This year marks the Nicholas School’s first year participating in Giving Tuesday, the annual international day dedicated to charitable giving. Giving Tuesday –often stylized as #GivingTuesday for the purposes of hashtag activism — takes place on the first Tuesday following Thanksgiving each year. The international movement started in 2012 as […]
Monthly Archives: October 2017
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Senior Carmen Hoyt was recently featured in an episode of Xploration Awesome Planet alongside Emmy-nominated host Philippe Cousteau. The Earth and Ocean Sciences major traveled to Cancun, Mexico, in June to swim with whale sharks after winning the show’s first #StudentExplorer contest. “Carmen is an incredible champion for conservation and the environment,” […]
Dean Vincent presented the Nicholas School’s new strategic plan last week, which is the product of more than two years of work by the school’s faculty and staff. The title of the plan, Working Together to Advance Environmental Education and Research, is both an intentional nod toward Duke’s new academic […]
In early October, 11 MEM students and 1 Sanford student traveled to the Seattle and Portland area to visit with sustainability departments at different companies, including: Amazon Nike MiiR Bullitt Foundation Recology CleanScapes Sustainable Business Consulting REI Greenwood Resources Students met with the following alumni along the way who served […]
Nicholas School Gorguze-Peters Professor of the Practice Jesko von Windheim directs the school’s Environmental Innovation & Entrepreneurship (EIE) Program, which teaches Duke students to develop, evaluate, refine and launch new sustainable products and services. Von Windheim is widely known in business and academic circles as an entrepreneurship guru, so when […]
Registration is open for the second annual Energy Week at Duke (Nov. 5 – Nov. 9, 2017). Hear from energy thought leaders (including the CEOs of Engie North America and ScottMadden) and meet up with energy professionals, students, and faculty from across the country at the full-day Duke University Energy […]
Gaelin Rosenwaks MEM’04 knew the world had many capable scientists working hard to answer the big environmental questions. What they needed, she saw, was help communicating what they are doing to a broad audience. So Gaelin founded Global Ocean Exploration, a company that brings research science into homes and classrooms through film, […]
Lenovo’s Environmental Management System (EMS) reflects the multinational technology company’s commitment to design and manufacture environmentally conscious products in facilities that minimize the environmental impact on their surroundings and to continually improve its performance in this area. As part of this EMS, Lenovo sought to develop water risk maps for […]
Patrick Bean MEM’08 appreciates how well the Nicholas School prepared him for his career in energy policy. He is equally grateful for the financial aid he received to help make his Duke environmental education possible. “At Duke, I was able to learn from the best in the field and build […]
Beth Israel Deaconess (BID) Medical Center has a very strong, award-winning sustainability program at its main campus in Boston, but as the BID healthcare system grows, the organization wants to strategically expand this program to its network of community-based hospitals. Recently, BID Environmental Sustainability Program Manager Elise Vergnano enlisted a […]
As director of the Southern Group of State Foresters, Tim Foley MEM’09 helps southern states and territories grow the value of their forests and facilities. The proud alumnus also helps the Nicholas School grow by volunteering his time and experience to help today’s students. While Tim was working at the […]
Brenda Foos and Kira Jacobs, both MEM’97, couldn’t wait to return to campus for the Nicholas School Reunion in April. Rallying their fellow classmates to gather back in Durham further fueled their excitement. “We thought it was important to get everyone from our class together after 20 years to reconnect and […]