Impact Stories

In recent years, RFG Fellows at Syracuse University’s (SU) Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs have been leveraging the School’s Washington, DC program to accelerate not only their academic efforts, but their professional development as well. Headquartered at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Maxwell-in-Washington Program is an opportunity for students […]

RFG is proud to recognize Melissa Alvisi (Maxwell 2024) as the winner of the Dr. Michael Schneider Professional Writing Award for the first quarter of 2024. Her award-winning piece is titled, “The Biden Administration and the First Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence: An Assessment on AI Watermarking Regulations.” Please note that the views expressed in this […]

The Robertson Foundation for Government (RFG) is proud to recognize seven Robertson Fellows and Alumni who have been selected as Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Class of 2024 Finalists! Congratulations to Andrew Gasparini (Maxwell 2024), Aurora Guild (UCSD 2022), Elisabeth Earley (UCSD 2023), McKenzie Hartman (UCSD 2024), Colleen McRann (UMD 2024), Grace Pettey (UMD 2024), and Cate Pollock (UCSD 2022) for this […]

The Robertson Foundation for Government hosted its annual holiday party for RFG Fellows, Alumni, and their families on December 16, 2023. The event featured awards for the best holiday sweater and most festive attire, along with a holiday photo booth! As part of the event, RFG Fellows and Alumni donated food items in support of […]

RFG is proud to recognize Mark Hoover (Fletcher 2015) as the winner of the Dr. Michael Schneider Professional Writing Award for the fourth quarter of 2023. His award-winning piece, which Mark coauthored with Gabrielle Fong and Holly Milburn-Smith, is titled, “As City Diplomacy Grows, So Should Our Efforts to Engage Rural Communities in Foreign Policy.” […]

RFG Fellows from the Class of 2024 completed a diverse set of robust summer internship and research projects this summer. These included RFG Fellow, Andrew Gasparini‘s (Maxwell 2024) time at the Millennium Challenge Corporation, where he engaged in interagency projects between the MCC and the Department of State. Melissa Alvisi, another RFG Fellow from the […]