Upcoming Events

UF International Studies grads Emma Frierson (’20) and Amila Tica (’17) are hosting a lunch-and-learn conversation and Q&A on Wednesday, April 5 at noon in Pugh Hall’s O’Neill Reading Room (Room 201). You will hear how they journeyed to Gainesville and landed in careers suited to international studies majors. Lunch is provided to UF students […]

In honor of Women’s History Month, the Bob Graham Center for Public Service will host the 2023 Joan S. Forrest Women in Leadership Forum. This year’s Forum is set to feature a diverse set of women from multidisciplinary backgrounds who have risen to the top of the ranks and have made great strides in their […]

PANEL ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY EDUCATION A panel of teachers and students will discuss their goals regarding the implementation and learning of African American History in their K-12 classroom. Discussion will focus on issues of content availability and accuracy; opportunities and barriers; and the current political climate surrounding the teaching of African American History in […]

Dr. Ainissa Ramirez, best known as a masterful science communicator and author of The Alchemy of Us, will deliver an in-person lecture that is free and open to the public on March 8 at 4 pm in the Pugh Hall Ocora. The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another examines eight inventions […]

What steps can you take today to enhance your ability to build a better future? UF fourth-year English and political science student Andrew Shodell is hosting a lunch-and-learn conversation and Q&A on March 7 at noon in Pugh Hall’s O’Neill Reading Room (Room 201). Lunch is provided to those who RSVP before 5 pm on […]

The Center for European Studies presents a panel of political scientists with expertise in European politics to discuss perceived erosions of European democracies on Thursday at 5 pm in the Pugh Hall Ocora. Panelists are Amel Ahmed of the University of Massachusetts; Jeffrey Kopstein of UC-Irvine; and Lucan Way of the University of Toronto. Learn […]

Back by popular demand, it’s Trivia Night at the Graham Center! This time we’re celebrating Presidents’ Day. Test your knowledge of U.S. presidents past and present while enjoying pizza, an ice cream bar and prizes, plus the area’s most awesome DJ Tom Collette. Form your team now! You must be a UF student (graduate students […]

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. From 2010-2016, he wrote the Beliefs column, about […]