Bob Graham Center for Public Service

Special guest Rev. Gary Mason of Belfast, Ireland, spoke at the Bob Graham Center on Tuesday, March 29, at 6 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora. Rev. Mason shared his experiences with leading the reconciliation process with those involved in sectarian conflict. A Methodist minister, Mason directs a conflict transformation organization based in Belfast called "Rethinking …

Dr. Benjamin Justice, an associate professor and historian of education at Rutgers University, presented his talk The Hidden Curriculum of Justice: How the American Criminal Justice System Educates, and Miseducates Citizenson Thursday, March 31, at 6 p.m. in Norman Hall's auditorium. For an increasing number of Americans, the criminal justice system plays a powerful and pervasive …

Julie Leibach is managing editor of online content for public radio's Science Friday. She edits and writes articles for ScienceFriday.com and oversees its website. Prior to her work at Science Friday, she worked as a senior editor and web manager at Audubonmagazine. Leibach spoke in the Pugh Hall Ocora on Tuesday, April 5, at 6 p.m. Her visit …

The University of Florida's Center for Global Islamic Studies hosted highly recognized social anthropologist Saba Mahmood on April 7 at 6 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora. Mahmood is professor of anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley. Her work focuses on questions of secularism, religion, minority politics, and gender in the Middle East. She is …

David Shinn, a former United States ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso, spoke on Wednesday, April 13, at 6 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora. Shinn focused on the growing relationship between China and Africa and its implications in an increasingly global society.  He currently teaches international affairs at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. The event was free …

This one-day, all-day event highlighted the advances Florida and the nation have made in administering elections since the 2000 election. Planned participants include co-chairs of the President’s Commission on Election Administration; U.S. Election Assistance Commission commissioners; election administrators from Florida and other states (including current Secretaries of State); prominent scholars at the University of Florida and other institutions; campaign consultants; and members …

Explore More – a forum for scientists and scholars featured in UF’s Explore research magazine – presented a conversation about sea level rise past, present and future with UF geochemist Andrea Dutton and urban planner Kathryn Frank on Tuesday, August 30, at 6 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora. Andrea Dutton, an assistant professor in UF’s Department …

Love Wins, authored by Debbie Cenziper and Jim Obergefell, is a "fascinating and very moving story of the lovers, lawyers, judges and activists behind the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that led to one of the most important, national civil rights victories in decades—the legalization of same-sex marriage." A University of Florida College of Journalism and …

The tragic incident at Pulse nightclub in Orlando has intensified the fear of terror hitting close to home. This fear has been translated into xenophobic sentiments particularly targeting our Muslim community. The Center for Global Islamic Studies and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service will hosted a panel discussion at 6 p.m. on Sept. …

On Thursday, Sept.15, the University of Florida Center for European Studies, the Jean Monnet Center for Excellence and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service hosted a roundtable examining the political and economic impacts of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. Distinguished scholars from across the U.S. in fields of political science and economics led the informative …