research communications at the university of arkansas
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Research communications
At the University of Arkansas
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University relations
• A comprehensive communications office for campus.
• Writers, editors, designers and web.
• Disseminate information to many audiences.
• Our office produces more than 1,000 news releases, websites, publications, videos and other communications pieces each year.
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Science and research communications
• Melissa Lutz Blouin, senior director of academic communications
• Barbara Jaquish, science and research communications officer
• Matt McGowan, science and research communications officer
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Our mission(Should we choose to accept it…)
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Mission
• Support the University of Arkansas in the Transparency and Accountability (TAP) goals.
• Support the university in its quest to become one of the top public universities in the nation.
• Support the university in its quest to boost morale and support among its internal and external stakeholders.
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What?What interests people?
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Why? Public interest
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More public interest
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Changing media landscape
• Science news sections have disappeared
• Science blogs have sprung up in their place
• Many science writers are now freelancers
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Proactive communications
• Media relations
• Direct communications
• Collaborations
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How it works
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How? Our tools
• News releases
• News pitches
• Research Frontiers
• Experts list
• Videos
• Social media
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News releases
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Expert commentary
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Research magazine
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video
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Collaborations
• Government agencies
• Non-profit agencies
• Other institutions
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Who? Audiences
• National
• International
• State
• Local
• Internal
• US News decision makers
• State legislators
• Potential students
• Professors
• Potential donors
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When?Research or scholarship that is being published in a peer-
reviewed journal or presented at a national meeting.
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Thank you!Questions?
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Resources• Slime molds creep into the New York Times
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/
• Eumycetezoan Projecthttp://slimemold.uark.edu/
• http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/
• NYTimes: Slime molds on deadline; Alzheimer’s and addiction updates; Pathological altruism…
http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/2011/10/04/nytimes-slime-molds-on-deadline-alzheimers-and-addiction-updates-pathological-altruism/
• Large Field of Dinosaur Tracks Uncovered in Southwest Arkansashttp://newswire.uark.edu/article.aspx?id=16922
• Can Answers to Evolution Be Found in Slime?http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html
• Fayetteville as in Fatehttp://researchfrontiers.uark.edu/15932.php