Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11391
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5 pages., Online research report., A survey of 3,748 American-based scientists connected with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) found that 87% agreed with the statement, "Scientists should take an active role in public policy debates about issues related to science and technology." At the same time, "most scientists believe that science news coverage can pose problems for science."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29125
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Via Knight Science Journalism Tracker. 1 page., Reviews coverage by the St. Louis Beacon of genetic esearch intended to address the problem that rice dies fast in a flood.
International: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), Office of International Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: D07313
Paul Hixson Collection., This file contains six full issues of the newsletter. Incomplete collection. Individual articles within the issues are identified as separate ACDC documents. They can be identified by using the BibLeaves search system. Use "All fields" with "INTERPAKS Digest" in the search box.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: C05022
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James F. Evans Collection; See C05022 for original, In: MacDonald, June Fessenden, ed. Agricultural biotechnology : food safety and nutritional quality for the consumer. Ithaca, NY : National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, 1991. p. 58 -62
USA: Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities (MUCIA)
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09988
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This file, maintained in the ACDC collection, is from a broader set of related MUCIA folders which are contained in "International" files of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., Project file from MUCIA activities of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., Documents formation of the International Development Development Council of MUCIA, representing these five member universities: University of Illinois, Indiana University, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, and University of Wisconsin. File includes proposal correspondence, statement of purpose, and roles of participants in the Council.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11169
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See a summary of this resource in the "Abstract" section of this citation. See the broader "International Projects" section in records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., 14 pages., This file involves correspondence and orientation resources involving the International Development Research Centre and the Agricultural Communications Program at the University of Illinois. The project file, entitled "International Development Research Centre," is from the International section of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois. File includes reference information about IDRC (based in Ottawa, Canada) and the Asia Regional Office in Singapore. This information includes the history and mission of IDRC, including involvement in journalism training, scientific communications, and media development (print, radio, audiovisual). A closing section identifies five communications topics recommended for exploration.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29122
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Via Knight Science Journalism Tracker. 2 pages., Reviews an article about residents of Kazakhstan who rode, employed and drank the milk of horses more than 5,000 years ago.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08288
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National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishing Sector Council., Includes a dictionary of terms for agricultural, forestry, and fishing safety and health professionals.
This partial Update journal set includes 16 monthly issues beginning with No. 12 (February 1985) and ending with No. 22 (October 1987). The OCIAC file is maintained at the office of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - "International" file section - "OCIAC" file folder., Office of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 4 p. [each issue]
Reports from several states on methods they use in planning, preparing and distributing print materials published by the Experiment Station or Extension Service.
Feels that experiment station literature is losing ground in the scientific world. "..scientists generally are not looking to the experiment station bulletin for important contributions to science." Suggests that the station editor can help maintain high scientific standards, as well as high editorial standards. "Briefly, then, believing that the chief function of an experiment station is to experiment and that the chief purpose of its publications is to describe the experiments and announce the results rather than to persuade people to adopt new and supposedly better practices, we are striving to raise the standards of our technical publications addressed to the scientist, whether he is primarily interested in agricultural research or not, and to make the publications addressed to our farmers technically sound and practically worth while."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 103 Document Number: C08825
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The 93rd annual meeting of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists --Communications Section. Greensboro, North Carolina. February 4-7, 1996 75 p.
Extension editorial office, University of Wisconsin, provides sets of fiber bulletin binders for use in vocational agriculture departments of Wisconsin high schools.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 134 Document Number: D11401
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30 pages., Online via website., "Despite the growing use of genetically modified crops over the past 20 years, most Americans say they know only a little about GM foods. And many people appear to hold 'soft' views about the health effects of GM foods, saying they are not sure about whether such foods are better or worse for one's health. ... a majority of Americans perceive disagreement in the scientific community over whether or not GM foods are safe to eat. And, only a minority of Americans perceive scientists as having a strong understanding of the health risks and benefits of GM foods."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09742
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NCR-90 Collection, Office of agricultural communications and extension education NCR-90 research report. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Page 2.
UK: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), United Kingdom.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26340
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Posted at http://www.defra.gov.uk/science/documents/publications/2004/Bioenergy%20Review%20Report.pdf, Report of the review held at the University of Warwick, Coventry, on June 17, 2003., Includes recommendations for effective dissemination of research findings, for attitude research among growers and the general public, and for local public involvement. Three selected pages photocopied.
Summarizes a presentation by Howard W. Blakeslee, science editor of the Associated Press, at the recent AAACE conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
USA: Federal Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 193 Document Number: D07271
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Hal R. Taylor collection, Reproduced with permission of Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company, Industrial Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2 pages.
Author emphasizes intellectual curiosity as a striking characteristic of the effective agricultural college editor. Among other cited credentials: agricultural college education, newspaper training and practical farm experience.
Summarizes a presentation by Lowell Treaster, director of public relations at Michigan State College, at the recent AAACE conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Presentation by R. W. Trullinger, chief of the office of experiment stations and assistant research administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, at 1950 AAACE conference. Calls for AAACE to become a stronger professional organization and urges development of strong agricultural journalism training programs. "Has your group gone on record urging the Association to increase opportunities for professional agricultural journalism?" "There must be a basic reason why the editorial departments are so frequently assigned quarters in the basement or attic; why the editor so often has to take on nondescript chores ranging from the duties of janitor to teaching English."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: C22471
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University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. 1 page., Includes the release, plus four pages of related information about the SPARK (Students Promoting Awareness of Research Knowledge) program.
Brief summary of a talk by J.T. Jardine, Chief, Office of Experiment Stations, U.S. Department of Agriculture, at 1931 AAACE convention, Corvallis, Oregon. American Association of Agricultural College Editors.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 125 Document Number: C17948
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28 p., Proceedings from a workshop sponsored by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
Summarizes a presentation by Russell Thackrey, executive secretary of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, at the recent AAACE conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.