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.
The European Union After the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
O'Neill Reading Rm, 2nd Floor, Pugh HallAndreas Siegel, a career diplomat with Germany's Consulate General in Miami, delivered a lecture and Q&A on the evolving role of the European Union after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The talk is free and open to the public. Siegel is a career diplomat with a broad range of international experience in strategic, political, economic …
Why We Love Where We Live
O'Neill Reading Room, 2nd floor, Pugh HallWe all have relationships with the places we call home. As sea levels rise, temperatures increase, and the ranges of native plants and animals shift, Florida’s environment is changing and our relationships with those places must change, too. As part of the Bob Graham Center's doctoral dissertation fellows program, we are pleased to present Why …
Iranian Uprising and the Nuclear Threat
Pugh Hall Ocora 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesThe unprecedented protests now occurring across Iran have reignited international concerns about the looming danger of Iran's nuclear program. Dr. Matthias Küntzel The public is invited to The Iranian Uprising and the Nuclear Threat: How Should the West Respond?, a presentation by German political scientist and historian Dr. Matthias Küntzel on Thursday, Nov. 17, at …
Washington Internship Info Session
O'Neill Reading Room, 2nd floor, Pugh HallThe Bob Graham Center for Public Service is excited to partner with the University of Florida Federal Relations Team to offer exciting opportunities for in-person work in the nation’s capital each spring, summer, and fall semester. During the course of the semester, interns will have the opportunity to work with the UF Federal Relations team, …
Soccer in Diplomacy Watch Party
Pugh Hall Ocora 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesSoccer is the only sport played in every corner of the world. Can soccer also be an effective means of global diplomacy? The Bob Graham Center and UF’s History Department hosted an informal watch party of the U.S. v. Iran World Cup soccer match to learn more about the beautiful game’s role in history, politics, …
The Time is Now! MLK & Democratic Stewardship
Pugh Hall Ocora 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesDr. Randal Maurice Jelks, author of Letters to Martin: Meditations on Democracy in Black America, spoke at the Graham Center on January 12, 2023 in the Pugh Hall Ocora. In celebration of Martin Luther King Day, Dr. Jelks discussed how black citizens throughout U.S. history have been the country’s most avid supporters and protectors of democracy …
Deadline: Apply to Future of Florida Summit
Online FL, United StatesThe annual Future of Florida Summit, hosted by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida, gathered Florida's future leaders from colleges and universities across the state to explore the most important issues facing us today. If you want your college experience to expand beyond the classroom with real lessons that …
Task Force Report: African & Native American History
Smathers Library Rm 100 GainesvilleIn the walk of Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, UF President Kent Fuchs created a task force of students, staff and alumni to investigate UF's relationship with African and Native Americans from 1853 to the present. The public was invited to hear the report from the presidential task force on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Audience …
Public Humanities As Environmental Humanities
Smathers Library Rm 100 GainesvilleNicholas Allen, director of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts at the University of Georgia, will speak about contemporary roles for the environmental humanities, which aim to help bridge traditional divides between the sciences and the humanities. This event is part of the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere’s “Rethinking the Public Sphere: …
A Conversation with Mark Oppenheimer
Pugh Hall Ocora 296 Buckman Dr, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesWhoa, where did this come from? The Antisemitism of 2022 and Its Origins Watch the recorded event Mark Oppenheimer has been covering American religion for 25 years. He holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Yale, and has taught at Stanford, Wesleyan, Wellesley, NYU, Boston College, and Yale, where he recently retired after 15 years …