A series of events from April 14 to 16, 2016 demonstrated the tremendous strength of the Nicholas School community and the commitment of our alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends to continue to work together to effect positive impacts on the health and well-being of our planet and its inhabitants. […]
Ann Thurston
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Christopher Paul ’05 is a Duke PhD candidate in Environmental Policy through a cross-disciplinary program between the Nicholas School and the Sanford School of Public Policy. He has been chronicling his experience at Duke this year through Instagram #mydukeyear and recently shared with us how important the Nicholas School Annual […]
Thanks to many generous donors, the Nicholas School has several endowments that support scholarships and fellowships to help ease the financial burden for some of our master’s and doctoral students. For instance, we are excited that, with funding from five endowments established by alumni and friends, we will be […]
Nowhere will innovation drive the future more than in the environmental arena. To encourage Nicholas students’ and faculty’s entrepreneurial bent and give them the tools they’ll need to develop and bring to market creative new approaches to environmental challenges, the Nicholas School launched the Environmental Entrepreneurship & Innovation (EIE) Program […]
Deb Gallagher and her students are helping the United Nations, global companies take the lead to address climate change. Since 2008, Nicholas School associate professor of the practice Deb Gallagher has been deeply involved with the United Nations Global Compact, one of the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiatives. […]
Dave Johnston, assistant professor of the practice in marine conservation ecology, is leading a new research and training facility for the use of unmanned aircraft systems – commonly referred to as drones – in marine science and conservation. The Marine Conservation Ecology Unmanned Systems Facility, located at the Duke Marine […]
2016 marks the 25th anniversary of the School of the Environment, and we hope you will join us to celebrate! Check out the “Nic at 25” section of our website for details about upcoming events, photos and stories from the past quarter century, and much more. We will also share […]
Calling all NSOE San Francisco and Bay Area Alums! Please join Jessica Lam MEM ’13 (your new coordinator for the San Francisco and Bay Area Alumni Network) for an opportunity to connect with fellow area alumni. Thursday, January 14th 5:30-7:30pm Schroeder’s Cafe 240 Front Street San Francisco, CA 94111 If you have any questions or […]
Thursday, January 28th, 2016 Doors open at 6:00pm Durham Arts Council – PSI Theater 120 Morris Street Durham, NC 27701 On January 28th, the Nicholas School and Durham community will come together for the Wild & Scenic Film Festival. This award-winning conservation, social activism and adventure centric festival will […]
“Wilsonart has a well-established Sustainability program that has been in place for a number of years. The students in the Sustainable Business Strategy class helped us most by giving us different ways to look at our information and making it more useful by painting a different picture.” Kevin M. Sweeney, […]
The Nicolas School has recently partnered with NAEM, the Premier Association for EHS Management, to bring alumni an exclusive discount to attend the upcoming EHS Management Forum on October 14-16 at the Westin Charlotte. NAEM’s EHS Management Forum is the largest annual gathering for environment, health and safety (EHS) and sustainability […]
With over 300 hundred alumni in the Bay Area, it is one of the Nicholas School’s largest population of graduates. Currently, the Nicholas School is seeking volunteers to serve as Regional Alumni Network Coordinators (RANC). What’s involved in being a RANC? Annually coordinate 2-3 Nicholas School alumni get-togethers and/or activities that can […]