Awards and news
2011 Awards and Accolades
From the Council for Advancement and Support of Education:
- Perspectives (Ohio University): Gold Award, Excellence in Design: Editorial Design
- Illumination (Missouri): Gold Award, Research Magazines
- Illumination (Missouri): Gold Award, Web Magazines
- Washington State Magazine: Gold Award, Photographer of the Year (Zach Mazur)
- Washington State Magazine: Silver Award, Excellence in Design, Covers
- Oceanus (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution): Bronze Award, Periodical Staff Writing for External Audiences
From the Association of American Medical Colleges:
- Dartmouth Medicine: Award for Excellence, Robert G. Fenley Writing Award, for "What Matters"
- Dartmouth Medicine: Honorable Mention, Robert G. Fenley Writing Award, for "The Longest Run"
From the International Association of Business Communicators, Detroit Chapter:
- New Science (Wayne State University): Award of Excellence, in the annual reports category
- New Science (Wayne State University): Best in Show, Communication Creative category
2010 Awards and Accolades
From the Council for Advancement and Support of Education:
- Perspectives (Ohio University): Gold Award, Research Magazines
- Illumination (Missouri): Gold Award, Excellence in Design, Editorial
- Endeavors (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill): Silver Award, Periodical Staff Writing for External Audiences
- Illumination (Missouri): Bronze Award, Excellence in Design, Periodical
From the Critique and Awards Program of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Life and Human Sciences:
- Research Magazine (University of Guelph): Silver Award, photography
- Research Magazine (University of Guelph): Silver Award, print advertisements
- Research Magazine (University of Guelph): Silver Award, illustration
- University of Guelph: Silver Award, best magazine (for Advance Magazine)
- University of Guelph: Bronze Award, for logo development
- University of Guelph: Bronze Award, writing for newspapers
2009 Awards and Accolades
From the Council for Advancement and Support of Education:
- Illumination (Missouri): Gold Award, Research Magazines
- Research & Creative Activity (Indiana University): Gold Award, CASE District V, Best Specialized or Unit-Level Magazine
From the Association of American Medical Colleges:
- Dartmouth Medicine: Award of Excellence, Robert G. Fenley Writing Awards, for "The Poetry of Caregiving"
From the American Medical Writers Association:
- Dartmouth Medicine: Will Solimene Award of Excellence for "The Supply Side of Medicine"
- Dartmouth Medicine: Will Solimene Award of Excellence for "Sound & Silence"
- Dartmouth Medicine: Neil Duane Award of Distinction for "Sound & Silence"
2008 Awards and Accolades
From the Council for Advancement and Support of Education:
- Ideation (William and Mary): Bronze medal for best use of resources
- Illumination (University Of Missouri-Columbia): Silver medal for research magazines
- Illumination, web version (University Of Missouri-Columbia): Gold medal
- Illumination (University Of Missouri-Columbia): Two gold medals in visual design categories
- Perspectives (Ohio University): Silver medal for editorial design
- Research (Arizona State University): Gold medal for research magazines
- Washington State Magazine: Bronze medal for special evolution issue and Silver medal for feature writing (Lori Sudermann, writer)
- Yale Medicine: Bronze medal for best article of the year, “Little Mouse, Big Science.”
From the Association of American Medical Colleges:
- Dartmouth Medicine: Award of Excellence, Electronic Communications, Rich Media, for "Dartmouth Medicine Magazine's Web Extras"
- Dartmouth Medicine: Award of Distinction, External Audience Periodicals
From other agencies:
- Compass (USDA Forest Service): Second Place in the external magazine category from the National Association of Government Communicators
- Illumination (University Of Missouri-Columbia): Merit winner, Society for Publication Designers
- YORKU (York University, Canada): Gold medal for best magazine (Canadian Council for Advancement of Education)
Researching Research
A report in the Winter/Spring 2006 issue of Research Management Review presents results of a survey of senior research administrators at Carnegie Doctoral/Research Universities. Topics include the importance of research to the institution’s mission, research culture, research publicity and tech transfer. Respondents also offer insights into positive and negative trends in research administration. Download a PDF of the complete 11-page report here.
The 2005 survey of research magazines is available on the resources and support page (members only).

