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Taking a field trip to meet with emerging leaders is one way experiential learning helps Nicholas School students expand their knowledge beyond the classroom and can positively impact the direction of their careers. When the Ocean Policy Working Group took a trip to The Pew Charitable Trust in Washington, D.C. […]
Hurricane Florence took a toll on the Outer Banks, and the Marine Lab was among its many victims. The dock and several buildings were damaged, and some of them were unusable. Several donors have since stepped up to offer their support, providing the funding to restore the dock and strengthen […]
The Nicholas School of the Environment attracts not only the best and brightest students in the field to study with us, but also the most influential environmental researchers and leaders to join our faculty and help educate the next generation of leaders. This past month, several of our faculty members […]
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 […]
Twelve students pursuing Master of Environmental Management or Master of Forestry degrees at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment have been awarded Nicholas Scholarships covering up to two-thirds of their tuition.
Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment has received a $20 million gift to fund increased financial aid and fellowships for graduate students, expanded research on critical environmental issues, and new academic programs and facilities.
Involvement in student groups — funded in part by the Nicholas School Annual Fund — gives students unique opportunities to not only apply what they learn in class to real-world situations, but also to diversify their skillsets and mindsets.
The Nicholas School has launched a new program for the 2018 – 2019 fiscal year that will provide exclusive benefits to leadership donors that make significant annual contributions to various school fundraising initiatives. The program, called The Summit Society, will recognize donors that make annual cumulative gifts of $1,000 or more […]
During the weekend of July 13th through 15th, the Marine Lab will be hosting a first-of-its-kind Alumni Reunion. Anyone who has spent time at the Duke University Marine Lab will tell you just how incredible and unique the small coastal campus on Pivers Island is. Fortunately for those alumni, there […]
The Duke Conservation Society (DCS) has been busy this year with engaging and high-impact programming – much of which has been made possible by members of the Duke alumni community. Getting Started The DCS started their year off in the fall with an enriching trip to the Duke Lemur Center […]
Seven-year-old Stella Younes raised over $400 for the Duke Marine Lab in lieu of receiving birthday gifts this year. In late 2017, Duke alum Paul Younes (MBA’16) came across an episode of BBC’s popular series Blue Planet that showed the damage humans are doing to the earth’s oceans in the […]