University-Community Partnerships:Propelling Innovation with Full

ParticipationNancy CantorChancellor and PresidentSyracuse University

South Africa-U.S.-China

ConferenceDurban, South AfricaDecember 12, 2012

The American “Rust Belt”

Adapted from The Brookings Institution 2005

Syracuse

Innovation & Participation Today

Art, Technology &Design

Arts, Technology & Design

Green Innovation

Inclusive Urban Education

EntrepreneurshipConnectiveCorridor

Connections that Build CommunityConnective Corridor

Near Westside Initiative

NWSI Civil Infrastructure

Green Infrastructure• Green home building/renovation• Storm-water management including

residential & commercial rain gardens• Student-designed green homes• Residential & commercial energy

audits• Renovated warehouses for live/work

space incl. geothermal energy

International Green Home Competition

NWSI Social Infrastructure

Green/Clean Jobs• “Green Train” program prepares local

residents for green economy jobs from deconstruction to installation & maintenance of HVAC technologies

• NWSI Business Association cultivating local entrepreneurs

• Green property management• High-tech hydroponic greenhouse

Green Home Construction

Cabinetmakers Chris & Carolyn

ClemansArtist

Juan Cruz

House Deconstruction

Bridging the Digital Divide

Technology, Literacy Thrust• Major regional organizations

relocating their headquarters WCNY—regional public broadcaster

relocating and expanding programming and community outreach

ProLiteracy—world’s largest literacy organization, founded in Syracuse

• Public Memory Project training residents to preserve and digitize family & community histories

Before: Vacant Warehouse After: Technology & Literacy Hub

Public Memory Project photo

Art Infused with Technology

Mobile Literacy Arts Bus—MLAB

Subcat Studios/Burton Blatt InstituteMusic Technology Access Program

Say Yes to Education Syracuse• Precedent-setting, district-wide urban

school reform: in every one of the Syracuse City School District’s schools—21,000 students

• Comprehensive student monitoring system from American Institutes for Research

• Aligning curriculum to promote college and career readiness at all levels

• Professional development for teachers

• Dramatically reduced school social worker caseloads from 1:550 to 1:200

• Pro bono legal clinics

• School-based health clinics and mental health clinics

• Higher Education Compact: 27 private institutions plus SUNY/CUNY provide scholarships to all admissible Say Yes graduates

Seeding STEM ParticipationSTEM Pathways

• Elementary & Middle School New York State STEM Collaborative

Summer Institute for K-12 teachers Girls Get IT STEM Camp NSF CAREER project: Launching a

Career of Collaborative PK-20 STEM Education

• High School• Early-College High School

• NSBE Summer Enrichment Overnight

• STEM competitions & mentoring by SU faculty and students

STEMCURRICULUMCOURSE GETSTO THE ROOT OFTHE PROBLEM

Syracuse City Schools English & Language Arts Teacher Gwendolyn

Maturo-Grosso with SU Bioengineering Professor Jay Henderson

Finding Future Talent

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Local/Global Resonance

Shen WeiDance Arts

“Wretches & Jabberers”

South Side Meets South Africa

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