Merging Intellectual Merit and Broader Impact of University Research Activities Through Industrial Collaborations The support of the National Science Foundation with the following grants is gratefully acknowledged: Beyond a Supramolecular Approach to Structure and Reactivity of Organic Molecules (CHE 0415516) Understanding Chemical Complexity and Diversity Through Collaboration and Integration (CHE Professor Nicholas J. Turro of Columbia University has sought to design research that attacks important problems of the chemical industry and also possesses a high level of intellectual merit. Nicholas J. Turro Columbia University A strategy for success in industrial collaborations has been to develop partnerships for which both the academic and industrial partners are stakeholders in the execution and success of the projects. Inherent in this strategy is the gratification that both sides enjoy participating in effective team work, the sharing of cultural and scientific diversity and the continuous quality and intellectual improvement through collaboration. Alcatel-Lucent This highlight describes the research of a network of collaborations with Columbia University and industrial scientists that are of high importance to the chemical industry and also possess a high level of intellectual merit as evidenced by publications described in this Highlight. .