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URMA is for research communicators

We promote excellence and professionalism among those who write, edit, design, and publish magazines, e-newsletters, social media, and multimedia about research at a university, nonprofit research center, agency or institute.

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We’re living in a golden age of newsletters, and your institution can tap into this powerful way of sharing stories even if you are not a tech geek and even if you don’t have tons of new content every week. Join us!

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Want to join a dynamic group of research communicators in a small, active organization?

URMA has an e-discussion group where we share resources, opportunities and challenges we have in communicating research, both internally and externally, to receive feedback from peers.

Every year, we get to travel to different universities for our annual conference. And every month we host URMA Live! to learn from each other and from other professionals on a variety of topics.

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I saw URMA as an opportunity to learn from people who’ve been doing this a while, and maybe steal a few ideas in the process. I wasn’t disappointed.

— Bob Whitby, University of Arkansas

URMA is a unique organization bringing together communication talents from around the world, imparting skills and expanding networks, which is parallel to none.

— David Barczak, University of Delaware

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Promoting excellence and professionalism among those who communicate scientific research and scholarship through print and electronic channels

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Promote public understanding of academic research, scholarship and creative activity.

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URMA Live!

Join us for the latest “URMA Live!” event or mark your calendar for the a future session. This is a monthly event so sign up today.

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Feb
26

February URMA Live!

Newsletters

DATE: February 26, 2025

TIME: 2:00 pm—3:00 pm EST

FORMAT: Zoom

Join us Feb. 26 for an URMA Live focused on e-newsletters!

We’re living in a golden age of newsletters, and your institution can tap into this powerful way of sharing stories even if you are not a (Read More…) tech geek and even if you don’t have tons of new content every week. Three URMA members will offer their insights about topics such as content, frequency, metrics and design in the next URMA Live session.

Panelists:
Kelley Christensen at University of Oregon
Michael Hughes at University of Notre Dame
Sarah Perdue at University of Wisconsin Madison

MODERATOR: Rachel Coker, Executive Director of Research Advancement, Binghamton University

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Feb
05

February URMA Live!

Special URMA Live!: Keeping Up with Executive Orders

DATE: February 5, 2025

TIME: 2:00 pm—3:00 pm EST

FORMAT: Zoom

We will gather for a special URMA Live! to discuss a timely issue: How are universities and institutions communicating amid a shifting landscape of executive orders with implications for research? (Read More…)

Catherine Zandonella, executive director of research and innovation communications at Cornell University, will moderate this session, sharing her own experiences, and Layla Dowdy, director of communications for UNC Research, will also report on how her office has managed this turbulent period. We’ll have lots of time for open discussion and sharing from attendees.

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Oct
13

2nd Annual Schoenberg Lectureship in partnership with Science Sundays: “Shooting the messenger: ‘Antisense’ therapies for rare diseases”

DATE: October 13, 2024

TIME: 3:00 pm—5:00 pm EST

FORMAT: In-Person at Fawcett Event Center
2400 Olentangy River Rd.
Columbus, OH 43210
United States

Ongoing basic research to understand how cells decode the information present in our genes has recently made it possible to develop new types of drugs. We will discuss one of the key steps in this (Read More…) genetic decoding, namely how messenger RNA (mRNA) undergoes splicing. Splicing edits each mRNA to remove non-coding segments, so that the information it carries can be used to make a protein. We will also discuss how mRNA splicing can be precisely manipulated with designer drugs called antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), for example to correct defective splicing in the context of disease. One notable example we will discuss is an ASO drug that is being used to prevent or treat a deadly neurodegenerative disease.

This event is free and open to the public.

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