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Advisory board will help shape PIE Center’s future
A 15-member advisory board will help the PIE Center shape, refine and achieve the center's mission, vision and goals. Discussion at last year's steering committee meeting, attended by about 50 stakeholders, confirmed the need for the PIE Center to transition to an...
Project update: Recruiting, training and research program
Multiple PIE Center members spent parts of the past two weeks representing the PIE Center and its subsidiary, the National Public Policy Evaluation Center, at a unique graduate-level summer program that helps students understand how science and public policy intersect...
Residents hungry for more information about local food production
Residents in southwest Florida strongly support agriculture but say their opinions would improve if farmers provided more information about what they do, according to a recent survey by the UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education. Working with agricultural industry...
Congrats to ‘fine’ photo contest winner
Nicole Dodds The results are in! The overall winner of the PIE Center Photo Contest is Lisette Ortiz with her photograph entitled “Fine feathers make fine birds”. Her photo received the greatest number of votes reaching 112. This photo was taken on a farm in Alajuela,...
Sayings from the land grant symposium
"Bricks and Mortar in a Digital Age: The Uncertain Future of Higher Education" capped a yearlong celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Morrill Act, which created land grant universities. Faculty, administrators, students and professionals discussed the...
PIE Center embarks on new research program
After more than two years of preparations, PIE Center researchers are ready to unveil their newest undertaking. Faculty and staff will conduct four public opinion trend panels each year that focus on key issues in Florida, such as water quantity and quality,...