Lincoln be happy or sad if he walked into the room and looked at his modern land grant institution and how it was manifesting in the world we are now living in. There is no doubt that if he walked into this room or into 2035 to see the freshmen class that doesn’t have a drivers’ license, in the world that is so rapidly changing that he would be extraordinarily proud of a land grant institution partnered with its city, partnered with its state, working on the toughest challenges that face the world. I do not think that is an overstatement. This would not have happened but for The Ohio State University and very specifically, Dr. Michael Drake. From the moment that Dr. Drake heard about this, he saw the vision and marshalled the talents and resources of this institution which would not have happened if a rookie freshman mayor didn’t take a long ball gamble on the vision of the future of our city. It’s 645 January 27, 2017 meeting, Board of Trustees about leadership, it’s about solving tough challenges and this is a great synergy that brings this university, and perhaps one of the most innovate partnerships in a city and a state that exists anywhere in America. As a trustee and in my night job beyond what I do for a living, it makes me extraordinarily proud that we are at the forefront of this work. Mr. Shumate: Very well stated. Any other comments? President Drake: Thank you for nice comments, Alex. I would say that you referenced the Land Grant Act of 1862 and the reason that universities like ours exist and this is exactly the center of why, unimagined in 1862, but exactly the center of why we exist. I was thinking as I was sitting here about this room and other things that have happened here and one memory that was coming back to me was at the January meeting two years ago. We did two things then. We were acknowledging and recognizing John and Annie Glenn who we miss but appreciated the time to spend a few moments with, as we always do and very memorable. But also we were acknowledging our National Championship football team and we had J.T. Barrett and several of the other players here to talk about this, but what I was thinking about was the experience of standing on the field a few weeks before that. Brenda, our son Chris, and Katie from my office were there and we had this feeling of disbelief that it seemed like we were actually about to win this game and that was magical, but a feeling of disbelief, but very cool. I am fast forwarding to this spring when I got a call from the mayor that we were finalists and then the follow up call that we had won the national championship, essentially, of smart cities. What I want to say about that is that I was not surprised at all. I expected when I got the call that that was going to be the case because I had seen the city, had worked with the Columbus Partnership, worked with our university and thought, this is the kind of thing that we could do really well so that was what I was expecting when you called. You could have said, “gee, we came in a close second”, but I wasn’t expecting that at all, in fact, I was suspecting that in fact we won this because it was not luck, it really was preparation, focus, values, and partnerships. I am really excited about what we have done thus far and absolutely thrilled about what we are going to be able to do working together in the future. Great to see you. Mr. Shumate: Thank you both Dean Williams and the mayor. Thanks for being with us and we look forward to working with you in the future. Thank you. The first order of business on our agenda is the minutes of the November meeting of the Board of Trustees, which were distributed to all members of the board. If there are no additions or corrections, the minutes are approved as distributed. Now, Mr. President, we will turn to you for your report. *** PRESIDENT’S REPORT President Drake: I will subtract the time I used for my previous comments from my report. We will truncate it so I will talk fast. 646 January 27, 2017 meeting, Board of Trustees Good morning. Good to see everyone today. Let me also, I didn’t mention this, I might have just a moment ago, I want to acknowledge, Dean Williams and all of our faculty and leadership for doing the great work for working on the Smart Cities initiative, helping write the grant, all of those things that were so critical, but then all of the work you do every day to make this kind of work possible. Great to see you. Just to remind anyone, we didn’t mention it just now, the finalists in this competition were Austin, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Kansas City, Missouri; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; and San Francisco, California. Great cities from across the nation and it is wonderful to have that great competition and wonderful to come out on top. I think we really are going to show the America of the future and what it can be. I will reiterate the aptly named Columbus Partnership was critically important and great partners to us in so many things. Alex let me again just formally acknowledge you and the great work that is done from the partnership, bringing us all together, so thank you, maybe a round of applause for your day job. We had a great day yesterday. We were with Governor Kasich at our Center for Automotive Research and we announced a $45 million collaboration. Dean Williams has mentioned that in addition to that, $24 million of the regular business of the College of Engineering will include the things that are happening at TRC and CAR, the great success that you have had there is always impressive to us with Buckeye Bullet and all of the other things that are so incredible, and to have our students be able to do something while they are learning and learn something while they are doing really brings the world to the campus and us to the world. This new collaboration really will be a groundbreaking area for research for the future and we are very excited that it is the best facility of its kind in the United States and people will come from far and wide to be able to envision and test what the new transportation paradigm of the future will be. We are really pleased and pleased with Governor Kasich who spoke yesterday about the importance of us all working together. He neglected to mention the $20 million commitment that the state was going to add to the $25 million to make it $45 million, let me just mention it for him again today. We are very happy to have the State of Ohio as our partner. Last week, Senator Brown announced that Ohio State is one of two universities selected by the Federal Transit Authority to test for low or no emission busses. Our Center for Automotive Research will again partner with the Transportation Research Center to develop the most energy efficient busses possible. Ohio State was one of 18 institutions selected this month to lead research on challenges in the Department of Transportation’s Beyond Traffic 2045 Report. As a Beyond Traffic innovation center, Ohio State will convene partners in the Great Lakes region conducting research, curriculum, and outreach. All of these initiatives show how research and our shared focus on innovation will help uplift the city, the state, and the nation and how we will continue to uplift lives in our communities was a focus of the State of the University Address last week. In the address, we announced Framework 2.0, a guiding, ever- evolving vision to advance our position as one of the world’s most important, effective centers of teaching and research. In broad strokes, it imagines the physical spaces over the next decade and beyond that will inspire every aspect of Ohio State’s community to be the very best. Framework 2.0 was shaped by input from our university community and will continue to be guided by collaboration as we work to address compelling future needs. I would like to acknowledge the really hard work of several people, our campus planners and the Master Planning and Facilities Committee, and we are all excited to bring the Framework 2.0 plan before the board today. Thank you for the really hard work over the last 15 months. Framework 2.0 is one example of how we will engineer the next big leap in Ohio State’s nearly 150 years of growth and excellence and significantly strengthen our position as a national flagship public research university. Another way is through innovative efforts in access, affordability, and excellence for students and their families. In December, we were proud to be among 30 top colleges and universities to announce the American Talent Initiative, a national coalition committed to significantly increasing the number of 647 January 27, 2017 meeting, Board of Trustees talented, low- and middle-income students on our campuses. Collectively, the initiative seeks to increase enrollment by 50,000 of these students in the next decade. Ohio State is a founding member of this effort and it is one way that we are working to create more pathways to the American dream. I don’t believe that there has been a coalition, I am not aware of a coalition like this, historically, where so many universities of such quality and impact from so many different parts of the higher education community, have come together and so generously committed to such an audacious and powerful goal. It is an incredible thing to be a part of. Our first formal meeting is about a month from now. I am pleased to note that the support we provide to students continues to be recognized nationally. At our November meeting, we heard from students and faculty mentors in our Second-year Transformational Experience Program (STEP), which is a national model for higher-education living and learning. This week, we learned that STEP earned a pair of awards for its leading-edge work. It received the Collaborative Excellence Award from the American College Personnel Association and the Silver Excellence Award from NASPA (National Association of Student Personnel Administrators), one of the nation’s leading student affairs associations. These recognitions are great and I want to congratulate Dr. J, her team and the Office of Academic Affairs. More importantly, however, it is the profound impact this work has for Buckeyes on our campus. A round of applause for all the people working on it. In order to reach our full potential as a national flagship public research university, we will need everyone in Buckeye Nation and our most important partners to row together. That includes the support of our 540,000 alumni. Last year Buckeyes around the world contributed to the most successful fundraising campaign in our history, supporting faculty, staff, and students at unprecedented levels. They also ensured that we had our best single year of giving with over $450 million of gifts and pledges last fiscal year. Incredibly, fiscal year-to-date, we are running more than $100 million ahead of where we were a year ago. A pause for a moment, it is a really great effort and support for people and more broadly, for our institution. Our faculty, staff, and students are working each day to strengthen Ohio State while serving the broader community. As I said, we see this through research that informs and advances our lives. Yesterday, we highlighted some of our most groundbreaking work at the State of Research Address, including Ohio State’s Innovator of the Year Awards. This year’s faculty and student winners were honored for a new form of physical rehabilitation therapy that combines biomechanics and dance, robotics research that has led to advances in industrial, defense, and service applications. Let me say a word about robotics and robots, I went to visit one of our local TV stations a few weeks ago and I was sitting in the anchor desk for fun in the studio and I looked around at all the cameras and saw that there were five cameras there and they were all robots and so the person who is moving around, they are all controlled by a whatever but there’s not a camera person, there is a robot that moves them and takes the shots. It’s just one of those places where the world is moving forward so it was interesting. Robotics and robots, as I mentioned, robotics has led to advances in industrial, defense, and service applications and then technology that creates underground images of biomasses and fuel, with potential uses ranging from growing crops to mitigating wild fires. We also see innovation and excellence in service each day at our Wexner Medical Center, which consistently ranks among the nation’s best for quality and safety. The medical center recently earned the highest mark given for patient safety in the Hospital Safety Score report. Of the 2,633 hospitals that were issued a score, about one-third earned a similar “A” grade. That’s great, I will say, that when these things were first started 20 or 30 years ago only a few hospitals participated and the goal was to set thresholds that all hospitals could aspire to. We are really happy to be in that group of hospitals that earned an “A” grade. Perhaps more especially, the medical center was also one of 13 institutions in the nation, out of more than 200 medical centers considered, to win the Bernard A. Birnbaum Quality Leadership Award, a very difficult award to win. It is the fourth straight year that the Wexner Medical Center had been 648