Close to 50 people attended the annual gathering of the University Research Magazine Association. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hosted the conference. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessy)
Conference attendees take a tour on Lake Michigan aboard the Neeskay, the research ship operated by UWM's School of Freshwater Sciences. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessy)
Joe Kays (left) of the University of Florida and Rachel Coker of Binghamton University in New York check out a motorcycle at the Harley-Davidson Museum. Coker is president of the University Research Magazine Association; Kays is president-elect. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessy)
URMA speaker Kristen Coyne, web editor for the National MagLab, gets the feel of what it's like to ride a motorcycle at the Harley-Davidson Museum. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey).
Jim Nelson, deputy business editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and president of the Milwaukee Press Club, welcomes conference attendees at the Newsroom Pub. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessy)
Michael Lemonick, an editor at Scientific American, speaks with conference organizer Angela McManaman of UWM. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Associated Press chief medical writer Marilynn Marchione talks about how to get science stories noticed. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Alan Wiseman, UWM associate professor of physics, speaks about LIGO. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters Kathleen Gallagher and Mark Johnson talk about their "One in a Billion" series, which explored how doctors used gene sequencing for the first time to treat a patient. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Rachel Coker (in orange), the president of URMA, listens as Kathleen Gallagher and Mark Johnson speak. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
A university research communications conference hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee this week attracted editors and writers from Canada, Great Britain and across the United States.
Attendees at the University Research Magazine Association’s annual conference heard from experts who shared their knowledge about how best to communicate information about science and research.
