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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.

Latest Past Events

U.S. Interests in Cuba

On Jan. 26 at 6 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora, Former U.S diplomat John Caulfield examined U.S/Cuban relations, providing essential background to the normalization policy announcement, progress since the announcement, and challenges that lie ahead. In a career spanning nearly 40 years, Mr. Caulfield held a variety of positions dealing with Latin America and

Unintended Consequences: Impacts of the Criminal Justice System

The purpose of this discussion was to promote better understanding of the diverse impacts of Alachua County’s criminal justice system through an open dialogue among community groups.  Better awareness can reduce the unintended consequences of interactions between people and the legal system. We will begin the conversation with a forum that will be followed by round

Maryn McKenna: The Impotence of Antibiotics

Maryn McKenna is an award-winning journalist and the author of two critically acclaimed books, Superbug (2010) and Beating Back the Devil (2004). She writes for Wired, Scientific American, Slate, Nature, the Atlantic, the Guardian and others, and is a Senior Fellow of the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University. McKenna gave a riveting and fascinating talk at