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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.

  • Careers in Public Service Lunch: Milan Vrbovský, Consul General

    O'Neill Reading Room, 2nd floor, Pugh Hall

    Interested in a career in the diplomatic service? Or still trying to get some clarity about your future plans at home or abroad after graduation? Discover the pathways available in public service and gain valuable insights from a seasoned professional at the next luncheon in our Careers in Public Service series. The Center for European

  • Presidential Historian Douglas Brinkley: Silent Spring Revolution

    Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention 811 S Main St, Gainesville, FL, United States

    Join New York Times bestselling-author Douglas Brinkley for his talk “Silent Spring Revolution” about author Rachel Carson and other courageous women and men who helped influence presidents and other powerful insiders to spark an ecological revolution half a century ago.   As Florida and the nation grapple with climate change and resource exhaustion, what can

  • Research Justice: A Workshop On Collaboration

    A. Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center 1013 NW 7th Ave, Gainesville, FL, United States

    This workshop will reflect on strategies for creating equitable research collaborations, generating shared research questions for university-based researchers and community organizations. This is the third event in the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere’s 2023-2024 Speaker Series: Scales of Belonging. This workshop will reflect on strategies for creating equitable research collaborations, generating shared research questions

  • Race, Detention, and Indigeneity in South Florida

    Smathers Library Rm 100 Gainesville

    Discover the intertwining narratives of migration and militarization at the heart of South Florida’s Homestead Temporary Shelter. Emma Shaw Crane of Columbia University illuminates the Homestead shelter’s connection to a nearby military base, challenging perceptions of detention as exceptions. This is the third and final event in the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere’s

  • Reporting on Food Policy Amid a Journalism Implosion

    Pugh Hall Ocora 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, Florida, United States

    Join us for a conversation with UF’s spring Science Journalist in Residence Helena Bottemiller Evich, the founder and editor-in-chief of Food Fix. A reception will follow the talk. Food Fix is a new, in-depth publication about food policy in Washington and beyond. Evich, an award-winning reporter who previously led food coverage at Politico, launched Food Fix to

  • CES Career Speaker Series: Edouard Coppieters

    Turlington Hall Room 3310 330 Newell Dr

    Join CES for a conversation with Edouard Coppieters, Policy Advisor, American Chamber of Commerce to the EU. Interested in a career abroad? Then join CES for lunch and conversation about the work of AMCHAM, its advocacy for US business in Europe, and tips on how to pursue a career abroad.

  • Careers in Public Service: Coffee Chat with Dr. Kayser Enneking

    O'Neill Reading Rm, 2nd Floor, Pugh Hall

    Our featured speaker for our career chat is Dr. Kayser Enneking, a professor of anesthesiology and orthopedics in UF’s College of Medicine. She will give a short presentation about Medicaid expansion and some relevant medical legislative initiatives at the state and federal levels. Please sign up in advance. Last year Dr. Enneking was honored by

  • 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium

    Pugh Hall Ocora 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, Florida, United States

    The Bob Graham Center’s Undergraduate Research Symposium runs from 9 am to 12:30 pm, and will feature panel-style research presentations followed by a discussion at the end of each session. Student presenters and invited guests are asked to RSVP at this link. Students involved with the Center’s Civic Scholars program, the Askew Research Fellows, and

  • UF Gulf Scholars Faculty Info Session

    O'Neill Reading Rm, 2nd Floor, Pugh Hall

    UF Gulf Scholars aims to prepare students from diverse academic backgrounds with the knowledge, skills, and mindset necessary to address the complex and dynamic challenges facing Gulf of Mexico communities. With a focus on civic engagement, public service, and leadership, students will explore the environmental, social, economic, historical, and cultural dimensions of the Gulf. Through

  • Empowering Voices: A Voter Engagement Lunch

    O'Neill Reading Rm, 2nd Floor, Pugh Hall

    Theta Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the Bob Graham Center’s Gators Vote Cabinet invite you to Empowering Voices, a voter engagement luncheon. We will welcome Dr. Sharon Austin and Dr. Teresa Cornacchione to a discussion of Black voting rights and the importance of the youth vote and participation in the political