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Alum Desireé LaGrappe Awarded Fulbright

June 21, 2023 Comments Off on Alum Desireé LaGrappe Awarded Fulbright

The Robertson Scholars Leadership Program is proud to congratulate Desireé LaGrappe (UNC ’10) on being named a Fulbright Scholar in the prestigious Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship 2023-2024. “I have devoted…

Anjali Gupta (’22) Awarded Knight-Hennessy

May 11, 2023 Comments Off on Anjali Gupta (’22) Awarded Knight-Hennessy

Please join us in congratulating Anjali Gupta (Robertson Class of 2022) on receiving the prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholarship. The Knight-Hennessy was created by Nike Founder Phil Knight and John Hennessy, who…

RSLP Welcomes the Class of 2027

May 4, 2023 Comments Off on RSLP Welcomes the Class of 2027

Chapel Hill & Durham, North Carolina, May 4, 2023 – The Robertson Scholars Leadership Program is thrilled to welcome twenty-six incoming first-year students to the Class of 2027 Scholars. The…

Food as Medicine: How Community Summer Sparked a New Club & Course at UNC

February 23, 2023 Comments Off on Food as Medicine: How Community Summer Sparked a New Club & Course at UNC

Serenity Bennett (UNC ’23) is committed to making food delicious, nutritious, and healing. Her work as co-president of the Culinary Medicine Club at UNC is being applauded for blending nutritional…

Class of 2026 Welcomes Two First-Years to Cohort

February 17, 2023 Comments Off on Class of 2026 Welcomes Two First-Years to Cohort

Chapel Hill & Durham, North Carolina, February 17, 2023– The Robertson Scholars Leadership Program is happy to congratulate and welcome two new First-Year students to its current Class of 2026…

A Tale of Two Switches

February 7, 2023 Comments Off on A Tale of Two Switches

Campus Switch is a signature Robertson experience when Scholars take up residency at their sister campus typically during the spring semester of their sophomore year. However, the 2021-2022 Academic Year…

To Heal & To Serve: Robertson Alum Harrison Hines on Being a White House Fellow

November 2, 2022 Comments Off on To Heal & To Serve: Robertson Alum Harrison Hines on Being a White House Fellow

Robertson Alum Harrison Hines reflections on leadership, gratitude, and being a White House Fellow.

Asteroids, Comets, and Saving the World

October 7, 2022 Comments Off on Asteroids, Comets, and Saving the World

Kya Sorli (Duke ’18) loves talking about the end of the world. So much so, that this month she’s giving a talk on the Science of SciFi at the Fiske…

Remembering Julian Robertson

August 24, 2022 Comments Off on Remembering Julian Robertson

To Our Community and Friends:  Yesterday, we learned the sad news of the passing of Julian Robertson, our Program’s founder and benefactor. To say the loss is profound, is an…

Stepping into Power: New Orleans 2022

August 18, 2022 Comments Off on Stepping into Power: New Orleans 2022

“I spent two hours with a client, helping her pick out a suit for an interview. She came out of the dressing room with the biggest smile and then started…