http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider daily 1 2008-10-26T08:02:17Z http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/robynsblog/island-time The very first warning I received from my landlord when I moved to the coast is that Beaufort runs on 'Island Time'. And now, apparently, so do I. No publisher robyn Blog entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/robynsblog/killer-whales-and-camp-food Who knew data collection could be so fun? No publisher robyn Blog entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/robynsblog/where-in-the-world-is This July, while my classmates are sweating it out in the rainforests of Costa Rica, Borneo and Madagascar, I’m sporting a winter hat and mittens. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. No publisher robyn Blog entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/robynsblog/you-can2019t-always-get-what-you-want-but-if-you-try-sometimes One thing I’ve learned since my first year of undergrad is that things don’t always work out the way you plan them, but persistence pays off. If you keep trying, you just might get what you need. Such is the case with my summer. No publisher robyn Blog entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/robynsblog/laselva You see these guys tramping through the forest and grounds day and night, hard at work and never seeming to rest. They haul objects much larger than themselves through mud, over tree roots and down treacherous slopes without even breaking a sweat. They are the leafcutter ants. No publisher robyn Blog entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/robynsblog/hola-from-costa-rica As the title may suggest, I am in fact in Costa Rica. At La Selva research station, to be exact, studying tropical ecology with thirteen of my classmates. No publisher robyn Blog entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/robynsblog/building-a-future-one-book-at-a-time Although it was dark and gloomy outside on Sunday afternoon, there was nothing but smiles at the Duke Faculty Club, where volunteers gathered to prepare 1500 books to give to children of low-income families across Durham County. No publisher robyn Blog entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/robynsblog/obama-in-o-town The newest U.S. President takes his first official trip outside of the country and heads north to Ottawa... coincidentally on the same day I was trying to get there myself. No publisher robyn Blog entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/robynsblog/getting-lost A tale of Staples runs, wrong turns, and new discoveries. No publisher robyn Blog entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/robynsblog/a-bean-for-all-seasons Hello, my name is Robyn Walker, and I'm a coffee-holic. No publisher robyn Blog entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/robynsblog/black-friday-2013-the-most-sinister-day-of-the-year In the U.S., the day after Thanksgiving officially marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, and the season of under-padded wallets. But what happens when one forward-thinking organization comes up with its own global non-consumerist holiday? No publisher robyn Blog entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/robynsblog/and-or Life is made up of decisions and sacrifices. But what happens when you can have your cake and eat it too? No publisher robyn Blog entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/insider/trenches/robynsblog/finally-fall Fall has finally fallen in North Carolina. No publisher robyn Blog entry