Tag: family youth and community sciences

PreventiGators research team wins HiPerGator Pioneering Research Award During UF AI Days

by Jessica Alday
November 10, 2025

Researchers in the UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences are investigating factors that may lead teens to tobacco addiction in adulthood, and their AI-powered research is making waves. During the University of Florida’s ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Addiction, AI, AI Research, Artificial Intelligence, Department Of Family Youth And Community Sciences, Family Youth And Community Sciences, HiPerGator, Prevention Science, Tobacco Use, UF AI Days

5 Tips for Legislative Interns

by Jessica Czipulis
March 18, 2024

https://youtu.be/cNJ8lD2hDJI Are you thinking about doing a legislative intern in Washington, D.C.? Clayton Bush, a College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) senior, has been a legislative intern for two congresswomen through VP ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Family Youth And Community Sciences, Internship, Legislative Intern, VP Promise

Student Learns to Lead through Legislative Internship

by Jessica Czipulis
September 29, 2023

The UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) is dedicated to encouraging and supporting experiential learning for its students. The VP Promise Initiative provides financial support for students pursuing internship, research, ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Family Youth And Community Sciences, Intern, Legislative Internship, VP Promise

Paving a Path through Education

by Meredith Oglesby
April 30, 2022

Like many Gators preparing to turn their tassel and start their career, Allyson Fleischer reflected on her own experience at the University of Florida as a dual degree student majoring in family, youth and community sciences (FYCS) and criminology. Fleischer’s ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Education, Family, Family Youth And Community Sciences, FYCS, Graduation, Nonprofit, UF Grad

Extension Intern Applies Knowledge in Family, Youth and Community Sciences

by Ken Gioeli
August 10, 2021

This summer, Zyreshia Jackson, a UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences student studying family, youth and community sciences, completed an internship at the UF IFAS Bay County Extension Office in Panama City, FL. When she found out ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, Curriculum, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Career Services, Extension, Family Youth And Community Sciences, Intern, VP Promise

Student earns first UF doctorate awarded in youth development and family sciences

by Darryl Palmer
August 9, 2021

In 2017, the department of family, youth and community sciences at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences launched a new doctoral program. Four years later, the department awarded UF’s first doctorate in youth ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Commencement, Family Youth And Community Sciences, Graduate, Youth Development And Family Sciences

More Than a Grad Student: Making a Local Impact

by Ken Gioeli
April 8, 2021

By Meredith Oglesby Graduate students at the University of Florida make an impact on a local, state, national and international level through their dedication to teaching, research, service and learning. Biswadeep Dhar, a Ph.D. student ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Family Youth And Community Sciences, Graduate Student, Graduation, PhD, Research, Student, Youth Development And Family Sciences

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