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national conferenceAbout of the PIE Center team traveled to the Association for Communication Excellence Conference in Indianapolis last week, making the University of Florida the most-represented and active school.

The PIE Center alone gave 12 presentations and won two awards in the three-day conference.

PIE Center Director Tracy Irani serves as the research director-elect on ACE’s Board of Directors. Post-doctoral associate Quisto Settle took home the two awards for his branding research and gave five presentations. He and Assistant Professor Joy Goodwin co-presented a branding bootcamp workshop on Friday. Two of Goodwin’s four presentations were 90-minute featured workshops. ACE rookies Nicole Dodds and Laura Bernheim each presented as well.