Bob Graham Center for Public Service

Two of Florida's most prominent political commentators, Susan MacManus and Dan Smith, discussed the results and implications of the 2016 elections at the Bob Graham Center on Monday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m. in Pugh Hall. Dr. Susan MacManus, Florida’s most-quoted political scientist, is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of South Florida in the …

Food is, by and large, trust-based commerce. What ends up on your plate doesn't have a bar code and is nearly impossible to track. Yelp will tell you if people think something is tasty, but there's no Consumer Reports, no Angie's List or litmus test for the veracity of menu claims. And the government isn't equipped …

Former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham and Chris Hand discussed the newest edition of their book, America, the Owner’s Manual. With Americans voicing overwhelming frustration with the political process, Graham and Hand showcase how the hope for a better democracy begins with individual citizens, not political candidates. America, the Owner’s Manual challenges ordinary citizens to be victorious participants rather than tranquil …

In 2015 the Tampa Bay Times began publishing an investigative series which explored the effects of a school district’s decision to re-segregate its schools. The series, Failure Factories, exposed how failed promises of money and resources resulted in five “average” schools becoming some of the worst over an eight year period. The series was awarded a Pulitzer Prize …

The University of Florida Office of the Provost and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service hosted the 2017 Provost Symposium on January 26-27 at Emerson Alumni Hall.  The program focused on implicit bias and how we address cultural climate issues on the UF campus. Kate Ratliff, assistant professor in UF’s Department of Psychology and Executive …

Ibram X. Kendi, Assistant Professor of African American history at the University of Florida, spoke in the Pugh Hall Ocora on Jan. 31 about his recently published book Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. The book recently won a National Book Award for Nonfiction. In the book, Kendi examines …

On Friday, Feb. 3, the University of Florida Office of the President, the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, and the Levin College of Law presented two talks by Cornell University Dean and American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler, who drew on his discussion of trials in a just-published book, Ten Great American Trials: Lessons in Advocacy. At …

Economist Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach discussed major policy issues including poverty, education, health and income support and how these policies impact children’s long-term outcomes. Her recent work focuses on tracing the impact of the Food Stamp Program and early childhood education on February 9 in the Pugh Hall Ocora. Schanzenbach is the Director of the Hamilton Project and a …

Dr. Duane Mitchell, co-director of UF’s Preston A. Wells Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy and head of the Cancer Therapeutics & Immuno-Oncology program at the UF Health Cancer Center, presented a conversation about the use of immunotherapy to treat brain cancers on Monday, Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora. Mitchell …

In late December 2012, Jewish American photographer Matthew Schrier was captured by an Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria while traveling on the road between Aleppo and the Turkish border. He was among a collection of kidnapped American journalists held by Syrian jihadists in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Schrier strategically converted to Islam in March 2013 as a …