Broader Impacts:Anchor Institutions and their

Public Mission

Nancy CantorChancellor

Rutgers University – Newark

Broader Impacts Infrastructure SummitArlington, VAApril 16, 2014

Innovation & Opportunity MakingMorrill Act of 1862

STEM Success

PressingChallenges

InnovativePartnerships

BroadeningParticipation

PublicAppreciation

Metro Challenges

The Talent DividendIncreasing four-year college attainment rate in nation’s 51 largest metropolitan areas by 1% = $124B increase in aggregate annual personal income.

The Green DividendReducing vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per person by one mile per day in 51 largest metro areas = $29B annual household savings.

The Opportunity DividendReducing poverty rates in metropolitan areas by 1% = $13B decrease annually in public sector outlays for family assistance, Medicaid and food stamps.

Collaborative Research Is Becoming More Popular, NSF Report SaysThe National Science Foundation has urged universities that are concerned about securing federal

research dollars in a time of increasing budget pressures to collaborate

Biological Sciences

Engineering

Social,

Behavioral &

Economic SciencesMathematical &

Physical Sciences

Geosciences

Computer & Information Science & Engineering

STEM Opportunities

Newark’s Challenges/Opportunities

Arts & Culture District

Education

Strong Healthy Neighborhoods

Economic Development

Jazz House Kids

GlassrootsSTEM→STEAM

Healthy Aging

Community of Experts

African American Brain Health Initiative partners

African Americans & Alzheimer’s Disease research team

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

Earth & Environmental Sciences Partners

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

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

EncROACHmentJoin 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

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 2011Full Participation: Building the Architecture for Diversity and Community Engagement in Higher Education

Institutional Infrastructure