UF Research Adopting UF Campus COVID-19 Guidelines for Activities in Research

Effective immediately, UF Research will adopt the UF Campus COVID-19 Guidelines found at https://coronavirus.ufl.edu/resources/health-guidance/ as the requirements for UF research activities, with the exception of certain human subject research. The previous requirements within the Research Resumption Plan, implemented last spring at the height of the pandemic, regarding limited numbers of persons per square foot, as well as the submission of proposed activities and personnel through the Research Activity Request portal, are no longer applicable. At present, the UF Campus COVID-19 guidelines include physical distancing, face coverings, hand hygiene, and isolation if ill.

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UF/IFAS 4-H Program Invites COE Faculty Collaborations

The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Florida 4-H program annually engages approximately 200,000 young people ages 5-18 in developmental and educational programs. These youth are guided and mentored by more than 7,000 volunteers and UF/IFAS Extension faculty and staff in every Florida county. Florida 4-H staff are interested in exploratory conversations with departments and colleges at UF to uncover mutually beneficial opportunities. If you are interested in community-based engagement with school-aged youth, please contact Dr. Stacey Ellison, Associate State 4-H Program Leader at staceye@ufl.edu.

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2021 Summer Seminar Series: UF Research Integrity and the Responsible Conduct of Research

This summer, UF Research Integrity, in collaboration with Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) on Campus, will once again host a seminar series on Research Integrity and RCR. Each seminar will be 1 to 2 hours and held via Zoom. Classes are open to all UF faculty, staff, and graduate students. Please visit the UF Research website for the full list of seminars and registration information. Deadline for enrollment in the certificate program is May 19, 2021. However, participants may enroll in the classes on an ad hoc basis throughout the summer.

Register for seminars here: https://research.ufl.edu/rcr/rcr-training/2021-summer-seminar-series-registration/

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NVIDIA Deep-Learning Institute Offerings

NVIDIA’s Deep Learning Institute (DLI) online courses are available free to UF faculty, students, and staff. The course examples can easily be ported to the HiPerGator AI cluster and integrated into a researcher’s work or professor’s classes. Students, faculty, and staff can email UFIT’s AI Support team IT-RC-AI@UFL.EDU for a course code to take any of the self-paced classes. Faculty can obtain their own code by requesting a teaching kit (information below).

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Awarded Projects for April 2021

Congratulations to Christopher Anthony for his subcontract award IES Flow Through from Pennsylvania State University; and Chris Curran and Mark Pacheco for their award from the National Science Foundation.

For more details, see the Awarded Projects table.

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Submitted Projects for April 2021

Best wishes to Mary Bratsch-Hines for her proposal to Take Stock in Children; Maria Coady and Nidza Marichal for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/OELA; Chris Curran for his proposal to the U.S. Department of Justice/NIJ; Christy Gabbard for her proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Lynda Hayes for her proposals to the Florida Department of Education; Herman Knopf and Elizabeth Shenkman for their subcontract proposal DHHS Flow Through from Florida’s Office of Early Learning; Herman Knopf and Philip Poekert for their subcontract proposal Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Flow Through from the University of Miami; Paige Pullen and Philip Poekert for their proposal to the Mississippi Department of Education; Paige Pullen and Philip Poekert for their proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Paige Pullen for her proposal to Trident United Way; Philip Poekert for his subcontract proposals DHHS Flow Through from Florida’s Office of Early Learning; Philip Poekert for his proposal to Episcopal Children’s Services; Joni Splett and Jennifer Doty for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Justice/NIJ; and Ross Van Boven for his proposal to the Florida Department of Education.

For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.

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