WEBVTT 00:01.200 --> 00:02.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% >> Welcome, everyone, to 00:02.066 --> 00:02.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% Wednesday Nite at the Lab. 00:02.900 --> 00:03.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:37.5% I'm Tom Zinnen. 00:03.866 --> 00:04.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% I work here at the UW-Madison 00:04.933 --> 00:06.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5% Biotechnology Center. 00:06.266 --> 00:07.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% I also work for UW-Extension 00:07.566 --> 00:09.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% Cooperative Extension, and on 00:09.466 --> 00:10.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% behalf of those folks and our 00:10.633 --> 00:11.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% other organizers, Wisconsin 00:11.866 --> 00:13.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% Public Television, the Wisconsin 00:13.366 --> 00:15.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% Alumni Association, and the 00:15.500 --> 00:17.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% UW-Madison Science Alliance, 00:17.300 --> 00:18.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% thanks for coming to Wednesday 00:18.266 --> 00:19.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40% Nite at the Lab. 00:19.333 --> 00:20.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% We do this every Wednesday 00:20.366 --> 00:22.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% night, 50 times a year. 00:22.133 --> 00:23.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% It's your chance to experience 00:23.133 --> 00:25.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% science as exploring the unknown 00:25.133 --> 00:26.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% here at your land-grant research 00:26.566 --> 00:28.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% university. 00:28.033 --> 00:29.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% Tonight I'm delighted to be able 00:29.166 --> 00:31.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5% to introduce to you 00:31.066 --> 00:32.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% Dean Kate VandenBosch. 00:32.733 --> 00:34.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% She is the new dean of the 00:34.200 --> 00:35.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% College of Agriculture and Life 00:35.366 --> 00:37.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% Sciences, and that is the 00:37.133 --> 00:38.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% college here at UW-Madison that 00:38.833 --> 00:40.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% puts the land grant in the 00:40.000 --> 00:41.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% university. 00:41.566 --> 00:43.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% It's a remarkable organization. 00:43.733 --> 00:47.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% I happened to get my PhD from it 00:47.066 --> 00:48.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% in 1985, but I haven't worked 00:48.633 --> 00:50.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% for the college since then, but 00:50.700 --> 00:52.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% I'm pretty proud to be 00:52.666 --> 00:54.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% associated with an institution 00:54.566 --> 00:56.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% that does basic research, such 00:56.700 --> 00:58.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% as in genetics here in this 00:58.433 --> 01:00.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% building, biochemistry, 01:00.433 --> 01:02.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:32.5% microbiology. 01:02.900 --> 01:04.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% It also does the traditional 01:04.666 --> 01:06.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% agricultural with horticulture, 01:06.466 --> 01:08.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% agronomy, soil, dairy science, 01:08.500 --> 01:10.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:37.5% animal science. 01:10.733 --> 01:12.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% But it has some remarkable range 01:12.433 --> 01:13.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% of other departments that study 01:13.966 --> 01:16.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% fields such as rural sociology, 01:16.733 --> 01:18.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% life science communication, 01:18.200 --> 01:20.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% landscape architecture. 01:20.533 --> 01:21.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% And I think that's one of the 01:21.666 --> 01:22.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% things that's got to be an 01:22.766 --> 01:23.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% interesting challenge for the 01:23.866 --> 01:26.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% new deans, how do you guide a 01:26.466 --> 01:28.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% college that is as diverse as 01:28.033 --> 01:31.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% this is, as remarkable as the 01:31.233 --> 01:36.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% University of Wisconsin is, and 01:36.033 --> 01:37.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% to sustain the tradition of 01:37.566 --> 01:39.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% public service and public 01:39.966 --> 01:41.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% scholarship that is one of the 01:41.833 --> 01:43.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% hallmarks of this university in 01:43.800 --> 01:45.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% general, and certainly your 01:45.366 --> 01:47.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:50% college in specific. 01:47.566 --> 01:49.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% Tonight, we get to hear about 01:49.166 --> 01:50.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% one of the tough things, and 01:50.566 --> 01:52.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% that is how do you grow the 01:52.066 --> 01:53.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5% future. 01:53.333 --> 01:54.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% And I'm looking forward to 01:54.366 --> 01:56.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% hearing what Dean VandenBosch 01:56.366 --> 01:58.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% has to say. 01:58.066 --> 02:00.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% She is originally from Michigan. 02:00.800 --> 02:02.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% She studied at the University 02:02.900 --> 02:05.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% of Massachusetts in Amherst 02:05.166 --> 02:07.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5% and got her BS and... 02:07.766 --> 02:08.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:35% >> MS and PhD. 02:08.966 --> 02:10.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% >> MS and PhD, excuse me. 02:10.333 --> 02:11.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% From there, she's a plant 02:11.300 --> 02:12.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% geneticist. 02:12.433 --> 02:13.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% She postdoc'd both here at 02:13.400 --> 02:14.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% UW-Madison and the John Innes 02:14.800 --> 02:17.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25% Institute. 02:17.366 --> 02:18.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% Then she went to Texas A&M 02:18.733 --> 02:21.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% University for 12 years. 02:21.033 --> 02:22.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% For many years she was at the 02:22.300 --> 02:25.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% University of Minnesota. 02:25.000 --> 02:27.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% And now, in the last year or so, 02:27.400 --> 02:29.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% she's come to UW-Madison to 02:29.166 --> 02:31.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% serve as the new dean here for 02:31.333 --> 02:32.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% the College of Agriculture and 02:32.500 --> 02:34.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:35% Life Sciences. 02:34.066 --> 02:35.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% Would you please join me in 02:35.633 --> 02:36.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% welcoming Kate VandenBosch to 02:36.800 --> 02:38.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% Wednesday Nite at the Lab. 02:38.233 --> 02:40.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25% [APPLAUSE] 02:44.100 --> 02:45.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% >> Well, thank you, Tom. 02:45.500 --> 02:46.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% It's a pleasure to be here. 02:46.500 --> 02:47.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5% That was quite a good 02:47.433 --> 02:49.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:32.5% introduction. 02:49.433 --> 02:51.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% I thought I should start off by 02:51.000 --> 02:52.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% telling you a bit about myself, 02:52.733 --> 02:54.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% and he told a lot of the story, 02:54.733 --> 02:56.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% but I'll tell a little bit more, 02:56.866 --> 02:58.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% including I have some pictures 02:58.866 --> 03:01.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% here from my early development 03:01.966 --> 03:04.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% as a plant biologist, including 03:04.600 --> 03:06.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% this one up here in the 03:06.633 --> 03:08.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% left-hand corner where you see 03:08.966 --> 03:10.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% me sitting at an electron 03:10.233 --> 03:11.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% microscope. 03:11.266 --> 03:12.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% That was during my postdoc here 03:12.566 --> 03:14.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40% in the mid-'80s. 03:14.666 --> 03:15.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% And I think when I was here, I 03:15.966 --> 03:17.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% was inoculated with something 03:17.966 --> 03:21.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% because years later I found this 03:21.233 --> 03:23.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% homing desire, a desire to come 03:23.366 --> 03:25.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% back here, and I'll tell you a 03:25.266 --> 03:27.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% little bit about that. 03:27.633 --> 03:30.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% But in my early career, I worked 03:30.200 --> 03:32.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% primarily on plant development 03:32.900 --> 03:34.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% and plant cell biology, 03:34.466 --> 03:36.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% interactions of plants with 03:36.200 --> 03:37.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% microbes, both the friendly and 03:37.833 --> 03:39.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:37.5% the unfriendly. 03:39.666 --> 03:41.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% And then in later years, after 03:41.233 --> 03:44.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% these pictures were taken, I got 03:44.200 --> 03:45.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% into the area of plant genomics 03:45.900 --> 03:48.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5% and related topics. 03:48.900 --> 03:53.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% And this gives a pictorial story 03:53.466 --> 03:55.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% to what Tom already told you. 03:55.666 --> 03:57.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% I grew up in central part of the 03:57.733 --> 03:59.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% lower peninsula in Michigan. 03:59.666 --> 04:01.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% Went to Kalamazoo College, a 04:01.333 --> 04:03.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% small liberal arts college 04:03.100 --> 04:04.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:15% there. 04:04.666 --> 04:06.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% Graduate work at the University 04:06.000 --> 04:09.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% of Massachusetts, and then here 04:09.266 --> 04:11.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:32.5% as a postdoc. 04:11.700 --> 04:13.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% Then to England for a couple of 04:13.166 --> 04:15.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% years where I did a second 04:15.200 --> 04:17.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% postdoc before going to Texas 04:17.900 --> 04:21.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% A&M and then to the University 04:21.033 --> 04:24.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:32.5% of Minnesota. 04:24.000 --> 04:25.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% And, actually, there are a 04:25.200 --> 04:27.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% couple of themes going on here. 04:27.133 --> 04:29.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% One was that all of my training 04:29.166 --> 04:31.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% was in the basic life sciences 04:31.166 --> 04:33.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% and liberal arts, but all of my 04:33.933 --> 04:35.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% adult life, except for the 04:35.833 --> 04:38.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% couple of years in the UK, has 04:38.800 --> 04:41.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% been at land-grant institutions. 04:41.066 --> 04:42.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:50% So the first one was 04:42.233 --> 04:44.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% Massachusetts, and then here, 04:44.500 --> 04:46.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% and Texas A&M and Minnesota. 04:46.833 --> 04:48.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% They're all the land-grant 04:48.000 --> 04:49.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% institutions for their various 04:49.666 --> 04:51.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5% states. 04:51.066 --> 04:52.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% And that really made a mark on 04:52.566 --> 04:54.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:7.5% me. 04:54.133 --> 04:55.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% Even though I started as a basic 04:55.466 --> 04:58.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% scientist, as a plant scientist, 04:58.300 --> 04:59.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% the places where that really 04:59.766 --> 05:01.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% flourishes are at land-grant 05:01.266 --> 05:02.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:32.5% institutions. 05:02.733 --> 05:04.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% And also, there's this great 05:04.633 --> 05:06.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% continuum of basic research all 05:06.233 --> 05:08.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% the way to applications and 05:08.300 --> 05:10.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% communication of new knowledge 05:10.133 --> 05:12.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% to the public, something that I 05:12.366 --> 05:13.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% have really come to love. 05:13.966 --> 05:16.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% And while I was at Minnesota, I 05:16.666 --> 05:18.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% got to be interested in how this 05:18.600 --> 05:21.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% kind of university functions and 05:21.200 --> 05:22.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% what we need to do to keep it 05:22.766 --> 05:24.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% flourishing and keep serving the 05:24.566 --> 05:27.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% public for the years to come. 05:27.100 --> 05:29.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% And that, plus this homing 05:29.700 --> 05:31.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% instinct, have brought me here 05:31.366 --> 05:33.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% for this particular opportunity, 05:33.666 --> 05:34.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% and I recently completed my 05:34.900 --> 05:37.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5% first year as dean. 05:37.333 --> 05:38.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% So, here's the College of 05:38.933 --> 05:41.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% Agriculture and Life Sciences, 05:41.100 --> 05:42.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% a picture that I really like 05:42.966 --> 05:44.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% because it shows the past and 05:44.766 --> 05:46.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:30% the present. 05:46.166 --> 05:47.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% What you see here is Hiram Smith 05:47.766 --> 05:49.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% Hall, which is the home to life 05:49.500 --> 05:51.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% sciences communication, and it 05:51.900 --> 05:54.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% is reflected in the beautiful 05:54.600 --> 05:57.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% new microbial sciences building. 05:57.166 --> 05:58.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% About a half dozen years old 05:58.700 --> 05:59.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:10% now. 05:59.933 --> 06:01.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% So, we see here our past and our 06:01.966 --> 06:05.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% contemporary sense and a site of 06:05.000 --> 06:08.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:45% where a lot of our 06:08.333 --> 06:10.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% forward-thinking work is going 06:10.633 --> 06:12.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% on as well. 06:12.866 --> 06:16.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% So, our college, we're proud to 06:16.333 --> 06:18.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% say, is a leader in all aspects 06:18.933 --> 06:20.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% of its mission, research, 06:20.766 --> 06:22.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% education and training, and 06:22.366 --> 06:24.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:22.5% outreach. 06:24.400 --> 06:26.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% And the challenge today is, how 06:26.266 --> 06:28.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% do we keep ourselves vigorous? 06:28.500 --> 06:31.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% How do we address challenges as 06:31.300 --> 06:32.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:30% they emerge? 06:32.766 --> 06:35.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% How do we interpret the 06:35.100 --> 06:36.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% land-grant mission for the 21st 06:36.800 --> 06:38.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:20% century? 06:38.700 --> 06:40.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% And that is what it has got at 06:40.400 --> 06:42.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% work at today in planning for 06:42.666 --> 06:44.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% our future. 06:44.800 --> 06:46.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% I'll give you a little bit of 06:46.366 --> 06:47.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% some highlights about where we 06:47.833 --> 06:49.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25% are today. 06:49.366 --> 06:50.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% Tom mentioned many of the 06:50.866 --> 06:52.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% disciplines that we cover here 06:52.566 --> 06:54.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% in the College of Agriculture 06:54.166 --> 06:55.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% and Life Sciences, or CALS as we 06:55.933 --> 06:58.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% like to call it, from basic 06:58.133 --> 07:00.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% science to applied life 07:00.833 --> 07:03.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% sciences, many aspects of social 07:03.400 --> 07:05.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% sciences that impact rural 07:05.466 --> 07:08.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% development, community 07:08.266 --> 07:10.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% development, and the economics 07:10.633 --> 07:12.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5% of our disciplines. 07:12.866 --> 07:16.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% So, 19 departments currently. 07:16.333 --> 07:19.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% We have about 4,000 students in 07:19.766 --> 07:21.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:15% total. 07:21.866 --> 07:23.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% About three-quarters of them are 07:23.900 --> 07:25.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% undergraduates, and one-quarter 07:25.766 --> 07:27.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% are graduate students. 07:27.633 --> 07:29.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% Plus we have a large number of 07:29.666 --> 07:31.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% people that come to us for short 07:31.433 --> 07:33.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% courses or a variety of types of 07:33.833 --> 07:35.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% professional training that might 07:35.600 --> 07:37.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% be short in duration, as well as 07:37.600 --> 07:40.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% postdocs and many others. 07:40.266 --> 07:44.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% And here we have the degrees 07:44.466 --> 07:47.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% that we awarded two years ago. 07:47.200 --> 07:49.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% These numbers have been 07:49.166 --> 07:52.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:22.5% climbing. 07:52.066 --> 07:54.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% Our faculty is currently 07:54.133 --> 07:55.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% numbering in about 260 07:55.966 --> 07:57.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:30% individuals. 07:57.800 --> 08:00.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5% Many of them highly 08:00.300 --> 08:02.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% accomplished, including 18 08:02.300 --> 08:04.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% members of the National Academy 08:04.300 --> 08:06.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:30% of Sciences. 08:06.266 --> 08:09.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% And about a quarter or so of our 08:09.433 --> 08:11.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% faculty have joined appointments 08:11.300 --> 08:14.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% with Cooperative Extension, and 08:14.233 --> 08:16.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% they're very much involved in 08:16.466 --> 08:18.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% their educational activity of 08:18.466 --> 08:21.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% educating the public and less so 08:21.666 --> 08:24.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% with students on campus. 08:24.766 --> 08:27.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% So, how do we position CALS for 08:27.366 --> 08:29.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:37.5% future success? 08:29.766 --> 08:34.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% Well, we have created a 08:34.400 --> 08:36.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% hypothesis that what we really 08:36.633 --> 08:38.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% need to do is to position 08:38.333 --> 08:40.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% ourselves at the overlap between 08:40.233 --> 08:41.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% the two circles that you see 08:41.500 --> 08:43.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:12.5% here. 08:43.133 --> 08:44.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5% On the left are grand 08:44.366 --> 08:46.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% challenges. 08:46.533 --> 08:48.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% These are the great societal 08:48.500 --> 08:51.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% challenges of the day and those 08:51.900 --> 08:53.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% that we envision that will be 08:53.933 --> 08:56.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% arising during this century. 08:56.800 --> 08:59.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% And the one on the right really 08:59.133 --> 09:00.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% represents our strengths or our 09:00.933 --> 09:02.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% competitive advantages. 09:02.866 --> 09:04.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% And we think that we need to 09:04.666 --> 09:07.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% identify this overlap spot where 09:07.200 --> 09:08.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% we have great strengths that 09:08.933 --> 09:10.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% will allow us to address the big 09:10.933 --> 09:15.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% challenges of the future. 09:15.166 --> 09:17.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% So, we've initiated a strategic 09:17.766 --> 09:19.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% positioning effort for the 09:19.733 --> 09:21.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% college to address these and 09:21.733 --> 09:23.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40% other questions. 09:23.700 --> 09:27.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% So, we're not the only ones 09:27.333 --> 09:29.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% thinking about the grand 09:29.800 --> 09:31.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5% challenges facing our 09:31.866 --> 09:33.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% disciplines, the places where we 09:33.800 --> 09:36.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% can really make an impact. 09:36.333 --> 09:38.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% The USDA is thinking about that. 09:38.333 --> 09:40.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% The National Science Foundation, 09:40.633 --> 09:42.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% NIH, our major funding 09:42.100 --> 09:43.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:42.5% institutions are. 09:43.500 --> 09:46.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% Also, there was just a report of 09:46.233 --> 09:48.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% the President's Council of 09:48.333 --> 09:50.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% Advisors on Science and 09:50.333 --> 09:52.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% Technology addressing several 09:52.700 --> 09:55.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5% issues. 09:55.066 --> 09:57.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% One is on training students in 09:57.566 --> 10:00.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% our science disciplines. 10:00.033 --> 10:01.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% There's been a similar report on 10:01.900 --> 10:03.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% how to advance agriculture in 10:03.900 --> 10:06.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5% the coming decades. 10:06.100 --> 10:07.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% And the National Academy of 10:07.966 --> 10:10.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% Sciences has also recently 10:10.500 --> 10:13.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% undertaken an effort to see 10:13.633 --> 10:15.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% where biology is going in the 10:15.700 --> 10:17.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% 21st century and how it can be, 10:17.900 --> 10:20.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% how the recent advances with all 10:20.566 --> 10:22.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% the tools that we have in basic 10:22.466 --> 10:24.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% science can be applied to some 10:24.300 --> 10:26.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% of these grant challenges. 10:26.400 --> 10:28.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% So we've been using these as 10:28.233 --> 10:29.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% resources as well as other 10:29.866 --> 10:33.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:20% sources. 10:33.133 --> 10:35.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% Well, I think that this figure 10:35.466 --> 10:37.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% really puts a lot of this in 10:37.166 --> 10:38.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:20% context. 10:38.933 --> 10:41.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% If there's one factor that 10:41.033 --> 10:42.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% creates a lot of challenge and 10:42.866 --> 10:45.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% has a lot of impact on the need 10:45.000 --> 10:47.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% for our expertise, it's the 10:47.033 --> 10:49.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% growing human population. 10:49.500 --> 10:51.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% And although this is a cartoon, 10:51.466 --> 10:53.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% it is absolutely to scale and 10:53.366 --> 10:55.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% shows what an unprecedented 10:55.766 --> 10:58.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% situation we find ourselves in. 10:58.233 --> 11:00.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% For most of human history, we 11:00.866 --> 11:02.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% had a slow growth in the 11:02.866 --> 11:05.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% population until the industrial 11:05.300 --> 11:07.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% revolution, and then more 11:07.433 --> 11:09.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% recently really fast growth 11:09.966 --> 11:13.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% projected through this century. 11:13.533 --> 11:15.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% And although we don't really 11:15.633 --> 11:17.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% know what this top point will 11:17.633 --> 11:19.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% be, a lot of experts say we will 11:19.733 --> 11:21.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% probably level off around about 11:21.500 --> 11:23.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% this point. 11:23.800 --> 11:25.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% Around nine or 10 billion 11:25.333 --> 11:26.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5% people. 11:26.866 --> 11:29.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% We're currently at seven. 11:29.133 --> 11:30.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% And we've never had this many 11:30.833 --> 11:33.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% people on the Earth, and it 11:33.066 --> 11:35.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% creates a lot of new challenges. 11:35.933 --> 11:38.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% First and foremost, increased 11:38.866 --> 11:40.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% demand for the products of the 11:40.933 --> 11:42.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:15% Earth. 11:42.800 --> 11:45.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% Food, energy, fiber, other 11:45.166 --> 11:47.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% renewable materials, and 11:47.100 --> 11:49.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% non-renewable materials. 11:49.566 --> 11:51.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% And from the standpoint of 11:51.633 --> 11:53.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% agriculture when we think about 11:53.333 --> 11:55.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% this, in the 20th century, we 11:55.066 --> 11:57.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% had phenomenal success at 11:57.033 --> 11:59.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% increasing production, but that 11:59.300 --> 12:01.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% was with not only advances in 12:01.900 --> 12:03.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% genetics, but a lot of input, 12:03.666 --> 12:07.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% irrigation, fertilizer, and so 12:07.966 --> 12:11.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% on, and bringing more land into 12:11.033 --> 12:12.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:30% cultivation. 12:12.966 --> 12:14.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% But now we don't really have the 12:14.966 --> 12:17.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% capacity to expand the areas 12:17.433 --> 12:19.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% that are farmed, and we're 12:19.666 --> 12:22.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% worried about environmental 12:22.733 --> 12:25.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% quality and sustainability. 12:25.366 --> 12:27.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% So the solutions that we had in 12:27.300 --> 12:29.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% the last century are not going 12:29.166 --> 12:31.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% to be effective for this century 12:31.200 --> 12:34.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% in boosting our production. 12:34.000 --> 12:36.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% In addition, we have a changing 12:36.000 --> 12:37.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% climate, and in ways that's not 12:37.833 --> 12:40.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5% entirely predictable. 12:40.166 --> 12:41.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% So that's bringing new 12:41.766 --> 12:43.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% challenges, volatile weather 12:43.166 --> 12:45.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:22.5% patterns. 12:45.233 --> 12:46.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% Last year it was drought. 12:46.966 --> 12:48.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% We also have seen more strong 12:48.366 --> 12:50.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5% storms. 12:50.066 --> 12:51.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% So, the fact that we have 12:51.933 --> 12:53.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% limited natural resources and a 12:53.966 --> 12:56.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% changing climate really makes it 12:56.200 --> 12:58.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% even more challenging to meet 12:58.500 --> 13:00.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% the demands of a growing world 13:00.433 --> 13:02.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% population. 13:02.733 --> 13:04.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% We also have changing health 13:04.500 --> 13:06.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% challenges, many that have been 13:06.533 --> 13:08.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% with us, but just as we have the 13:08.466 --> 13:10.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% current seven billion, we've got 13:10.933 --> 13:13.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% a hundred billion hungry people, 13:13.733 --> 13:15.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% we also have about a hundred 13:15.833 --> 13:18.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% people estimated that would be 13:18.000 --> 13:21.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% obese or quite overweight. 13:21.666 --> 13:24.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% So, with that over-nutrition 13:24.700 --> 13:26.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5% comes a lot of health 13:26.366 --> 13:27.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% challenges. 13:27.966 --> 13:30.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% We have different communicable 13:30.100 --> 13:32.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% diseases also arising, some of 13:32.600 --> 13:35.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% them related to animal health as 13:35.633 --> 13:37.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:12.5% well. 13:37.800 --> 13:39.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% And, of course, all of these 13:39.900 --> 13:41.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% things impact the health of 13:41.533 --> 13:43.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% communities and society and 13:43.633 --> 13:46.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% relate to issues even such as 13:46.566 --> 13:48.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:45% national security. 13:48.433 --> 13:50.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% So, I think you'd agree that 13:50.166 --> 13:51.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% these are all really very, very 13:51.633 --> 13:53.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5% urgent. 13:53.433 --> 13:55.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% And so, I guess it's good news 13:55.800 --> 13:59.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% for us that we have new tools, 13:59.033 --> 14:01.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% growing knowledge base to 14:01.600 --> 14:03.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% address these kinds of 14:03.233 --> 14:05.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% questions, and I think, for 14:05.300 --> 14:06.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% those of us in CALS, we're not 14:06.833 --> 14:08.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% going to run out of work to do 14:08.800 --> 14:11.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:35% any time soon. 14:15.666 --> 14:18.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% So, in addition to the need for 14:18.166 --> 14:19.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% our expertise to address these 14:19.733 --> 14:22.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% challenges, there's also the 14:22.433 --> 14:24.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% need to train the new generation 14:24.600 --> 14:26.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% to enter the workforce and to 14:26.733 --> 14:29.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% think creatively about problem 14:29.633 --> 14:31.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% solving, in some cases for 14:31.966 --> 14:33.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% problems that we haven't yet 14:33.733 --> 14:36.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% learned how to articulate, 14:36.033 --> 14:38.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% emerging issues that we don't 14:38.233 --> 14:39.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:37.5% understand yet. 14:39.933 --> 14:41.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% So we have to train the next 14:41.600 --> 14:43.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% generation to be creative 14:43.466 --> 14:45.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% thinkers, critical thinkers, 14:45.900 --> 14:48.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% problem solvers, so that they 14:48.000 --> 14:50.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% will be contributing to 14:50.933 --> 14:53.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% addressing these issues. 14:53.600 --> 14:57.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% So, we have a need for a plan 14:57.800 --> 15:01.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% for the college going forward, 15:01.700 --> 15:03.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% and to segue from the comments I 15:03.333 --> 15:05.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% was just making about training 15:05.233 --> 15:07.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% the next generation, locally 15:07.000 --> 15:08.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% here we have a changing 15:08.666 --> 15:11.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% enrollment. 15:11.000 --> 15:12.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% So, this shows the change in 15:12.966 --> 15:16.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% percent enrollment in CALS in 15:16.233 --> 15:18.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% the red line, maybe you can't 15:18.800 --> 15:20.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% see the color, but it's the line 15:20.533 --> 15:22.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% that's sloping up there. 15:22.733 --> 15:25.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% And overall you see that UW 15:25.933 --> 15:28.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% Madison has stayed roughly the 15:28.833 --> 15:31.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% same size, increased over the 15:31.500 --> 15:34.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% last decade of a couple percent. 15:34.633 --> 15:36.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% Whereas in the College of 15:36.633 --> 15:38.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% Agricultural and Life Sciences, 15:38.500 --> 15:40.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% we've seen a dramatic growth 15:40.700 --> 15:42.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% especially in the last five 15:42.500 --> 15:44.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% years, and this seems to be 15:44.433 --> 15:46.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5% continuing up and not 15:46.200 --> 15:48.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% plateauing. 15:48.200 --> 15:50.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% Our graduate enrollment has been 15:50.333 --> 15:53.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% pretty stable at about 900-950 15:53.400 --> 15:55.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% students or so pursuing Masters 15:55.800 --> 15:57.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40% and PhD degrees. 15:57.866 --> 15:59.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% So, we're really thrilled about 15:59.566 --> 16:01.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% the interests of students in our 16:01.533 --> 16:04.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% areas, and we need to think 16:04.233 --> 16:07.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% carefully about how we can 16:07.933 --> 16:10.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% respond to this dramatic uptick 16:10.300 --> 16:12.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% in the interest in our programs. 16:12.533 --> 16:15.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% We can look at this on the 16:15.933 --> 16:18.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% background of our capacity to 16:18.833 --> 16:21.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% train students based on the 16:21.633 --> 16:24.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% number of faculty that we have. 16:24.633 --> 16:26.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% And here again, you see the dark 16:26.533 --> 16:28.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% red line, this time it's falling 16:28.400 --> 16:30.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:12.5% down. 16:30.000 --> 16:32.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% So this is percent change in the 16:32.500 --> 16:35.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% CALS faculty where we have seen 16:35.233 --> 16:38.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% a loss of faculty positions. 16:38.266 --> 16:41.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% So, over, this is a 30-year 16:41.233 --> 16:43.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% period, we've had a loss of 16:43.566 --> 16:45.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% about 30% of our faculty 16:45.366 --> 16:47.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:20% numbers. 16:47.400 --> 16:50.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% UW as a whole has varied, but, 16:50.900 --> 16:53.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% right now, UW as a whole is 16:53.933 --> 16:56.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% about where it was 25 to 30 16:56.966 --> 17:01.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25% years ago. 17:01.533 --> 17:04.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% So, we have increasing interest 17:04.300 --> 17:06.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40% in our programs. 17:06.133 --> 17:07.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% We have to train students to be 17:07.966 --> 17:10.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:45% creative thinkers. 17:10.233 --> 17:11.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% And there are other issues 17:11.900 --> 17:13.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% around education that we're 17:13.233 --> 17:14.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5% thinking about too. 17:14.400 --> 17:16.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% On the left here we see our 17:16.066 --> 17:17.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% current interim chancellor, 17:17.700 --> 17:20.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% David Ward, who has encouraged 17:20.233 --> 17:22.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% us to think big, to set our 17:22.100 --> 17:24.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% sights high, and he's also 17:24.466 --> 17:26.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% encouraged us to be creative in 17:26.933 --> 17:28.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% what we're thinking about in 17:28.466 --> 17:29.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% terms of the way that we train 17:29.700 --> 17:31.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:22.5% students. 17:31.866 --> 17:33.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% And an interesting quote from 17:33.500 --> 17:35.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% him is that we need to be 17:35.900 --> 17:37.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% thinking more about 16th century 17:37.966 --> 17:39.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% methods than 20th century 17:39.300 --> 17:41.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:20% methods. 17:41.366 --> 17:43.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% And that seems counterintuitive, 17:43.400 --> 17:46.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% but what he is saying is that we 17:46.066 --> 17:48.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% really need to be able to work 17:48.333 --> 17:50.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% with students in small groups to 17:50.400 --> 17:52.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% coach them, to get them to work 17:52.333 --> 17:54.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25% in groups. 17:54.133 --> 17:56.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% So, for example, one of the 17:56.133 --> 17:57.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% innovations that we are all 17:57.900 --> 18:00.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% talking about is the flipped 18:00.166 --> 18:02.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25% classroom. 18:02.000 --> 18:03.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% The flipped classroom refers to 18:03.700 --> 18:05.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% the fact that students in this 18:05.600 --> 18:07.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% kind of a training environment 18:07.766 --> 18:10.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% listen to lectures at home with 18:10.600 --> 18:13.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% material online, and then they 18:13.300 --> 18:14.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% come to class to do their 18:14.966 --> 18:16.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:22.5% homework. 18:16.433 --> 18:17.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40% So it's flipped. 18:17.933 --> 18:19.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% Instead of coming to class to 18:19.366 --> 18:21.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% hear the lecture, they hear that 18:21.066 --> 18:22.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% at home, and they do the 18:22.633 --> 18:24.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% homework while they're in class. 18:24.466 --> 18:26.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% Well, not just homework but 18:26.033 --> 18:27.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% problem sets, collaborative 18:27.900 --> 18:29.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40% work, and so on. 18:29.900 --> 18:31.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% So, this is just one of the 18:31.633 --> 18:33.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% types of innovations that we're 18:33.166 --> 18:34.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:37.5% thinking about. 18:34.766 --> 18:36.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% And, of course, we're thinking 18:36.333 --> 18:38.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% about how to effectively use 18:38.466 --> 18:40.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% electronic delivery of 18:40.066 --> 18:42.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% information to give students 18:42.433 --> 18:44.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% more access or just to be able 18:44.466 --> 18:46.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% to provide them with the best 18:46.200 --> 18:49.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5% tools for learning. 18:49.133 --> 18:50.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% So, where are we today? 18:50.633 --> 18:52.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% Well, some of our teaching isn't 18:52.500 --> 18:54.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% very contemporary or isn't very 18:54.400 --> 18:55.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:42.5% forward-thinking. 18:55.933 --> 18:57.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% You see here on the left is a 18:57.800 --> 19:00.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% classroom, a lecture hall in Ag 19:00.533 --> 19:02.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% Hall, right up at the other end 19:02.733 --> 19:04.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% of Henry Mall here, and this is 19:04.833 --> 19:06.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% the largest lecture room on 19:06.433 --> 19:08.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5% campus. 19:08.133 --> 19:10.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% So that's 20th century style. 19:10.633 --> 19:13.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% And on the right, you see a 19:13.133 --> 19:14.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% fermentation lab in the new 19:14.833 --> 19:16.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% microbiology building. 19:16.533 --> 19:18.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% One of the types of settings 19:18.800 --> 19:20.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% that allows students to work in 19:20.566 --> 19:22.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% small groups, hands-on, 19:22.400 --> 19:24.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% project-based learning. 19:24.366 --> 19:27.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% So we do the whole gamut of 19:27.000 --> 19:29.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% types of instructional 19:29.766 --> 19:32.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% activities. 19:32.766 --> 19:34.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% And we need to be thinking 19:34.833 --> 19:36.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% carefully about the best way to 19:36.733 --> 19:38.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% train students, and what's the 19:38.533 --> 19:40.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% best mix of all these kinds of 19:40.166 --> 19:42.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% approaches for different types 19:42.000 --> 19:45.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:30% of learners. 19:45.800 --> 19:48.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% So, we have assembled a team of 19:48.433 --> 19:51.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% about 18 folks, mostly inside 19:51.100 --> 19:53.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% the college, a mix of faculty, 19:53.633 --> 19:56.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% students, and staff and a couple 19:56.266 --> 19:58.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% of members of the CALS Board of 19:58.533 --> 20:00.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:22.5% Visitors. 20:00.400 --> 20:05.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% And those are Susan Crane, is 20:05.000 --> 20:06.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% our current president of the 20:06.666 --> 20:08.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% CALS Board of Visitors. 20:08.266 --> 20:09.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% She works for WE Energies in 20:09.800 --> 20:11.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% Milwaukee, and she is a dairy 20:11.466 --> 20:13.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5% farmer. 20:13.433 --> 20:15.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% And also Bill Oemichen, 20:15.400 --> 20:17.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% down here, our past president 20:17.966 --> 20:20.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% who works with cooperative 20:20.733 --> 20:22.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% businesses around the state and 20:22.900 --> 20:25.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:45% around the region. 20:25.400 --> 20:26.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% And we've been working since 20:26.533 --> 20:29.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% September on this task. 20:29.300 --> 20:32.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% So, one of the major approaches 20:32.200 --> 20:34.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% we've used is to get a lot of 20:34.100 --> 20:36.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% feedback from a lot of different 20:36.000 --> 20:38.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% people in different roles, 20:38.066 --> 20:40.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% faculty and staff, students, 20:40.800 --> 20:43.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% members of our stakeholder 20:43.900 --> 20:45.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% groups that interact with us a 20:45.966 --> 20:48.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% lot, members of the legislature 20:48.900 --> 20:55.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% and others. 20:55.233 --> 20:58.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% So, we have interpreted our 20:58.000 --> 20:59.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5% mission in a new way. 20:59.966 --> 21:01.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% That's our new mission statement 21:01.733 --> 21:03.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:12.5% here. 21:03.200 --> 21:05.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% For the college, our goal is to 21:05.000 --> 21:07.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% advance and share knowledge, 21:07.000 --> 21:08.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% discover solutions, and promote 21:08.866 --> 21:12.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% opportunities in food, 21:12.033 --> 21:14.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% agriculture, bioenergy, health, 21:14.866 --> 21:16.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% human well-being, and the 21:16.733 --> 21:18.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:30% environment. 21:18.666 --> 21:20.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% So, advancing in shared 21:20.633 --> 21:22.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% knowledge to us means everything 21:22.066 --> 21:24.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5% from basic science, 21:24.200 --> 21:25.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% understanding basic mechanisms, 21:25.966 --> 21:28.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:50% to the applications. 21:28.933 --> 21:31.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% Sharing knowledge refers to not 21:31.000 --> 21:32.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% only Extension but also our 21:32.966 --> 21:35.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% educational mission inside the 21:35.200 --> 21:38.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% university and beyond its walls. 21:38.066 --> 21:40.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% Our vision is to lead in 21:40.933 --> 21:43.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% science, innovation, and 21:43.433 --> 21:45.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% collaboration that improves life 21:45.866 --> 21:49.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% and sustains the natural world. 21:49.100 --> 21:52.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% And collaboration, I think, is a 21:52.766 --> 21:54.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% really important part of this. 21:54.833 --> 21:57.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% One of the emerging themes that 21:57.166 --> 21:59.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:50% came from all of our 21:59.266 --> 22:01.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% consultation and from all of the 22:01.833 --> 22:04.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% homework we did in reading of 22:04.533 --> 22:06.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% resources, the main point is the 22:06.366 --> 22:09.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% importance of interacting across 22:09.366 --> 22:11.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% disciplines to come up with 22:11.300 --> 22:13.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% creative solutions to these 22:13.366 --> 22:15.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% great grand challenges, we need 22:15.400 --> 22:17.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% to bring lots of different types 22:17.333 --> 22:19.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% of expertise together. 22:19.266 --> 22:21.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% Also, we hear from students 22:21.133 --> 22:23.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% frequently that they want to 22:23.433 --> 22:26.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% have diverse types of training. 22:26.366 --> 22:29.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% Students like to collect majors. 22:29.000 --> 22:30.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% I think the most I've heard of 22:30.766 --> 22:32.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:20% is four. 22:32.866 --> 22:34.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% Or they may like to have, also, 22:34.900 --> 22:37.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% certificates in different areas 22:37.000 --> 22:39.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% or create custom areas of study. 22:39.433 --> 22:41.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% So, I think this is important 22:41.666 --> 22:43.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% not just to be responsive to 22:43.566 --> 22:45.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% their interests but also in 22:45.800 --> 22:47.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% creating this new generation of 22:47.966 --> 22:50.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% creative individuals who have 22:50.000 --> 22:52.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% training and expertise from 22:52.000 --> 22:54.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:35% diverse areas. 22:54.366 --> 22:56.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% And so, attacking problems in a 22:56.533 --> 22:58.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% collaborative way is going to 22:58.833 --> 23:01.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% be, and is today already, an 23:01.700 --> 23:04.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% important tool that we have in 23:04.666 --> 23:07.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% meeting those challenges. 23:07.333 --> 23:09.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% Now, we have a tag line, growing 23:09.566 --> 23:11.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% the future. 23:11.500 --> 23:13.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% You saw that in my first slide, 23:13.466 --> 23:17.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% my title slide, and I really 23:17.133 --> 23:18.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% like this because we are 23:18.933 --> 23:21.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% constantly thinking of a future 23:21.366 --> 23:23.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% focus, the challenges that we 23:23.466 --> 23:24.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% have, and how we are growing to 23:24.600 --> 23:26.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% meet that, including the growth 23:26.633 --> 23:30.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5% of human potential. 23:30.333 --> 23:31.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% So, one of the things that I 23:31.733 --> 23:34.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% asked our group to do is to 23:34.366 --> 23:37.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% identify some priority themes, 23:37.166 --> 23:39.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% themes of research areas that 23:39.600 --> 23:41.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% will be a priority for us going 23:41.433 --> 23:43.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% forward, but not only for 23:43.166 --> 23:45.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% research but also for training. 23:45.666 --> 23:48.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% And so we have six of those, six 23:48.633 --> 23:50.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% of these, and they're a work in 23:50.200 --> 23:51.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% progress, but I'll introduce 23:51.766 --> 23:53.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:30% them to you. 23:53.466 --> 23:55.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% The first is to enhance food 23:55.300 --> 23:57.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:20% systems. 23:57.166 --> 23:58.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% And by food systems, what we 23:58.933 --> 24:01.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% mean is the whole process of 24:01.800 --> 24:05.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% producing food from the field to 24:05.033 --> 24:07.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% the fork, from a local scale to 24:07.200 --> 24:09.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:37.5% a global scale. 24:09.566 --> 24:11.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% So it not only refers to raising 24:11.766 --> 24:14.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% crops and food animals but also 24:14.866 --> 24:17.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% how food is processed, how it is 24:17.633 --> 24:20.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% transported, how it is available 24:20.933 --> 24:24.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% to people, and even the waste 24:24.566 --> 24:26.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% management. 24:26.833 --> 24:28.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% So this is a really very big 24:28.533 --> 24:30.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:15% topic. 24:30.466 --> 24:32.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% And there are many contemporary 24:32.700 --> 24:34.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% aspects of this that are new 24:34.733 --> 24:36.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% challenges. 24:36.533 --> 24:38.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% So, for example, getting 24:38.466 --> 24:42.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% appropriate food to urban areas. 24:42.200 --> 24:44.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% Today, we find that there are 24:44.733 --> 24:47.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% urban areas that lack access to 24:47.266 --> 24:49.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% balanced diet, fresh foods in 24:49.066 --> 24:51.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% particular. 24:51.233 --> 24:53.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% Urban agriculture is an emerging 24:53.366 --> 24:55.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% area, and it's one that we are 24:55.366 --> 24:57.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% making some of our first forays 24:57.133 --> 24:58.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:12.5% into. 24:58.466 --> 25:00.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% So, the goal here is that an 25:00.066 --> 25:01.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% effective food system is one 25:01.766 --> 25:03.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% that would ensure not only an 25:03.533 --> 25:06.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% abundant and affordable source 25:06.200 --> 25:08.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% of food, but it also has to be 25:08.733 --> 25:12.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% accessible, safe, secure in that 25:12.900 --> 25:15.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% it's reliable year to year, 25:15.466 --> 25:18.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% sustainable, nutritious, and 25:18.666 --> 25:20.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25% delicious. 25:20.300 --> 25:22.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% So this is a really big order. 25:22.733 --> 25:25.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% What we see here in the slides 25:25.300 --> 25:27.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% are a worker in, this is Babcock 25:27.933 --> 25:30.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% Hall's master cheesemaker, Gary 25:30.266 --> 25:32.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:42.5% Grossen, up here. 25:32.566 --> 25:35.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% This is Bill Tracy, who is the 25:35.000 --> 25:37.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% chair of agronomy and a 25:37.633 --> 25:40.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% sweetcorn breeder in the field. 25:40.166 --> 25:42.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% These are some students working 25:42.700 --> 25:44.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% at Bucky's Butchery, processing 25:44.000 --> 25:46.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% some meats. 25:46.500 --> 25:48.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% And here is a school lunch. 25:48.433 --> 25:49.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% So this is a topic with many 25:49.566 --> 25:52.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5% facets. 25:52.400 --> 25:56.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% Another theme is continuing to 25:56.000 --> 25:59.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5% improve human health. 25:59.633 --> 26:01.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% And not only fighting disease 26:01.666 --> 26:04.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% but maintaining healthfulness. 26:04.700 --> 26:08.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% This is a long topic of, it has 26:08.133 --> 26:10.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% a rich history in CALS, 26:10.500 --> 26:12.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% dating back to vitamin D 26:12.400 --> 26:14.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% research early on and continuing 26:14.500 --> 26:16.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5% to the present day. 26:16.566 --> 26:17.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% That's the chemical symbol that 26:17.900 --> 26:19.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% you see along the left is 26:19.166 --> 26:22.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25% vitamin D. 26:22.066 --> 26:25.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% And, today, we work hard at 26:25.066 --> 26:28.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% understanding the mechanisms of 26:28.033 --> 26:31.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% disease to enable development of 26:31.033 --> 26:32.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% new treatment methods. 26:32.900 --> 26:36.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% We have special expertise in 26:36.033 --> 26:38.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% metabolic diseases, including 26:38.300 --> 26:41.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% diabetes and obesity related 26:41.133 --> 26:43.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:15% areas. 26:43.700 --> 26:46.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5% We have commitment to 26:46.166 --> 26:48.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% understanding nutrients in food 26:48.333 --> 26:50.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% and how they contribute to 26:50.100 --> 26:51.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% health, with the idea that in 26:51.966 --> 26:53.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% the future we will have more 26:53.866 --> 26:55.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% personalized diets and 26:55.833 --> 26:58.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% functional foods, nutraceuticals 26:58.300 --> 27:00.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:32.5% and the like. 27:00.600 --> 27:02.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% And another aspect relates not 27:02.600 --> 27:04.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% only to human health but animal 27:04.533 --> 27:06.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% health and how these areas 27:06.633 --> 27:09.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% intersect, especially diseases 27:09.100 --> 27:12.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% that can have a reservoir in 27:12.833 --> 27:15.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% animal populations and cross 27:15.300 --> 27:22.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:42.5% over into humans. 27:22.866 --> 27:25.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% A third area that is a newer 27:25.133 --> 27:28.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% emphasis is bioenergy. 27:28.633 --> 27:31.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% Probably, I'll bet that this 27:31.600 --> 27:33.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% group has, in the past, had an 27:33.666 --> 27:35.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% opportunity to hear about 27:35.266 --> 27:36.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% bioenergy research that happens 27:36.966 --> 27:38.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25% on campus. 27:38.566 --> 27:40.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% We're very proud of the advances 27:40.566 --> 27:42.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% that we're making here, 27:42.533 --> 27:44.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% particularly in the area of 27:44.400 --> 27:47.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% using biomass or plant materials 27:47.033 --> 27:49.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% and waste materials to create 27:49.466 --> 27:52.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5% new energy sources. 27:52.000 --> 27:54.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% And this is something that 27:54.233 --> 27:56.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% really sent us back to the 27:56.000 --> 27:57.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% drawing board because, of 27:57.666 --> 27:59.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% course, we've raised, as humans, 27:59.666 --> 28:02.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% we've raised crops for millennia 28:02.333 --> 28:05.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% for consumption and for fiber. 28:05.466 --> 28:08.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% We've used them for energy in 28:08.500 --> 28:10.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% the sense of burning them, but 28:10.466 --> 28:13.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% to be able to create crops that 28:13.933 --> 28:16.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% we will harvest energy from to 28:16.166 --> 28:18.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% produce, for example, a liquid 28:18.033 --> 28:19.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% fuel that you can burn in your 28:19.800 --> 28:21.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% car or use for other purposes is 28:21.566 --> 28:23.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:10% new. 28:23.100 --> 28:25.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% And this sent us back to learn 28:25.066 --> 28:27.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% new things about how plants make 28:27.400 --> 28:30.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% biomass as well as how microbes 28:30.633 --> 28:33.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% can help degrade it and turn it 28:33.200 --> 28:35.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40% into new things. 28:35.600 --> 28:37.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% Not only energy is important, 28:37.700 --> 28:40.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% but using renewable sources, 28:40.266 --> 28:42.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% such as biomass, is another 28:42.600 --> 28:46.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% objective is to create new 28:46.133 --> 28:49.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% products from those materials. 28:49.200 --> 28:51.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% And we're also looking at animal 28:51.333 --> 28:55.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% waste and parts of animals that 28:55.000 --> 28:57.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% we don't consume, that we don't 28:57.500 --> 28:59.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5% eat, for creating new 28:59.533 --> 29:01.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% bioproducts that will influence 29:01.600 --> 29:04.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% health and for other uses. 29:08.000 --> 29:09.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% Fostering healthy ecosystems is 29:09.533 --> 29:12.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% really important, obviously. 29:12.433 --> 29:14.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% Our ecosystems provide us with a 29:14.566 --> 29:16.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:10% lot. 29:16.100 --> 29:17.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% Not only products, but what we 29:17.400 --> 29:19.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% call ecosystem services, such as 29:19.900 --> 29:23.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% cleaning water, managing floods, 29:23.266 --> 29:25.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% as wildlife habitat, recreation, 29:25.400 --> 29:27.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25% and so on. 29:27.266 --> 29:29.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% And sometimes these different 29:29.166 --> 29:30.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% objectives for using a landscape 29:30.733 --> 29:32.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5% come into conflict. 29:32.966 --> 29:35.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% Competing demands of this sort 29:35.866 --> 29:37.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% are going to become even more 29:37.966 --> 29:39.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% intense as the population 29:39.700 --> 29:41.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:45% continues to grow. 29:41.666 --> 29:43.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% So, our goal, really, is to go 29:43.933 --> 29:46.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% beyond conservation, beyond 29:46.133 --> 29:48.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% sustaining current environmental 29:48.333 --> 29:50.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% quality towards a more resilient 29:50.233 --> 29:52.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5% future. 29:52.133 --> 29:54.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% And the goal is that we need to 29:54.000 --> 29:55.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% understand the interactions 29:55.700 --> 29:57.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% among all of these functions and 29:57.733 --> 30:00.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% also create new inventive 30:00.233 --> 30:02.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% technologies that will foster 30:02.666 --> 30:05.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% innovative management systems 30:05.033 --> 30:07.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% for ecosystems as well as 30:07.133 --> 30:09.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% appropriate policies and 30:09.433 --> 30:12.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5% economic opportunities. 30:16.166 --> 30:17.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% I think we're up to the fifth 30:17.900 --> 30:20.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% one now, and that is related to 30:20.200 --> 30:22.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:37.5% climate change. 30:22.600 --> 30:26.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% Our goals here are to mitigate 30:26.533 --> 30:28.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% the effects of climate change 30:28.100 --> 30:30.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% and also to adapt to them. 30:30.800 --> 30:33.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% We anticipate that this is going 30:33.333 --> 30:35.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% to become an increasingly 30:35.500 --> 30:37.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% important theme in the coming 30:37.333 --> 30:39.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% decades and that we need to find 30:39.633 --> 30:43.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% a way to have robust solutions 30:43.866 --> 30:47.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% to erratic weather patterns and 30:47.266 --> 30:50.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% general warming of the climate. 30:50.000 --> 30:52.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% The kinds of problems that we 30:52.133 --> 30:54.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% expect to deal with are extreme 30:54.566 --> 30:58.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% weather events, drought in some 30:58.100 --> 31:00.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% cases, warming temperatures, but 31:00.066 --> 31:03.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% also changes in interactions 31:03.533 --> 31:06.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% among organisms with new pests 31:06.100 --> 31:08.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% and pathogens coming into our 31:08.333 --> 31:10.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:12.5% area. 31:10.633 --> 31:13.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5% So these are our many 31:13.033 --> 31:14.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% challenges, and we're already at 31:14.766 --> 31:17.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:50% work on these areas. 31:17.833 --> 31:20.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% Finally, as a life scientist, 31:20.166 --> 31:21.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% sometimes I have to be reminded 31:21.900 --> 31:23.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% to not forget the social 31:23.666 --> 31:26.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% sciences, but we also have to be 31:26.000 --> 31:28.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% thinking about how all of these 31:28.133 --> 31:30.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% areas impact our community 31:30.633 --> 31:33.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% health and economic development. 31:33.266 --> 31:35.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% We need to ensure healthy local 31:35.366 --> 31:37.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% economies and prosperous stable 31:37.533 --> 31:39.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% communities, and this requires 31:39.766 --> 31:41.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60% understanding both their 31:41.633 --> 31:43.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% internal dynamics and the nature 31:43.600 --> 31:45.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% of their interactions with 31:45.366 --> 31:47.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% national and global systems. 31:47.733 --> 31:49.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% So, this kind of understanding 31:49.766 --> 31:51.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% is the foundation for good 31:51.533 --> 31:53.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% policy advice at community, 31:53.400 --> 31:56.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5% state, and national levels. 31:58.366 --> 31:59.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% So, the next steps, we still 31:59.866 --> 32:03.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% have quite a bit of work to do. 32:03.466 --> 32:05.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% A next step will be beginning to 32:05.400 --> 32:07.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% implement these ideas in the 32:07.633 --> 32:10.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:20% college. 32:10.233 --> 32:12.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% One of the very next steps will 32:12.000 --> 32:13.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% be to have our academic programs 32:13.833 --> 32:15.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% and departments map their 32:15.866 --> 32:17.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% current activities to our 32:17.600 --> 32:19.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40% priority themes. 32:19.900 --> 32:21.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% And we are now undertaking 32:21.733 --> 32:23.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% planning for our educational 32:23.333 --> 32:25.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:20% mission. 32:25.100 --> 32:27.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% What programs we want to grow, 32:27.200 --> 32:28.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% new opportunities, and, of 32:28.833 --> 32:31.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55% course, new innovative 32:31.233 --> 32:34.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% approaches to training students. 32:34.966 --> 32:37.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% So, why does all of this matter? 32:37.366 --> 32:39.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% Well, we want to inspire the 32:39.366 --> 32:41.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% next generation of citizens and 32:41.533 --> 32:43.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% scientists. 32:43.333 --> 32:45.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% We want to ensure a healthier 32:45.400 --> 32:47.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% future for our ecosystems and 32:47.500 --> 32:49.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% for humans and the planet in 32:49.733 --> 32:53.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5% general by our science and by 32:53.000 --> 32:55.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% training this next generation of 32:55.166 --> 32:57.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40% problem solvers. 32:57.200 --> 32:58.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% And we think that solutions are 32:58.466 --> 33:00.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% best identified by cooperation 33:00.500 --> 33:02.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:45% and collaboration. 33:02.500 --> 33:04.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% We need to ensure that our 33:04.733 --> 33:06.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% structure and the way we use our 33:06.966 --> 33:10.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% resources best allows for that 33:10.000 --> 33:13.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% and even encourages creativity. 33:13.666 --> 33:15.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65% So, by being purposeful in 33:15.366 --> 33:18.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5% planning, we are all pulling in 33:18.333 --> 33:21.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5% the same direction. 33:21.800 --> 33:23.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80% So, I want to thank you for your 33:23.133 --> 33:25.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5% attention this afternoon. 33:25.400 --> 33:27.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70% I've been very pleased to be 33:27.033 --> 33:28.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75% here, and thanks for listening 33:28.466 --> 33:31.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5% to my talk. 33:31.266 --> 33:32.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:50% Thank you very much. 33:32.866 --> 33:34.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25% [APPLAUSE]