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

30

10

0.50

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Salary & Fringe Increases State Budget Increases Federal Increase

Increase Comparison