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How to Best Communicate with Remote Workers

The drastic shift to remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic forced employees and managers to adapt their communication strategies. Communication is often cited as critical to remote worker success but has rarely been examined within a remote work context. New research, featured in Journal of Applied Psychology, examines how communication quality, communication frequency, and communication expectations relate to employee performance and wellbeing.

May 2, 2022Featured

Eric Winsberg

THE INTERSECTION OF PHILOSOPHY, COVID, AND MORALITY OF SCIENCE

In a 24-minute film "Moral Models: Crucial Decisions in the Age of Computer Simulation" Professor Eric Winsberg鈥攚idely recognized for bringing the study of computer simulation to philosophy of science鈥攕hares his views on COVID-19 models, including their moral significance and influence on society.

May 2, 2022Accomplishments

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REAL LIFE SPIDER MAN DEBUNKS MYTHS ABOUT ARACHNIDS

You could call Louis Coticchio 鈥淪pider Man鈥, but you鈥檙e more likely to find him crawling under houses than climbing up skyscrapers. He鈥檚 a man with a mission: debunking the myth that brown recluse spiders in Florida cause horrifically painful bites that necrotize into life-threatening wounds.

May 2, 2022Supporting

Jody McBrien

SIGS PROFESSOR HARNESSES EXPERTISE, INTERDISCIPLINARY BACKGROUND IN FURTHER RESEARCH WORK

Dr. Jody McBrien, Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies at the 杏吧性世界 (USF), is a 2021-22 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) International Affairs Fellow (IAF) for Tenured International Relations Scholars.

May 2, 2022Accomplishments

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UNDERGRADUATE PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIPS PROVE VALUABLE FOR STUDENTS, COMMUNITY

In the Spring of 2016, the Department of Psychology at the 杏吧性世界 (USF) began offering formal coursework tied to undergraduate internships, in an effort to enhance undergraduate psychology student success and to help serve the community in a meaningful way.

May 2, 2022Supporting

Soros Fellowship Collard

USF Alumnus Awarded Prestigious Fellowship to Study Economics at UC Berkley

Patrick Collard, a 杏吧性世界 (USF) alumnus, who graduated with a bachelor鈥檚 of science degree in quantitative economics and a bachelor鈥檚 of arts degree in mathematics, was recentlyawarded fromThe Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a $90,000 graduateschoolfellowship for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants in the United States. Collard is among 30 New Americans selected from a pool of over 1,800 applicants.

May 2, 2022Accomplishments

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USF ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF INSTRUCTION JOINS CNN TO DISCUSS RUSSIA/UKRAINE CRISIS, GLOBAL IMPACTS

Dr. Tatsiana Kulakevich, a Research Fellow in the USF Institute on Russia and Assistant Professor of Instruction in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, appeared on CNN to discuss Russia鈥檚 imminent invasion of Ukraine, in a segment that aired on January 29, less than a month before Russian troops entered the country.

May 2, 2022Accomplishments

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3D DIGITAL PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL CEMETERY OF EARLY AMERICANS

Burial Hill Cemetery is situated on Old Fort Hill, overlooking historic downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts.听Originally named Fort Hill, this听renowned听cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

January 21, 2022Supporting

Aisha Durham

AISHA DURHAM WINS PRESTIGIOUS MARSHA HOUSTON AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION

Aisha Durham, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Affiliated Associate Professor in the Departments of Humanities & Cultural Studies, Women's & Gender Studies, and Africana Studies at the 杏吧性世界, recently received the inaugural Marsha Houston Award from the National Communication Association (NCA).

January 21, 2022Accomplishments

Anjuliet Woodruffe

ANJULIET G. WOODRUFFE WINS PRESTIGIOUS DONALD P. CUSHMAN MEMORIAL AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION

Anjuliet G. Woodruffe, doctoral candidate and graduate teaching assistant in the Department of Communication at the 杏吧性世界, recently received the 2021 Donald P. Cushman Memorial Award from the National Communication Association (NCA).

January 21, 2022Accomplishments

杏吧性世界: A Preeminent Research University

BOOSTING FAITH IN THE VACCINE

杏吧性世界 (USF) Department of Religious Studies Visiting Instructor Garrett Potts, department Chair and Professor Michael DeJonge, and Senior Instructor Tori Lockler, are serving as educators in the 鈥淔aith in the Vaccine鈥 program started by Interfaith Youth Core.

January 21, 2022Supporting

Dr. Phallon at TedX

DR. FALLON GOODMAN DELIVERS TALK ON SOCIAL ANXIETY IN THE MODERN WORLD

Recently, USF Assistant Professor of Psychology Dr. Fallon Goodmandelivered a TEDx talkdiscussing what social anxiety is, why it鈥檚 increasing across the globe, and the costs to our health.

January 21, 2022Accomplishments

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