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Broader Impacts: Anchor Institutions and their Public Mission

Broader Impacts: Anchor Institutions and their Public Mission. Nancy Cantor Chancellor Rutgers University – Newark Broader Impacts Infrastructure Summit Arlington, VA April 16, 2014. Innovation & Opportunity Making. Morrill Act of 1862. STEM Success. Pressing Challenges.

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Broader Impacts: Anchor Institutions and their Public Mission

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  1. Broader Impacts:Anchor Institutions and theirPublic Mission Nancy CantorChancellorRutgers University – Newark Broader Impacts Infrastructure SummitArlington, VAApril 16, 2014

  2. Innovation & Opportunity Making Morrill Act of 1862

  3. STEM Success PressingChallenges InnovativePartnerships BROADERIMPACTS BroadeningParticipation PublicAppreciation

  4. Metro Challenges Biological Sciences STEM Opportunities Computer & Information Science & Engineering Social,Behavioral & Economic Sciences • The Talent Dividend • Increasing four-year college attainment rate in nation’s 51 largest metropolitan areas by 1% = $124B increase in aggregate annual personal income. • The Green Dividend • Reducing vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per person by one mile per day in 51 largest metro areas = $29B annual household savings. • The Opportunity Dividend • Reducing poverty rates in metropolitan areas by 1% = $13B decrease annually in public sector outlays for family assistance, Medicaid and food stamps. Mathematical & Physical Sciences Engineering Geosciences Collaborative Research Is Becoming More Popular, NSF Report Says The National Science Foundation has urged universities that are concerned about securing federal research dollars in a time of increasing budget pressures to collaborate

  5. Newark’s Challenges/Opportunities Economic Development Education BROADBAND SUPERIORITY Strong Healthy Neighborhoods Arts & Culture District Glassroots STEM→STEAM Healthy Aging Jazz House Kids

  6. Community of Experts African Americans & Alzheimer’s Disease research team Earth & Environmental Sciences Partners Meadowlands EnvironmentResearch Institute Palisades Interstate Park Commission City of Newark ExxonMobil Ontash & Ermac Weston Solutions, Inc. Newark Museum Newark Public Schools Liberty State Park Dupont Newark Museum Liberty Science Center PSE&G Tyco Industries Langan Engineering GEI Consultants CitiGroup ConocoPhillips Amerada Hess African American Brain Health Initiative partners

  7. Broader Participation Biologists Dominic Evangelista and Jessica Ware with the subjects of their invasive insect research Alec Gates mentors budding geologists to perform and present research Middle schoolers get hands-on experience with an Antarctic undersea robot glider NSF GK-12 Fellow Andrew Parsikian teaches Newark high schoolers to use sensing equipment to explore a slave cemetery

  8. Public Support Knowledge Unearthed Rutgers program lets young students search for 1779 graves New Rutgers research center will study Parkinson’s disease Center will link cognitive neuroscientists with doctors Mangia! Mangia! Rutgers researchers find tomatoes help prevent breast cancer EncROACHment Join Rutgers University roach researchers as they unravel clues to identify this intruder Ocean Drones Plumb New Depths Teams hope to capture the most complete picture yet of the Atlantic’s many mysterious underwater movements

  9. Institutional Accountability • How does work involving your institution bring together the practices of diversity and public scholarship/civic engagement? • Who is involved and how do they work together? • Where is this work situated in relation to the core values of your institution? • What are examples of products or outcomes of this work that have emerged or can be envisioned? • How is this work supported, rewarded, and shared? • From Sturm, Eatman, Saltmarsh, & Bush 2011 • Full Participation: Building the Architecture for Diversity and Community Engagement in Higher Education

  10. Institutional Infrastructure

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