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Faculty spotlight: Director Tracy Irani
What is your favorite project or part of the PIE Center? I like the pace and the new projects that come in - You never know when you pick up the phone or open an email what kind of project or request for help we might get. What are you currently working on?...
Intern spotlight: Chang Liu
What is your favorite project or part of the PIE Center? The water public opinion surveys. What are you currently working on? Web designing and video editing. Do you have a hidden talent? I can rotate a book on one finger. What are you afraid of? Catepillars. What is...
Staff spotlight: Grants Coordinator Deidra Slough
What is your favorite project or part of the PIE Center? My coworkers. I also like the diversity of our projects. What are you currently working on? A little bit of everything Do you have a hidden talent? I'm actually quite talented at learning. I'm currently teaching...
Staff spotlight: Outreach & Training Coordinator Nicole Dodds
What is your favorite project or part of the PIE Center? Is this a trick question? The Easy as PIE webinar series, of course! What are you currently working on? We have our first ‘hot topic’ webinar coming up in a few weeks. We’ll also announce the photo contest...
PIE Center launches critical thinking assessment program
How do you make a decision? Do you tend to seek more information or engage with others to discover more options? The PIE Center’s new instrument seeks to measure how people think critically about their toughest decisions. PIE Center Director Tracy Irani and Associate...
New outreach program serves up ‘The Slice’ on social media
As the Life of PIE weeklong social media event nears an end, the PIE Center is launching a new outreach program tomorrow geared toward helping people take advantage of social media themselves. The Slice, a 10-minute video, aims to provide practical tips, guidelines...
PIE Center’s first international grant examines food security in southern Africa
The PIE Center will join an international community of researchers who are delving into the interactions among southern African organizations that control the region’s food security and land use decisions. The Belmont Forum and Joint Programming Initiative on...
Research roundup: PIE Center grant recipients
Winners of the inaugural PIE Center Program Enhancement Grants will expand PIE Center research partnerships across campus and inspire collaborations. Independent reviewers selected four recipients from the 22 submitted proposals to receive approximately $5,000 each....
Newest specialty crop block grant continues local food research
Thanks to a new specialty crop block grant, the PIE Center will be able to better understand and influence the local positioning of specialty crops. The PIE Center secured the specialty crop block grant to continue its research in how to increase sales, marketability...
Grad student spotlight: Keegan Gay
Hometown: Lawrenceburg, KY Favorite part of ag or natural resources: Being able to work with people on all sides of the table and giving back to the community Expected degree/completion date: Ph.D. in Extension, Summer 2015 Completed degrees: BS in Animal Science from...
Spring outreach calendar
TODAY: “Resolving community issues: A collaborative approach to wicked issues” — Easy as PIE webinar with Mike Spranger and Muthusami Kumaran, who are faculty in the Family, Youth and Community Sciences department. 2 to 3 p.m. EST Click here to join. APRIL:...
PIE Crumbs: social media milestone, research awards and more
The PIE Center’s Facebook page broke the 1,000-fans barrier during the weeklong Life of PIE social media event. The PIE Center hit the halfway mark of the five-year, $6.5 million Healthy Gulf, Healthy Communities project and hosted community partners in Gainesville...
