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Speeches
by Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.
President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Shirley Ann Jackson has written and spoken extensively about the challenges of sustaining the United State’s preeminence in science and technology. She notes that over the next 10 to 20 years the science and technology workforce in the U.S. will be retiring at record rates — and there are not enough people in the “pipeline” to replace them.
In the recent past, the U.S. has relied on non-U.S. students to come to this country and populate our graduate programs, but — particularly in the post-9/11 environment — this is no longer a given. She calls this overall situation a “quiet crisis” and warns of a “perfect storm” on the horizon that business, academic and government leaders must address.
Launching the Empire State STEM Learning Network
Empire State Progressive Dialogue on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
RPI, Troy, New York
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Educating and Innovating Our Way to a 21st Century Manufacturing Economy
City Club of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Friday, March 5, 2010 | PDF
Fueling the Economy: Exciting, Inviting, and Preparing the Next Generation of Innovators
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Monday, February 8, 2010 | PDF
Expediting Serendipity:
Building an Innovation Ecosystem
Detroit Economic Club
Detroit, Michigan
Thursday, October 8, 2009 | PDF
CERA Week 2009, Special Plenary: Models of Innovation
Plaza Room II, Level 3
The Westin Galleria
5060 West Alabama
Houston, Texas
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Leadership for a Comprehensive Energy Roadmap: The First 100 Days
National Press Club
Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
You Cannot Get There From Here: Why the U.S. Needs a Comprehensive Energy Security Roadmap
Commonwealth Club
San Francisco, California
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 | Press Release
Innovation and Human Capital: A Renewable Resource for a Secure Energy Future
The Ralph Coats Roe Lecture of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Orlando, Florida
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Discovery, Innovation, and Policy in Human Health
Keynote Symposium
47th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology
Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
From Uncertainty to Opportunity: Creating a Comprehensive Energy Roadmap and the Human Capital To Make It Happen
Baker Institute for Public Policy
Rice University
Houston, Texas
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
The Energy Question: Who Decides?
The Washington Post
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Education as an Economic Driver
WMHT-TV Capitaland Quarterly
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Innovation and Energy Security: A Leadership Odyssey
National Science Foundation
Arlington, Virginia
Monday, April 23, 2007
Energy Security: The Innovation Challenge
Earl Bakken Science Education Lecture
The Bakken Museum
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Science and Leadership: The Imperative
Gustav Pollak Lecture
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Science and Society: A Nexus of Opportunity
Science + Society: Closing the Gap
Boston, Massachusetts
Friday, January 17, 2007
Saluting the Leaders of the Future
Mid-Year Degree Convocation, Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colorado
Friday, December 15, 2006
Remarks
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Empires of the Mind
Fall Faculty Convocation, Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Powering Innovation Through Diversity
IBM Watson Research Labs
Yorktown Heights, New York
Monday, October 30, 2006
Global Lessons for Faculty Diversity
Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI)
Doctoral Education and the Faculty of the Future
Sunday, October 8, 2006
The National Urban Technology Center 10th Annual Gala
The Willard Intercontinental Hotel
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Energy Security: The “Space Race” of the New Millennium
Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, University of Maryland
Conference on “Energy: Cost and Crisis”
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Outstanding Teachers Create the Future
Today's Students, Tomorrow's Teachers
The Fountainhead, New Rochelle, New York
Thursday, May 4, 2006
Imagination and the Quiet Crisis
Lemelson-MIT Awards
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Tuesday, May 3, 2006
Fortuitous Convergences
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)
Newark, New Jersey
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Presentation of American Society Of Mechanical Engineers President’s Award
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Energy Security and the Quiet Crisis
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
The Converging Forces of the Quiet Crisis
Securities and Exchange Commission
African American Council
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Intellectual Security and the Quiet Crisis
Goldman Sachs Foundation & ETS Symposium
Princeton, New Jersey
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
A Powerful Convergence:
Energy Security and Intellectual Security
NACME Symposium 2005
Vienna, Virginia
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Powering Excellence Through Diversity
Achieving Excellence through Diversity
Academic Symposium and Inaugural Event
University of California Santa Cruz
Thursday, November 3, 2005
Innovation and Human Capital:
Energy Security and the Quiet Crisis
American Petroleum Institute
San Antonio, Texas
Monday, October 17, 2005
The Quiet Crisis and the Future of American Competitiveness
American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall National Meeting
Washington, D.C.
Monday, August 29, 2005
Nexus: Where Science Meets Society
AAAS Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, February 17, 2005
The View Above the Earth: A Global Perspective
Institute on Teaching and Mentoring
Atlanta, Georgia
Sunday, October 24, 2004
Engineering the Renaissance
NAE Engineer of 2020 National Education Summit
National Academy of Engineering, Washington, D.C.
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Championing the Champions
The Science Coalition’s Breakfast of Champions
Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Security, Innovation, and Human Capital in the Global Interest
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1800 K Street, NW Washington, D.C.
Thursday, June 17, 2004
Sustaining our National Capacity for Discovery and Innovation
Business Roundtable
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Leadership to Sustain Our National Capacity for Innovation
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Monday, May 3, 2004
The Perfect Storm: A Weather Forecast
American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting
Seattle, Washington
Saturday, February 14, 2004
Engineering Education in the 21st Century
Society of Women Engineers
Birmingham, Alabama
Saturday, October 11, 2003
A Bridge to the Future:
The New Engineer: Demographic Issues and BEST Practices
Engineer of 2020
National Academies Conference Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Tuesday, September 3, 2002
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