Dr. Brian Cahill, Associate Instructional Professor together with Dr. Natalie Ebner, Professor and Dr. Didem Pehlivanoglu gave a presentation about Fake News and aging populations on April 27th at the PrimeTime Institute. They discussed how to best determine, and fact check information from internet sources. https://news.ufl.edu/2022/05/aging-adults-fake-news/
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Dr. Steven Weisberg, Assistant Professor is a 2022 Psychonomic Society Fellow. This award honors his research and mentoring within the cognitive neuroscience of spatial navigation and the experimental study of cognition more broadly.
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Dr. Peter Kvam, Assistant Professor received the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) prestigious CAREER award to fund a project: “An accessible, dynamic model of pricing applied to wage and housing purchases.” Dr. Kvam received $696,802 from NSF to understand how people assign value in everyday transactions including homebuying, requesting wages, etc. This work uses AI to […]
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Dr. Brian Cahill is sponsoring two students that were selected to be summer interns for the Federal Public Defenders office Capital Habeas Unit. The Federal Defenders office was initially looking for only one intern but they were so impressed by Alexandra and Dominique they created an extra position. Alexandra and Dominique will have the unique […]
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Courtney Wilkinson, a graduate student in the Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience graduate program, was awarded an NIH (NIDA) F31 Predoctoral Fellowship (NRSA) for $143,082 (3 years of funding). Courtney will use this funding to investigate the role of the nucleus accumbens in oxytocin’s regulation of intravenous oxycodone demand in collaboration with Dr. Lori Knackstedt (Sponsor), […]
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Dr. Mary Kate Koch, Life Story Lab postdoc with Dr. Susan Bluck, received Hershel D. Thornburg Dissertation Award funded by Society for Research on Adolescence. The Hershel D. Thornburg Dissertation Award recognizes outstanding scholastic promise in research on adolescence. One award is given out per year. It is the highest achievement for graduate research in […]
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On April 1st Dr. Ron Chandler will be speaking at the TEDx UF event. The theme is “illumination”, and his talk will be about the role of human dignity in sustainability. Read more about Dr. Chandler here Here is the seat reservation page link (seats are free): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tedxufs-14th-annual-conference-tickets-530594140357
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Cultural Differences in Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication Presented by Marina Klimenko March 17, 12:00pm – 1:00pm Online Human communication can be achieved through vocal (language) and non-vocal modalities (e.g., facial expressions, gestures, body posture, etc.). Although, there are universal principles that guide all human communication, notable cultural differences still exist and may lead to communication […]
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Zoom Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/95515630912?pwd=dzVsU0ZuZVkwNFhUeHpZaFYxUjNlQT09
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This is a yearlong, 10-20 hour/week, unpaid internship opportunity at the Office of the Public Defender in Gainesville, Florida. There will be 4 positions for this internship. The internship will start on May 1st, 2023 and end on April 31st, 2024 The Office of the Public Defender provides legal representation to low income clients facing […]