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New York, NY -- Steve Cody, founder and CEO of Peppercomm, has been elected as the new Chair of the Institute for Public Relations Board of Trustees on January 1. Cody has served on the board since April 2015. Cody’s predecessor is Linda Rutherford, SVP and CCO of Southwest Airlines, who now serves as the Immediate Past Chair of the Board. ...

Gainesville, Fla., – The Institute for Public Relations (IPR) is excited to welcome five new Trustees to its Board. With the election of these Trustees, the IPR Board of Trustees remains committed to the top research priorities of measurement standards, behavioral science, employee communications and digital media. Shirley Powell SVP, Communi ...

Gainesville, Florida — Jeyoung Oh, a Ph.D. student at the University of Alabama, is the recipient of the prestigious 2018 Don Bartholomew Award for Excellence in Public Relations Research. The award, sponsored by Ketchum Global Research & Analytics and the Institute for Public Relations (IPR), selects a top graduate student in public relation ...

Gainesville, Fla., - The Institute for Public Relations (IPR) is thrilled to announce the recent election of three new Trustees to its Board. With the addition of these Trustees, the IPR Board of Trustees remains committed to the top research priorities of measurement standards, behavioral science, employee communications and digital media. Arat ...

Download Flyer (PDF): Bridge 2019 Call for Submissions For more information about the conference (including sponsorship opportunities), please visit https://instituteforpr.org/event/2019-bridge-pr-and-communications-conference/ Watch the full recap video: Visit YouTube Here The Institute for Public Relations is hosting the second annua ...

New York, NY – The Institute for Public Relations will award Bey-Ling Sha, Ph.D., APR, professor of public relations and acting associate dean of the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts at San Diego State University, the IPR Pathfinder Award at the 2018 Annual Distinguished Lecture & Awards Dinner on November 28 in New York City. ...

IPR proudly signed on to a statement of support issued by PRSA to promote press freedom. This is timed with the more than 300 U.S. newspapers, as part of an initiative by The Boston Globe, running editorials on August 16, 2018 to denounce “the war against the free press.” The full statement can be seen below: "The basis of our governments b ...

The Institute for Public Relations will award Mark Weiner, CEO, PRIME Research, the prestigious Jack Felton Medal for Lifetime Achievement, an award made for lifetime contributions in the advancement of research, measurement and evaluation in public relations and corporate communication. Weiner is also chair of the IPR Commission on Measurement and ...

Yufan Qin’s thesis explores negative peer communication of companies on social media and its impact on organization-public relationships. Gainesville, Fla -- The Institute for Public Relations has awarded Yufan Qin, a recent graduate of the University of Florida, the 2018 Makovsky Best Master’s Thesis of the Year Award based on her work stud ...

New York, NY. – Roger Bolton, President of Page, will receive the Institute for Public Relations Alexander Hamilton Medal for Lifetime Achievement. Bolton will accept the Institute’s highest honor and speak at the IPR Annual Distinguished Lecture & Awards Dinner on November 28 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. The Alexander Hamil ...