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.
History of the Future of Fossil Fuels
Pugh Hall Ocora 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesThis program is free and open to the public. The end of fossil fuel use has been forecast across history, from William Jevons Stanley's Coal Question in 1865 to M. King Hubbert's Peak Oil in 1956, through the Green New Deal of our times. Why do we keep revising our predictions for the demise of fossil fuels? Will we …
Welcoming the Stranger: Immigration and American Values
The question of immigration has always been a point of debate and discussion in American politics and public life. As the United States heads into another presidential election, the dispute over immigration seems set to intensify. How might American religious history speak to how Americans might address immigration and welcome the “stranger?” Washington University distinguished …
After Coming of Age in Mississippi
Smathers Library Rm 100 GainesvilleThis program is free and open to the public. The "Race and the Promise of Participation" series, organized by the UF Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere and supported by the Graham Center, concludes with a talk from Leigh Ann Wheeler titled "Anne Moody and Voting Rights in the Era of Black Power." …
Florida Political History Live: A Discussion with Bob Graham and Bill Nelson
Former U.S. Senator and Governor Bob Graham and Former U.S. Senator Bill Nelson discussed relevant political topics in the Smathers Library Grand Reading Room at the University of Florida. The event was sponsored by the UF Smathers Libraries Nelson Initiative on Ethics and Leadership, the Bob Graham Center and the Levin College of Law Center for Governmental Responsibility. You …
2020 Future of Florida Summit
This event is by invitation to Florida college students selected from a competitive application process.
No Doubt: Journalist Jenny Staletovich on Communicating Climate Change, Uncertainty and the Future of Florida
The University of Florida's Science Journalist in Residence program presented NO DOUBT: Journalist Jenny Staletovich on communicating climate change, uncertainty, and the future of Florida. Ms. Staletovich covers environment and science for Florida's largest public radio station, WLRN in Miami. Her recent climate stories have ranged from the ghost forests of Florida to scientists' challenge to explain uncertainty in predictions without suggesting doubt. Graham Center Fellow Cynthia Barnett will …
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Careers in Public Service: An Overview
Three Gator grads who are pros in domestic and international public service delivered a program about how to prepare as an undergrad for a career in public service. Attendees increased their exposure to internship, fellowship and post-graduation job opportunities. A recording of this event can be found here.
Independence Day
Independence Day is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States, on July 4, 1776. The Continental Congress declared that the 13 American colonies were no longer subject (and subordinate) to the monarch of Britain, King George III, and were now united, free, and independent states. The …