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Contracts & grants: Turning research into progress
The PIE Center provides trusted research and strategic recommendations by taking an interdisciplinary approach to issues analysis, message effectiveness and evaluation, as well as public opinion and...
View ArticlePIE Crumbs: New roles, advisory board update, team-building activities and more
PIE Center Director Tracy Irani will serve a one-year term as interim director of UF/IFAS Family, Youth and Community Sciences, effective Oct. 1. As a result, Alexa Lamm has assumed the role of...
View ArticleHealthy Gulf, Healthy Communities project nears midpoint
By Natalie Belva As the PIE Center approaches the halfway mark of the five-year, $6.5 million Healthy Gulf, Healthy Communities project, partnerships continue to thrive. Biologists, psychologists,...
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PIE Center faculty, staff, students swarm SAAS conference
By Laura Gorham PIE Center researchers took on Dallas to present research in three different sections during the 2014 annual meeting of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists. Nine...
View ArticleHealthy Gulf partners gather in Gainesville
By Jayne Johnson The PIE Center hit the halfway mark of the five-year, $6.5 million Healthy Gulf, Healthy Communities project that addresses concerns in Gulf communities following the 2010 Deepwater...
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Resolving community issues: A collaborative approach to wicked issues
March 2014 Sustainability, obesity, climate change, food safety, genetically modified foods, alternative energy… these are all complex or ‘wicked’ issues that will need to be addressed using...
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Facilitation strategies
April 2014 Joy Hazell is a UF/IFAS Extension faculty member and is currently the Sea Grant Extension Agent in Lee County. She is also a member of the Natural Resources Leadership Institute Team. Joy...
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October 21—Community-based social marketing: Friends of the Trees- Tampa as a...
Join this session to learn key concepts in using community-based social marketing to change behavior. As a case study, Dr. Monaghan will review a Hillsborough County Extension program called Friends...
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April 16—DWH Oil Spill: Five years later—Community Resilience and Preparedness
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulted in a loss of eleven lives and substantial environmental and economic losses for residents along the Gulf Coast region. As the fifth anniversary approaches on...
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Oil spill anniversary summit explores lessons learned
Five years later, disaster recovery experts still describe the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as on par with tragedies such as Hurricane Katrina and 9/11. As part of the oil spill’s fifth...
View ArticleFostering relationships
By bringing UF/IFAS researchers and extension specialists around the same table, the PIE Center hopes to partner on pivotal research and outreach programs addressing emerging agricultural and natural...
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September 23 – The Healthy Gulf, Healthy Community Project
The charming and historic city Apalachicola, Florida is economically dependent upon the seafood industry. Oyster production alone accounts for 90% of oysters sold in Florida and over 10% in the...
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October 21 – Storytelling with Self Narrate
Your business is your passion, your life, your values. Storytelling is an essential tool to share your business’ mission and purpose with others. A good story gets your audience’s attention and builds...
View ArticleMental Health First Aid Training: Hernando County
Disasters are undisputed stressful events for many people throughout the world, and the impact of psychological distress can be seen in impacted communities as well as in emergency responders....
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