2019 CoR at the APLU Annual Meeting

Presentations from 2019 CoR meetings can be found below. Please click each title to view the presentation.

November 10 – November 12, 2019 in San Diego, California

Diversifying the Professoriate: Understanding the Issues Institutions Face and What Representation Really Means

• Gina Sanchez Gibau, Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor of Anthropology, IUPUI
• Douglas Haynes, Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Director, UCI ADVANCE Program; and Professor of History, University of California, Irvine
• Beth Ruedi, Director of Operations, SEA Change, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• J. Luke Wood, Chief Diversity Officer and Distinguished Professor of Education, San Diego State University
• Moderator: Tonya Peeples, Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion, College of Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

The Role of Universities in Catalyzing Manufacturing Innovation and Competitiveness

• Mridul Gautam, Vice President for Research and Innovation, University of Nevada, Reno
• Matt O’Keefe, Executive Director, Center for Manufacturing Excellence, University of Mississippi
• Phil Weilerstein, President, VentureWell
• Moderator: Patrick D. Gallagher, Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh

Cloudy with a Risk of Severe Conditions: Forecasting Prospects of Federal Research Funding into the Future

• Bill Hoagland, Senior Vice President, Bipartisan Policy Center
• Matt Hourihan, Director, R&D Budget and Policy Program, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Moderator: Rachelle Johnson, Director of Government Relations, Kentucky State University

Promotion and Tenure for Public Engagement and Societal Benefit

• Roger Brindley, USF System Vice President, USF World, University of South Florida
• David Conover, Vice President for Research and Innovation, University of Oregon
• Duane Nellis, President, Ohio University
• Moderator: Karen Hanson, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Minnesota

Protecting U.S. Science from Undue Foreign Influence

• Jodi Black, Deputy Director, Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health
• Chris Fall, Director of the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy
• Rebecca Keiser, Head, Office of International Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation
• Moderator: Roger Wakimoto, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of California, Los Angeles

Public Impact Research Report Launch

• Abhijit Afzalpurkar, Director, Innovation Partnerships, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
• David Graham, Chief Innovation Officer, City of Carlsbad, California
• Robin Kaler, Associate Chancellor for Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Gabriel López, Vice President for Research, University of New Mexico
• Moderator: Sandra Brown, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of California, San Diego

  Download the Public Impact Research: Engaged Universities Making the Difference report here.

Institutional Models for Securing Academic Research (Closed Session)

• Simon J. Atkinson, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Kansas
• Mary Croughan, Vice President for Research, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• Nicholas P. Jones, Executive Vice President and Provost, The Pennsylvania State University
• Moderator: Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs, University of Florida