Oregon Sea Grant has won an Apex “Award of Excellence” for Hold that Thought: Questioning Five Common Assumptions about Communicating with the Public, written by Joe Cone, edited by Rick Cooper, and designed by Patricia Andersson. The Apex Awards, now in their 21st year, recognize “excellence in publications work by professional communicators.” There were 3,785 entrants. Hold that Thought is available for free download at http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/sgpubs/onlinepubs.html#socialsci

In addition, On the Lookout for Aquatic Invaders won an Award of Excellence (first prize in its category, “Environmental Design and Illustration-Special Publications”) in the 2009 ECO Awards, “a competition recognizing and honoring excellence in the environmental communications field,” sponsored by Global Environmental Communications, LLC. This publication was developed by Scott Wiedemer and Sam Chan, edited by Rick Cooper, and designed by Stefania Padalino and Patricia Andersson. You can view an excerpt of the publication at http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/themes/invasives/index.html#onthelookout