As a Nicholas alum, the choices are yours! Go. Grow. Give. That’s the three-fold mission of the Nicholas School’s new Alumni Engagement initiative: to provide meaningful opportunities for our School’s 4,000+ graduates throughout the world to: GO to a variety of events and activities to connect with your fellow alumni; GROW […]
Monthly Archives: September 2016
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Increasing scholarship support is a top priority for the School The Class of 2018 includes our first cadre of Nicholas Scholars, an elite group of students selected as part of a new scholarship program focusing on development of environmental leaders. This cohort includes nine outstanding incoming students who […]
On August 22nd, 108 new on-campus Master of Environmental Management (MEM) and Master of Forestry (MF) students walked through the doors of Duke Environment Hall to begin what is sure to be a life-changing educational experience in environmental science, practice and policy. Their Nicholas careers kicked off with an orientation week filled […]
Nicholas School Associate Professor Grant Murray has worked for years with the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation on Vancouver Island, British Colombia to understand how they are strengthening their own approach to land and ocean management. The Tla-o-qui-aht, like other Canadian aboriginal groups, are regaining control over land use decisions and resource […]
In August, Alan Townsend announced that he will take a leave of absence as dean of the Nicholas School to attend to personal matters full-time. Jeff Vincent, the Clarence F. Korstian Professor of Forest Economics and Management and a member of the Nicholas School faculty since 2007, has taken […]