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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URMA Live!

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Annual Conference Recap

Join URMA to hear about and discuss the recent annual conference at UNC-Chapel Hill. Four conference attendees—Adria Amos, Emma Candelier, Heather Noel, and Brianna Shepard—will share their experiences and takeaways. All are welcome!

Wednesday, June 26
2-3 p.m. EST

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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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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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December URMA Live!

There and Back Again: UNC Research’s epic journey from print to digital to print

DATE: December 4, 2024

TIME: 2:00 pm—3:00 pm EST

FORMAT: Zoom

Alyssa LaFaro, URMA member and research communications manager at UNC-Chapel Hill, will share UNC Research’s “epic journey” from print to digital to print.

Her office was formed in 1984 to produce (Read More…)

Alyssa will share the story of this evolution, including her strategy for pitching a print magazine to research administrators, what kind of team it takes to produce a print magazine in house, their distribution plan and recent rebrand, how the print edition is used to complement online content, and much more.

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November URMA Live!

Global insights into university research communication practices

DATE: November 6, 2024

TIME: 2:00 pm—3:00 pm EST

FORMAT: On-Line

URMA member Justin Shaw, UK-based Chief Higher Education Consultant at Communications Management, has been undertaking a review of university research communications around the world. In this session (Read More…)

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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…)

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