URMA CONFERENCE 2019

Hosted by University of Houston

URMA Conference 2019

2019 URMA Conference host institution was University of Houston. From NASA’s Deputy Manager for ISS External Integration to NPR’s The Engines of Our Ingenuity URMA connected colleagues from universities and institutions across the country and abroad. Our conference features practitioners in realms such as journalism, design, photography, multimedia and other areas relevant to telling the stories of research. If you communicate about your institution’s research, URMA’s annual conference is for you.

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University of Houston

2019 URMA Host Institution

URMA 2019 was hosted by University of Houston from Xxxxx through Xxxxxx. Featuring everything from NASA to the Houston Chronicle .
University of Houston

2019 URMA Host Institution

URMA 2019 was hosted by University of Houston from Xxxxx through Xxxxxx. Featuring everything from NASA to the Houston Chronicle .

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

  • Ralph Grau, Deputy Manager, ISS External Integration, NASA
  • Terésa Dowell-Vest, Film and Television Director
  • Michelle A. Dowell-Vest, Communications Director and Podcast Host
  • John Lienhard, Ph.D., Author and Voice of NPR’s The Engines of Our Ingenuity
  • Alex Stuckey, NASA and Science Reporter for the Houston Chronicle
  • Scott Merville and Laura Harvey, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Adam Ruben, Ph.D., Author, Comedian and Molecular Biologist at John’s Hopkin’s University
  • Brad Deutser, Creative Strategist, Executive Coach and Founder/CEO of Deutser

MEMBER PRESENTATIONS

  • Kelly Hochbein, Lehigh University
  • Noel Rubinton, Brown University
  • Ted Boscia, Cornell University
  • Christina Dierkes, Ohio State University
  • Lori Friedman, Lehigh University
  • Catherine Zandonella, Princeton University
  • Beth Potier, University of New Hampshire
  • Diane Boudreau, Arizona State University
  • Joe Kays, University of Florida
  • Laura Perry, University of California Los Angeles

    Past Conferences

    To find out what types of things we cover at our conferences, check out our previous conference information by clicking on a conference graphic. Session videos and slides are available on our Member Resources page.