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Center presents with UNHCR Innovation Service at 2022 United Nations Behavior Science Week

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In an effort to understand how worldviews and values shape individual’s responses to refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Innovation Service partnered with the Center for Public Interest Communication to research how… Continue Reading Center presents with UNHCR Innovation Service at 2022 United Nations Behavior Science Week

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Rachel Grant and Ann Searight at the Institute

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Karel Chair hosts Public Interest Communications Summer Institute

Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications Angela Bradbery convened dozens of faculty and professionals in June 2022 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. for the inaugural summer institute in public… Continue Reading Karel Chair hosts Public Interest Communications Summer Institute

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Jillian Fish and Payton Counts win the 2022 frank research prize

Research on Narratives for Native People Wins $10,000 Research Prize in Public Interest Communications Researchers studying the use of digital platforms to help Native American people tell their own stories… Continue Reading Jillian Fish and Payton Counts win the 2022 frank research prize

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Alissa Richardson wins the 2021 frank research prize

Alissa Richardson, Ph.D., assistant professor of communications at USC Annenberg, received the 2021 Research Prize in Public Interest Communication awarded by the University of Florida Center for Public Interest Communications.… Continue Reading Alissa Richardson wins the 2021 frank research prize

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Two New Projects Will Produce Tools to Build Trust in COVID-19 Vaccines

The Center for Public Interest Communications at the University of Florida has received funding for two new projects that will offer science-informed tools to build support for COVD-19 vaccination among… Continue Reading Two New Projects Will Produce Tools to Build Trust in COVID-19 Vaccines

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Coronavirus Vaccines: Identifying Ways to Build Public Trust

The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNtech announced Nov. 20, 2020, that they will seek emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a vaccine to prevent COVID-19. On… Continue Reading Coronavirus Vaccines: Identifying Ways to Build Public Trust

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Ja’Kari Clayton: Leading the Way

Ja’kari Clayton is set to graduate from UF with a MA in Mass Communications and become the “first ever” graduate specializing in public interest communications. He’s also spent the last… Continue Reading Ja’Kari Clayton: Leading the Way

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Center partners on videoconferencing report

“Unmuted: What Works, What Doesn’t, and How We Can All Do Better When Working Together Online” is a new report released by The Goodman Center in partnership with the University… Continue Reading Center partners on videoconferencing report

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From Journalist to Advocate to Academic: the new Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications

Jack: Congratulations on your new position as the next Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications here at the University of Florida. We are excited to have you join the… Continue Reading From Journalist to Advocate to Academic: the new Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications

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Center for Public Interest Communications Awarded $100,000 Gates Foundation Grant on Poverty

The Center for Public Interest Communications and the Radical Communicators Network (RCN) announced that they are the recipients of a $100,000 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Voices for Economic Opportunity Grand Challenge Grant for… Continue Reading Center for Public Interest Communications Awarded $100,000 Gates Foundation Grant on Poverty

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Center presents with UNHCR Innovation Service at 2022 United Nations Behavior Science Week

Karel Chair hosts Public Interest Communications Summer Institute

Jillian Fish and Payton Counts win the 2022 frank research prize

Alissa Richardson wins the 2021 frank research prize

Two New Projects Will Produce Tools to Build Trust in COVID-19 Vaccines

Coronavirus Vaccines: Identifying Ways to Build Public Trust

Ja’Kari Clayton: Leading the Way

Center partners on videoconferencing report

From Journalist to Advocate to Academic: the new Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications

Center for Public Interest Communications Awarded $100,000 Gates Foundation Grant on Poverty

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Innovation Service of UNHCR: the UN Refugee Agency

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