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Space constraints and need for new facilities
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Dr. Green outlines the significant space constraints faced by CUNY School of Medicine and emphasizes the need for new, modern facilities to support the school's growth and competitiveness.
- Current facilities are constrained within a nearly 200-year-old high school building
- The school operates in a small footprint of about 87,000 square feet
- New facilities are needed to house state-of-the-art technology and support student success
- Dr. Green suggests the need for student housing near the school to improve safety, well-being, and academic success
Carmen Renée Green
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And we educate students on an ultra lean and highly tuition dependent operating budget.
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Upon visiting our campus, and I do hope you'll come, you will see our current facilities are constrained and contained with a nearly 200 year old high school.
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New community based medical schools which are coming online frequently with similar class sizes have beautiful new, state of the art facilities.
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We work in a much smaller footprint of about 87,000 square feet.
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Yet, every day, this hometown medical school, your hometown medical school, located in Harlem, does really big and awesome things.
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It leverages its competitive advantage to work in communities across all of New York City's 5 boroughs.
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In fact, our first our students' first clinical interaction while wearing their gifted white coats and stethoscopes is likely to occur with their neighbors in safety net hospitals like St.
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Barnabas Hospital.
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Day after day, our students defy the odds to address educational and healthcare disparities in real time.
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As we've outgrown our space, we are looking for a building to house our dreams, which are big.
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With a modern technology that sharpens minds and skills to make real patients safer.
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With an ethos of student success and excellence first, we can enhance student outcomes.
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If our students had a dorm near the school, similar to other New York City medical students.
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More than convenience is also a matter of student safety, well-being and academic success.
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Before I conclude, I would like to give a few brief remarks on bias.