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CERC Branch: Outreach

contact: CERC Outreach Coordinator  (Marcia K Nelson  573-876-1875)
mknelson@usgs.gov

The role of science communication for CERC Outreach is to:  
  • Promote general awareness and programmatic priorities of CERC and the USGS.
  • Take CERC and USGS science beyond peer reviewed publications and professional societies
    • Science writing for multiple, targeted audiences

Activities include:

  • Communications through the Internet\Intranet
    • Design,
    • Development, and
    • Content maintenance
  • Information sheets
  • Publication Briefs  
  • Exhibits
  • Posters
  • Slide shows
  • Multimedia
  • Media relations
    • Print news, broadcast, electronic
    • Press releases,
    • Press conferences
  • Intergovernmental relations
    • Establish public relations contact with federal and state partners,
    • Develop shared resources, and
    • Contribute research news items
  • Nongovernmental and industry relations
    • Develop and foster community connections, and
    • Establish contact with NGO and industry partners

In The News

  • USGS to Break Ground on Research Center
    Friday, September 17, 2010
    (KMIZ-TV (ABC affliliate))
    This morning Columbia city officials and representatives of the U.S. Geological Survey will break ground on a new aquatic research center off New Haven Road. Construction on the 23,000-square-foot building will cost $11 million and bring about a hundred jobs to the city. The project will be paid for with federal stimulus money.  Read More
  • Update: Construction for New Facility Brings New Jobs
    Friday, September 17, 2010
    (KRCG TV (CBS affiliate))
    The flipping of some dirt symbolized the start of construction for the new building east of Columbia on New Haven Road. Area dignitaries Friday broke ground for a $10.7 million renovation project at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Columbia Environmental Research Center, also known as CERC.  Read More
  • Research Gets a Boost
    Friday, September 17, 2010
    (Columbia Daily Tribune)
    The U.S. Geological Survey’s Columbia Environmental Research Center is about to get a face-lift courtesy of federal stimulus dollars. After years of requesting money to update its creaking laboratories and offices, the center will receive $10.7 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  Read More
  • Aquatic Research Center Breaks Ground in Columbia
    Friday, September 17, 2010
    (Columbia Missourian)
    The employees of the Columbia Environmental Research Center can look forward to consolidating their nine buildings and working with state-of-the-art equipment when a new aquatic research center is finished.  Read More
  • Groundbreaking Set for New Federal Office and Laboratory Facility in Columbia
    Tuesday, September 14, 2010
    (Columbia Environmental Research Center)
    Media Advisory:
    The U.S. Geological Survey’s Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) will break ground on a new, state-of-the-art, office and laboratory facility in Columbia at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 17. The 23,800 square foot facility will be built at 4200 New Haven Road. Aquatic research facilities on the Center grounds will also be renovated as part of the one-year construction project.
    Total project cost is estimated to be $10.7 million dollars, funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Design and construction activities are anticipated to employ more than 100 Missourians.  Estimates show that the new facility will result in an overall savings of $200,000 in annual maintenance costs.  Read More
  • USGS Ozark Partnership Website
    Monday, January 26, 2009
    (Columbia Environmental Research Center)
    news release: Ozark Natural Resource Information Now Available Online  Read More
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