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University-Community Partnerships: Propelling Innovation with Full Participation

University-Community Partnerships: Propelling Innovation with Full Participation. Nancy Cantor Chancellor and President Syracuse University South Africa-U.S.-China Conference Durban, South Africa December 12, 2012. The American “Rust Belt”. Syracuse.

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University-Community Partnerships: Propelling Innovation with Full Participation

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  1. University-Community Partnerships:Propelling Innovation with Full Participation Nancy CantorChancellor and PresidentSyracuse University South Africa-U.S.-China ConferenceDurban, South AfricaDecember 12, 2012

  2. The American “Rust Belt” Syracuse Adapted from The Brookings Institution 2005

  3. Innovation & Participation Today ConnectiveCorridor Entrepreneurship Art, Technology &Design Inclusive Urban Education Arts, Technology & Design Green Innovation

  4. Connections that Build Community Connective Corridor

  5. Near Westside Initiative

  6. NWSI Civil Infrastructure International Green Home Competition • Green Infrastructure • Green home building/renovation • Storm-water management including residential & commercial rain gardens • Student-designed green homes • Residential & commercial energy audits • Renovated warehouses for live/work space incl. geothermal energy

  7. NWSI Social Infrastructure House Deconstruction Green Home Construction • Green/Clean Jobs • “Green Train” program prepares local residents for green economy jobs from deconstruction to installation & maintenance of HVAC technologies • NWSI Business Association cultivating local entrepreneurs • Green property management • High-tech hydroponic greenhouse Cabinetmakers Chris & Carolyn Clemans Artist Juan Cruz

  8. Bridging the Digital Divide Before: Vacant Warehouse After: Technology & Literacy Hub • Technology, Literacy Thrust • Major regional organizations relocating their headquarters • WCNY—regional public broadcaster relocating and expanding programming and community outreach • ProLiteracy—world’s largest literacy organization, founded in Syracuse • Public Memory Project training residents to preserve and digitize family & community histories Public Memory Project photo

  9. Art Infused with Technology Mobile Literacy Arts Bus—MLAB Subcat Studios/Burton Blatt InstituteMusic Technology Access Program

  10. Say Yes to Education Syracuse • Precedent-setting, district-wide urban school reform: in every one of the Syracuse City School District’s schools—21,000 students • Comprehensive student monitoring system from American Institutes for Research • Aligning curriculum to promote college and career readiness at all levels • Professional development for teachers • Dramatically reduced school social worker caseloads from 1:550 to 1:200 • Pro bono legal clinics • School-based health clinics and mental health clinics • Higher Education Compact: 27 private institutions plus SUNY/CUNY provide scholarships to all admissible Say Yes graduates

  11. Seeding STEM Participation • STEM Pathways • Elementary & Middle School • New York State STEM Collaborative Summer Institute for K-12 teachers • Girls Get IT STEM Camp • NSF CAREER project: Launching a Career of Collaborative PK-20 STEM Education • High School • Early-College High School • NSBE Summer Enrichment Overnight • STEM competitions & mentoring by SU faculty and students STEM CURRICULUMCOURSE GETSTO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM Syracuse City Schools English & Language Arts Teacher Gwendolyn Maturo-Grosso with SU Bioengineering Professor Jay Henderson

  12. Finding Future Talent

  13. Local/Global Resonance Technology Entrepreneurship Communication South Side Meets South Africa “Wretches & Jabberers” Sustainability Shen WeiDance Arts Inclusive Education Design

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