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Fostering Excellence: Enhancing Research Impact at RIT

Explore the CRIS framework by Provost Jeremy Haefner to elevate creativity, research, innovation, and scholarship at RIT. Learn about the aspirations, components, and call for action to support faculty, promote interdisciplinary work, and celebrate achievements.

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Fostering Excellence: Enhancing Research Impact at RIT

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  1. Creativity, Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Jeremy Haefner Provost 2011

  2. Aspirations CRIS At RIT 3 components Call for Action Current characterization of CRIS

  3. Current characterization ofCRIS @ RIT

  4. 5 Descriptors of Current CRIS Valued Inclusive Supported Evolving Impactful

  5. 3 Aspirations for CRIS @ RIT

  6. Aspiration #1: Teacher-Scholar What is it? Why have it? Lab Classroom Classroom Better learning Models behavior Thrill RIT brand

  7. Aspiration #2: Areas of Excellence Examples: • imaging science • deaf education • sustainable manufacturing • design • incubating emerging areas Characteristics: • multi- and inter-disciplinary • faculty clusters • substantial external support • terminal research curriculum • international recognition • research intensive

  8. Aspiration #3: Impact Make a material impact in improving the welfare of human life Transform fields Applied work Innovation

  9. Call to Action

  10. Call to Action I • Support faculty • Reduce loads strategically • Increase assistance support to researchers • Incentivize departments • Improve policies affecting research • Support work/life balance • Make better use of research space • Encourage/support interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary work

  11. Call to Action II • Specify criteria for tenure & promotion that will offer new ways to contribute: • Chairs, committees: embrace innovation work • Work with students must be recognized • External grants accepted as evidence of research and scholarship • Develop a strategic plan for CRIS • Celebrate accomplishments • Annual report of all scholarship • More awards and dissemination events

  12. Creativity, Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Conclusions and discussion Critical to RIT reputation Balanced path charted More work to be done

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