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From Harvard to the Arctic

September 12, 2024 Comments Off on From Harvard to the Arctic

From Harvard to the Arctic, one Robertson Scholar spent her summer exploring the nexus between Indigenous cultures and conservation. “I’ve always been really interested in social science approaches to climate…

Swimming with Sharks in the Name of LEADership

February 8, 2024 Comments Off on Swimming with Sharks in the Name of LEADership

Did you know you’re more likely to be killed by a vending machine than a shark? “Yeah, you’re more likely to be killed by a cow or a bolt of…

Duke Justice Project: Exploring Collaboration on the Robertson Express

November 2, 2023 Comments Off on Duke Justice Project: Exploring Collaboration on the Robertson Express

“One thing I love is cross-campus collaboration, so I’m always over at UNC.” Jenna Smith is a Class of 2025 Robbie based at Duke, and is Co-President of the Duke…

Exploring the Both/And: A Uniquely Robertson Experience

September 21, 2023 Comments Off on Exploring the Both/And: A Uniquely Robertson Experience

“Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays basically look the same – I’m at UNC full time in class. But Tuesdays and Thursday’s I’ve got physical training at Duke at 6am. I’m basically…

New Seminar Creates Collaborative Space for Robertson & Morehead-Cain Scholars

June 26, 2023 Comments Off on New Seminar Creates Collaborative Space for Robertson & Morehead-Cain Scholars

“When I first heard of the seminar and the deliverables – creating your own sense of guiding principles – I thought, ‘oh that doesn’t sound hard,’ but it was shockingly…

Rasheca Logendran (Duke ’20) Named to Inaugural Class of Samvid Scholars

October 14, 2021 Comments Off on Rasheca Logendran (Duke ’20) Named to Inaugural Class of Samvid Scholars

The Robertson Scholars Leadership Program is proud to congratulate Rasheca Logendran (Duke ’20) on being selected to join the inaugural class of Samvid Scholars. The scholarship provides up to $100,000…

Embracing the Twists & Turns: Insights from Phoebe Boyer on the Path to Leadership

May 12, 2021 Comments Off on Embracing the Twists & Turns: Insights from Phoebe Boyer on the Path to Leadership

Phoebe Boyer is committed to ending childhood poverty. As the first woman CEO and President of Children’s Aid she’s using her expertise from the public, private, and non-profit worlds to…

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“Somebody helped me. I believe that someone helped you, and you should be willing to help someone else,” Anthony Ray Hinton of the Equal Justice Initiative Addresses Robertson Scholars & Alumni

April 1, 2021 Comments Off on “Somebody helped me. I believe that someone helped you, and you should be willing to help someone else,” Anthony Ray Hinton of the Equal Justice Initiative Addresses Robertson Scholars & Alumni

“For 27 years I lived a life you could only imagine…I played baseball with the New York Yankees… we won five great world series, I hit the winning home run…

“People are Everything,” EDF President Fred Krupp Shares his Leadership Insights with Scholars

March 12, 2021 Comments Off on “People are Everything,” EDF President Fred Krupp Shares his Leadership Insights with Scholars

Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp addressed senior Robertson Scholars during their “Senior Speaker Series,” offering words of advice and wisdom when it comes to leadership development. “Anything big that’s…