The graduate Class of 2019 has kicked off the Nicholas School’s first-ever Class Gift Campaign with a goal of $2,500. Alumna Maggie Peloso, BS’05 MEM’06 PhD’10, has stepped up to double the impact of that gift by offering to match every dollar up to the goal amount. Students can donate […]
Yearly Archives: 2019
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Stuart Iler and Emily Myron are another couple that met during orientation. But even though they had a nice time getting to know each other at the happy hour at Tyler’s Taproom on the last day of orientation, and even though they spent a lot of time together as friends […]
Jordan Golinkoff was in the Class of 2006 for a Master of Forestry, and Liz Forwand was in the Class of 2007 for a Master of Environmental Management. They didn’t meet until they signed up to a new student pot luck, and they talked a bit about what dishes they […]
Mike Press and Kate McClellan were both pursuing an MEM in Coastal Environmental Management in the Class of 2009 when they met. They knew each other, and Mike says he was interested in her, but it wasn’t until they moved to Beaufort that “things between us really flared, and then […]
Friends First It seems that a lot of our Nicholas School students who became couples met during orientation. Liz Wexler met John Sullivan on the library tour during orientation, and then they ran into each other again on the bus for the tour of Duke Forest. While they were chatting […]
Eric Thu met Georgia Schuh on the first day of orientation as grad students. And, as Eric says, both were “so type A” that they also showed up for locker assignments right on time, and they ended up being assigned Lockers #1 and #2, ensuring that they were side-by-side for […]
The Class of 2019 has stepped up to support the Nicholas School’s Annual Fund with the first Class Gift Campaign. They have a goal of $2,500, and alumna Maggie Peloso, BS’05 MEM’06 PhD’10, has agreed to match every dollar they raise up to the goal, which could double the amount […]
Every year, many of our Nicholas School students head home to spend time with family and old friends. They share exciting news about their research, the information they are learning, and the fun adventures they are having with new friends. Parents aren’t the only ones who are interested in hearing […]
The Nicholas School has done a lot more than create the world’s next environmental leaders — it’s also created the world’s next great love stories. While pouring over books, talking excitedly about environmental policy solutions, or just hanging out at games and with friends, many of our students were also […]
Many Nicholas School alums are working at Duke University, and conversely, a number of Duke alums now work at the Nicholas School. The Office of Development and Alumni Relations wanted to recognize the commitment that these alums have made to Duke and hosted a special appreciation breakfast for them with […]
The Nicholas School of the Environment is committed to helping the best and brightest students get a high-quality environmental education, regardless of their financial resources. To do so, we made a goal to raise $25 million by Earth Day 2020 so that we can increase the amount of financial aid […]
The latest progress report for our Environmental Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program shows the gains that we’ve made in the past year, such as providing summer grants for students studying sustainability solutions and renewable energy, participating in research to develop a commercial path for a cottonseed that does not contain the […]