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CANR Fall Faculty MeetingDecember 10, 2018
• Approve Agenda• College updates
• General – Rieger• Research – Wommack• Extension ‐ Rodgers
• New Business (for voting)• CANR Curriculum Committee• Standing committee reports
• Old Business• Other items
Welcome to CANR!FACULTY:Aditya Dutta, ANFS, Animal Immunology and PhysiologyYihang Li, ANFS, Animal Immunology and PhysiologyAlyssa Koehler, PLSC, Plant PathologyCencheng Shen, APEC, StatisticsBrandon McFadden, APEC, Food and Agribusiness MarketingKelly Davidson, APEC, Food and Agribusiness MarketingJeff Caplan, PLSC, Plant Microscopy and Anatomy
STAFF:Lauren Bradford, Communications Specialist II, CANR CommunicationsAisha Hoggard, Administrative Assistant I, Cooperative ExtensionZachary Longenecker, Farm Assistant II, Newark FarmTracy McMullen, Business Administrator II, Plant and Soil Sciences Marsha Rogers, Sponsored Programs Coordinator, CANR Dean’s OfficeAnita Stofa, Administrative Assistant III, Animal and Food SciencesFrank Ferlenda, Extension Agent II, Cooperative Extension
Record number of Honors (35)
Record Enrollment 1057!
CANR enrollment metrics
FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19
Incoming class size 158 163 189 178 168 175 215 225
Student Credit Hours
17,136 18,478 19,554 19,750 20,635 21,880 23,037 ‐‐‐
Undergradheadcount
702 702 729 777 759 767 829 853
Graduate headcount
168 178 193 214 214 203 196 204
WorrilowRenovation & Upgrade• Design finishedconstruction docs• $9.3M raised toward $10M goal• Move out – May/June 2019• Move in – Fall 2020• Move Plan – Town Hall 1pm Dec 12th, 132 TNS
Swing Space• DBI will host 5 PIs; ready to move December/January• ISE will host 1 (Jaisi) and simultaneously build out a core stable isotope facility• Fischer/Allen – minor modifications needed; will proceed thru winter/summer• Large Animal Barn – minor modifications to host parts of 2 PIs’ labs• Trailers – STAR campus, west of Newark Transport Center; ~18,000 sq ft, 20+ PIs
• Utilities & foundation underway December• Prefabricated trailers arrive February; ready by May
Strategic Hiring Plan
Strategic Hiring Plan
Strategic Hiring Plan
Community Engagement Scholarswww.udel.edu/engage
New “course of study” for UD• 300+ applicants, 90 admitted, 70 enrolled – 8 in CANR• Requirements (3.2 GPA+ required):
• UAPP 167 (Intro Civic Engage)• UAPP 110 (Role of Public Policy)• 9 credits from student’s major or minor (DLE, service‐
learning)• 2 credits – integrate service and academics SERV • 3 credit capstone in major/minor• Immersion program• 160 hr community‐based service• Senior eportfolio to document
Contact Sue Serra for more information
2019 marks 150th Anniversary of CANR!
● Food Innovation Lab ribbon cutting – Feb or March
● Worrilow & Alumni Awards – April 15th, 2019
● Ag Day – April 27th, 2019 [150th theme]
● CANR Research Symposium – Saturday, May 4, 2019
● Convocation – Friday, May 31st
● “Fall Fest” dinners – early/mid‐September
● Suggestions???
CANR Unique Strengths
CANR Unique Strengths
Genetics & GenomicsGenetics & Genomics
Sustainable Food Sys.
Sustainable Food Sys.
One HealthOne HealthClimate ChangeClimate Change
Human Dimensions
Human Dimensions
Operationalizing the Unique Strengths
• Obtain faculty involvement, advisement, and expertise in decision-making surrounding CANR research investments
• Develop strategic directions for growing research capacity, and improving our research competitiveness
• Enhance faculty scholarship through collaborative interdisciplinary research interaction
Unique Strengths Co-Chair research leaders
One HealthOne HealthOne Health
Genetics & Genomics
Randy Wisser
Jing Qiu
Genetics & GenomicsGenetics & Genomics
Randy Wisser
Jing Qiu
Human Dimensions
Kent Messer
Kyle McCarthy
Human Dimensions
Human Dimensions
Kent Messer
Kyle McCarthy
Climate Change
Rodrigo Vargas Hong Li
Climate ChangeClimate Change
Rodrigo Vargas Hong Li
Ryan Arsenault
Sustainable Food Sys.
Jeff BulerAngelia Seyfferth
Sustainable Food Sys.
Sustainable Food Sys.
Jeff BulerAngelia Seyfferth Kali Kniel
Operationalizing the Unique Strengths
• Looming challenges that will drive and grow research within the unique strength area
• Significant gaps in expertise and infrastructure that currently hinder progress
• Blue sky visions of how UD could be a research leader towards these challenges
• Scientific research sponsors and funding programs most likely to support major research initiatives towards understanding and addressing the looming challenges.
Operationalizing the Unique StrengthsGenetics & GenomicsGenetics & Genomics
Sustainable Food Sys.
Sustainable Food Sys.
One HealthOne HealthClimate ChangeClimate Change
Human Dimensions
Human Dimensions
Meetings of Unique Strength Groups to be convened in the Spring 2019 semester
Goal: produce a brief strategic vision document addressing four questions.
Unique Strengths programsSummer Undergraduate Research Internships
• Funded by CANR donors• Nominated by faculty, competitive selection process• 9 awards in summer 2018, 10 proposed for summer 2019
Student Unique Strength AdvisorLuci Mehr Junior
Genetics & GenomicsAmy Biddle
Sarah Kubat Junior Erin Sparks
Mark Pacheco Senior Sustainable Food Systems, Landscapes & Ecosystems
Jeffrey Buler
Aubrey Inkster Senior Tara Trammell
Alec Nixon Senior Human Dimensions of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Kyle McCarthy
Stephen Wemple Junior Kent Messer
Peyton Szymborski Junior Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change Hong Li
Alyssa Kelly Senior A “One Health” Approach to Animal, Plant, Human & Ecosystems
Kali Kniel
Adrianna Szostek Senior Robert Alphin
Unique Strengths programsPh.D. Recruiting Fellowships
• Funded through USDA Hatch Capacity funds• Nominated by faculty, competitive selection process• 5 awards in 2018, 8 to be offered in 2019
Ph.D. Student Unique Strength Advisor
Danielle Novick, MSGenetics & Genomics
Behnam Abasht
Jose Capelo, MS Amy Biddle
Andrew Hill, MS Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change Rodrigo Vargas
Sha Zhang, MS Sustainable Food Systems, Landscapes & Ecosystems
Angelia Seyfferth
Lauren Mosesso, BS Amy Shober
Unique Strengths programsPh.D. Dissertation Fellowships
• Funded through USDA Hatch Capacity funds• Nominated by faculty, competitive selection process• 3 awards in 2018, offers depends on in the recruiting fellowships
Ph.D. Candidate Research topic Unique Strength Advisor
Michael BabakMorphological andmolecular dynamics of Wooden Breast disease in broiler chickens
Genetics & Genomics Behnam Abasht
Lingxiao (Alfred) Yan
Food systems impacts of non-market activities associated with climate change and recreation
Human Dimensions of Agriculture & Natural
ResourcesKent Messer
Taozhu Sun Surface properties of produce as a risk factor for foodborne illness
A “One Health” Approach to Animal, Plant, Human &
EcosystemsYan Jin
Unique Strengths programsCANR Seed grants (2 yr, $50,000 pilot project grants)
• Funded through USDA Hatch Capacity funds• Competitive peer-review selection process• 3 to 4 awards each year since 2015
Investigators Title Unique StrengthIvan Hiltpold, Erin Sparks
Get tough and repel herbivores: the effects of silicon accumulation in corn on oviposition behavior of the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda
A “One Health” Approach to Animal, Plant, Human &
Ecosystems$35,052
Greg Shriver, Carl Schmidt, Adrienne Kovach, and Lisa Elizondo
Genomics of breeding rails in Delaware coastal wetlands Mitigation of and Adaptation
to Climate Change
$38,920
Rodrigo Vargas, Daniel Warner
Building machine learning blocks to predict soil respiration across the world $28,275 One year,
jointly funded with PLSC
Emmalea Ernest, Nicole Dinofrio, Tom Evans, Nancy Gregory, Kathryne Everts
Plant Architecture and Leaf Shape for Disease Avoidance in Lima Bean Sustainable food systems,
landscapes, & ecosystems
$29,808 Jointly funded with PLSC
Eric Benson, Robert AlphinImproving light distribution through the development of height corrected Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps for poultry production
$49,996
UD Strategic Goals
Double graduate enrollment, esp.
PhDs
Double graduate enrollment, esp.
PhDs
Increase diversity esp. URM students
Increase diversity esp. URM students
Increase research competitiveness &
capacity
Increase research competitiveness &
capacity
Match & exceed AAU peer
institutions
Match & exceed AAU peer
institutions
Grow CANR unique strengths
Grow CANR unique strengths
Genetics & GenomicsGenetics & Genomics
Sustainable Food Sys.
Sustainable Food Sys.
One HealthOne HealthClimate ChangeClimate Change
Human Dimensions
Human Dimensions
Relationship with Cooperative Extension
• 19% had used Ask an Expert• 30% were volunteers
• 48% Master Gardener• 40% 4‐H
Demographics of Respondents
• Similar spatial distribution by County as statewide population• Older age distribution • Primarily female• Primarily white, non‐Hispanic• More educated• Similar employment status• Higher household income
Importance of State‐level Issues
Importance of Community‐level IssuesIssue Area Top Two Issues in Each Area
Agriculture andthe Environment
1. Preserving farmland and open spaces (83%)2. Balance of environmental regulations and agriculture production (76%)
Economic Development
1. Access to job training or employment (67%)2. Understanding the importance of agriculture to our economy (66%)
Leadership Development
1. Training youth and adults to think critically and use problemsolving skills (85%)2. Exposing youth to science, technology, engineering, and math topics (81%)
Health1. Access to primary care doctors (85%)2. Caring for the elderly and disabled (84%)
CANR Research Unique Strengths PRESENT Cooperative Extension Plan of Work
PROPOSED Cooperative Extension Plan of Work
Sustainable food systems, landscapes and ecosystems
Profitable and Competitive Agriculture –Best Production Management Practices Sustainable Production Systems for
Agricultural and Urban LandscapesGenetics and genomics for plant, animal and ecosystem improvement Local Urban Food Production and Access
“One‐Health” initiative‐animal, plants, humans, ecosystems
Nutrition and Health Promotion Nutrition & Wellness
Food Safety Food Safety
Human dimensions of food, agriculture and natural resources
Volunteer and Leadership Development Volunteer/Leadership Development
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math
Farm, Small business and Family Resource Management Economic Development
Climate change‐impacts, mitigation and adaptation
Environmental Impacts Agriculture and Urban Landscapes Environmental Stewardship and a
Changing ClimateProtect and Enhance Environmental Quality related to Climate Variability and Change
Collective Impact
•What is the ultimate impact ?•Extension Contributes 4 types of collective impact• Social • Economic•Civic• Environmental
State Budget Request for Extension
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20
25
30
35
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