Division of Biology and Medicine
Biotechnology Graduate Program

Build Notes

General

  • The site uses the Office of Biomedical Communication’s preferred style guide, the Chicago Manual of Style | Online Capitalization Tool, Chicago Style
  • We were unable to get traffic data for the current site, but the new build integrates Google Analytics data--available after site launch

  • Banner images across the site are from the Biotechnology Image archive, [Google Drive link TK], Brown Image Gallery

     

Notes by Page

Home

  • Ambient video options ETA: 8/22 (last update 8/18)

About > Faculty Trainers

  • Added faculty A-F, will continue adding through the review period (last update: 8/18)
  • Site uses image of Brown Univ shield as a placeholder for faculty headshots that were too small (headshots must be jpegs or png, must)

For Current Grad Students

  • We combined all curriculum information and relevant links on the landing page to streamline the user experience, rather than creating a separate page (as outlined in the site map). This way, visitors can find all curriculum details in one place without extra clicks.

  • Note: All curriculum content "lives” within the prospective student space and is linked to the current student landing page.

     

For Prospective Students

Admissions and Financial Aid 

  • Consider condensing to one page to reduce clicks, improve accessibility. For now, full Admissions and Financial Aid content is on both the “admissions” and “financial aid” pages, and can be edited to spec.

FAQs

  • Need to review all dates and deadlines for accuracy
  • International Student co-op info references “CPT” - strongly suggest spelling out this and all other acronyms for clarity

Co-Op

There was no co-op page in the site map, pulled the content over from the current site, can delete if necessary

For Industry Partners

  • In lieu of a contact form, "contact us" links to Adam's profile page. Consider adding a short bio here to briefly describe his role, with a CTA to encourage engagement.
  • Page follows basic structure of outline shared in our planning document, but is missing quotes from employers/co-op partners.
  • Chose a sampling of company logos to display 

Notes on Content

Sources:

  • Pull quotes from featured students for the Prospective Students landing page
  • Biotechology Image Library: [Google Drive link TK]