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Why We Love Where We Live

We 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

The 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

The 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

Soccer is the only sport played in every corner of the world. Can soccer also be an effective means of global diplomacy? Join the Bob Graham Center and UF’s History Department for 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,

The Time is Now! MLK & Democratic Stewardship

Dr. 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

The annual Future of Florida Summit, hosted by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida, gathers Florida's future leaders from colleges and universities across the state to explore the most important issues facing us today. Students from any Florida college or university are eligible to attend. Applications will be accepted

Task Force Report: African & Native American History

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In 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 is invited to hear the report from the presidential task force on Tuesday, Jan. 17, beginning

Public Humanities As Environmental Humanities

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Nicholas 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

301 Bryant Space Science Center Gainesville, FL, United States

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 as the founding director of the Yale Journalism Initiative.

Big Bot on Campus

Since the recent release of ChatGPT, chatbots have taken over the headlines. These AI chatbots can produce eerily human writing and speech, suggesting they are sentient beings. How do they work and how can we — or should we — work with them? What other problems will arise? Join CLAS faculty members for an engaging discussion of how chatbots are already making their presence felt on campus and how higher education may evolve alongside our robot friends.