The Bob Graham Center for Public Service provides a wide variety of programs for students and the larger public on topics related to public service, public leadership and civic engagement.
NYT Science Columnist Carl Zimmer Presentation
UF College of Journalism FL, United StatesOn March 17 at noon, join the UF College of Journalism's Science Journalist in Residence presentation by Carl Zimmer on March , science columnist for The New York Times. Over the past year, he has been one of the Times’ leading reporters on the science of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zimmer reports from the frontiers of …
2021 Women in Leadership Forum
Online FL, United StatesThe 2021 Joan Forrest Women in Leadership Forum took place on March 18, 2021 and was hosted by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service and the Graham Center Student Fellows. This year’s panel featured accomplished women in the legal, health, and nonprofit sectors. This is the link to the event recording. Panel members were: …
Application Deadline: City of Gainesville Fellowships
Applications for the 2021-22 cohort of the City of Gainesville fellowship are now open. We are recruiting from all majors at the University of Florida for positions in graphic design, data visualization, community development, full stack web prototyping, community development, and policy research. Applications close Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 11:59 PM. Learn complete details and …
Sustainability into Practice: Climate Change & Community Resiliency
Online FL, United StatesThe final piece in the three-part “Sustainability Into Practice” series, hosted this spring by UF's Office of Sustainability and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, in partnership with the Florida Climate Institute and UF Thompson Earth Systems Institute took place on April 1, 2021. A recording of the event can be found here. Throughout …
Children Under Fire: Book Talk with Author John Woodrow Cox
The Bob Graham Center for Public Service and the College of Journalism and Communications hosted a discussion with Pulitzer Prize finalist and UF grad John Woodrow Cox about his book Children Under Fire: An American Crisis on April 8, 2021. A recording of this conversation is available here. The book is an intimate account of the …
Careers in Public Service: Rick Mullaney
Online FL, United StatesThis was the third and final session in the Spring 2021 series about preparing for a career in public service. The featured speaker was Professor Rick Mullaney, University of Florida graduate and director of the Public Policy Institute at Jacksonville University. A recording of the event is available at this link. Attendees spoke directly with …
Servant Leadership Panel Discussion
The value of servant leadership -- where leaders seek first to serve -- has been a hallmark of UF President Kent Fuchs' call for increased devotion to community service and learning guided by local leaders. On Friday, April 16 we had a panel discussion on continuing to develop aspects of servant leadership in our individual …
Data & Democracy: Sylvester Johnson
Reitz Union Rion Ballroom 655 Reitz Union Drive, Gainesville, FL, United StatesAs part of the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere’s multi-year series on ‘Rethinking the Public Sphere’, please join us for a talk given by Sylvester Johnson of Virginia Tech's Center for the Humanities and Department of Religion and Culture Friday April 23rd, 2021 on “Will Robots Feel Pain? The Politics of Race, the Governance …
UF Washington DC Internship Deadline
Through the partnership of its Federal Relations Team and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, the University of Florida offers exciting opportunities to work in the nation’s capital each spring, summer, and fall semester. Applications for the Fall 2021 internships are now open. Please read through the information on this page before beginning your …
Careers in Public Service: Nonprofit and Government Sectors
Online FL, United StatesThe Bob Graham Center for Public Service hosted Jerry Bruno, Gator grad ('12) and Graham Center alum, on May 12 for the first of the Careers in Public Service summer series in professional development events with Beyond120. Mr. Bruno spoke with students and recent graduates about his experiences at UF and in city government that …