Planning for Future Research in Public Universities in Uncertain Times

2014 Retreat Participants

Keynote Speaker

• Sally Frost Mason, President, University of Iowa

Iowa State University

• Sarah Nusser, Vice President for Research
• Chitra Rajan, Associate Vice President for Research
• Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Emily Smith, Associate Professor, Chemistry

Kansas State University

• Karen Burg, Vice President for Research
• Ruth Dyer, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
• John F. Leslie, University Distinguished Professor and Head, Plant Pathology
• Chris Sorensen, Courtelyou-Rust University Distinguished Professor, University Distinguished Teaching Scholar

University of Kansas

• Bernadette Gray-Little, Chancellor
• Jeffrey Vitter, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
• Mabel Rice, Fred and Virginia Merrill Distinguished Professor of Advanced Studies; Director, Merrill Advanced Studies Center
• Danny Anderson, Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences; Professor of Spanish
• Richard Barohn, Vice Chancellor for Research, KUMC
• Jonathan Brumberg, Assistant Professor, Speech-Language-Hearing
• John Colombo, Director, Life Span Institute
• Douglas Girod, Executive Vice Chancellor, KUMC
• Joseph Heppert, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
• Mary Lee Hummert, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research
• Julie Nagel, Executive Director of Corporate Partnership
• Sara Rosen, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
• Robert Simari, Executive Dean, KU School of Medicine
• Deb Teeter, University Director, Office of Institutional Research and Planning
• Joy Ward, Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

University of Missouri

• Henry C. Foley, Senior Vice Chancellor for Research & Graduate Studies – MU; Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs – UM System
• Brian L. Foster, Provost Emeritus, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology
• Michele Kennett, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research
• Mark McIntosh, Professor and Chair, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Research Core Facilities

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• Harvey Perlman, Chancellor
• Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering
• Kurt Preston, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
• Prem S. Paul, Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development

Agenda 

Lied Lodge, Nebraska City, NE 

July 16-18, 2014 

Wednesday, July 16 

Opening Reception 

Dinner 

• Welcome by Mabel Rice, Director of the Merrill Advanced Studies Center at KU  
• Introduction of Participants 

Thursday, July 17 

Breakfast

Brief group photo shoot

Welcome – Mabel Rice  

Introduction of the keynote speaker – Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little, University of Kansas  

Keynote Address 

• President Sally Mason, University of Iowa, “Planning for Future Research in Public Universities in Uncertain Times” 
• Open Discussion – Moderator, Mabel Rice 

Break 

Research Administrator Panel 

• Harvey Perlman, Chancellor of the University of Nebraska, “Engaging with the Private Sector: Nebraska Innovation Campus” 
• Brian Foster, Provost Emeritus of the University of Missouri, “Adaptive Planning in a Chaotic Research Environment: Aligning Academic and Business Issues” 
• Jeffrey Vitter, Provost of the University of Kansas, “Enhancing University Research through Engagement and Collaboration” 
• Open Discussion – Moderator, Doug Girod 

Lunch

Researcher Panel 

• Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, “Revolutionizing science through simulation: A junior researcher’s perspective on research challenges in uncertain times” 
• Jonathan Brumberg, Assistant Professor, Speech-Language-Hearing, University of Kansas, “Interdisciplinary collaborations at work in brain-machine interface research” 
• Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska, “Collaborative research between engineering and life sciences: Influence of surface attachment on the biological properties of proteins” 
• Open Discussion – Moderator, Mary Lee Hummert 

Research Administrator Panel 

• Danny Anderson, Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Kansas, “Research, Productivity, and Pressures on Faculty Careers in the Era of Disruptive Change”  
• John Leslie, Head, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, “Stabilizing Research Departments in a 10% World” 
• Mark McIntosh, Professor and Chair, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri, “Strategic Investments in Research in Microbiology and Immunology – Importance of Technology Infrastructure” 
• Open Discussion – Moderator, John Colombo 

Break 

Panel 

• Karen Burg, Vice President for Research, Kansas State University, “Planning Interdisciplinarity in Uncertain Times: Research Centers” 
• Henry Foley, Executive Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Missouri, “New Approaches to Academic Intellectual Property Management” 
• Prem Paul, Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development, University of Nebraska, “Top Secrets to Growing University Research in Uncertain Times” 
• Sarah Nusser, Vice President for Research, Iowa State University, “Research Administration and Leadership – Perspectives of a New VPR” 
• Open Discussion – Moderator, Sara Rosen 

Dinner 

Friday, July 18 

Breakfast 

Opening Remarks – Mabel Rice 

Panel 

• Michele Kennett, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Missouri, “Anticipating New Directions in Human Subjects Research” 
• Chitra Rajan, Associate Vice President for Research, Iowa State University, “Developing Research Capacity and Infrastructure” 
• Richard Barohn, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Kansas Medical Center, “Frontiers: The Heartland Institute for Clinical and Translational Research – a Regional Resource” 
• Joseph Heppert, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Kansas, “Can research inform us about the efficacy of University STEM education?” 
• Open Discussion – Moderator, Mary Lee Hummert 

Break 

Panel 

• Kurt Preston, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Nebraska, “Department of Defense Research Funding: Opportunities, Idiosyncrasies, and Risk Analysis” 
• Emily Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, “The argument for investing in expensive research endeavors: Analytical chemistry as an example” 
• Joy Ward, Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, “Plant Responses in a World of Rising CO2 and Climate Change” 
• Chris Sorensen, Courtelyou-Rust University Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University, “37 Years an Academic Scientist” 

Final Discussion – Moderator, Mabel Rice 

Lunch and Departure