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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Being of the Community: A Mindset & Practice

“We have a Delta diaspora that reaches beyond the borders of the Mississippi Delta into other parts of the country and into other parts of the world. The Robertson Scholars…

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“In Small Towns Anything is Possible”

“In small towns anything is possible,” shares Danica Bajaj. For one group of Robertson Scholars, Tarboro has become a place of possibility and education during Community Summer.

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Whitesburg, KY: Community Beyond Community Summer

“When I told my friends back home in San Jose that I would be spending my summer in Kentucky, I got some mixed reactions,” shared Andrew Sun (Duke ’25). “I…

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Journalism, Law, and Writing the Next Great YA Novel

Cameron Beach (Duke ‘20) has loved writing for as long as she can remember. “I’m a big journal-er and notes-app writer-down-of-thoughts and such. I’ve always wanted to write a book,…