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NewsAn international team of scientists has revealed high levels of toxic metals in global phosphate fertilizers using a variant of the element strontium to uncover such metals in soil, groundwater and possibly the food chain.
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NewsNOAA Office of Education has selected 130 Ernest F. Hollings undergraduate scholars and 15 José E. Serrano Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI) undergraduate scholars for the classes of 2024. Scholars receive a two-year academic scholarship for their junior and senior years, paid summer internship opportunities, and funding to participate in two national scientific conferences.
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NewsFollowing a national search, Duke faculty member Brian Murray has been appointed to a five-year term as the director of the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, effective immediately.
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NewsThe Nicholas School recognized undergraduates who earned Graduation with Distinction and/or special awards at May 11 ceremony.
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NewsHanna Marie Bliska and Elizabeth (Libby) White, both Master of Environmental Management (MEM) students, share top award announced at May 10 Professional Student Recognition Ceremony.
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NewsIn the May 10 issue of Science, three Duke University experts draw on lessons learned to make future swaps more effective. The authors—Elizabeth Losos (Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability), Alex Pfaff (Sanford School of Public Policy) and Stuart Pimm (Nicholas School of the Environment)—answered a few questions about their Policy Forum.
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NewsPh.D. students Keqi He, Rafaella Lobo honored for their respective scholarship.
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NewsAhead of 2024 commencement, dean announces two staff/faculty teaching and mentoring awards.
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NewsDanny Collins, T'24, awarded the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for graduate study at Stanford University.
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NewsCeremony features Jessica Levasseur, Ph.D., as student speaker.
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NewsCeremony to honor 178 graduates; will feature environmental cartoonist alumnus Jim Toomey as guest speaker and Rachel “Roo” Jackson, MEM, as student speaker.
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NewsDuke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment prepares to recognize 57 undergraduates at a diploma ceremony that will take place at Duke’s Wilson Recreation Center on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 9 a.m.
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NewsMeet the Hunt Lab, learn more about its research focus, a lab member's experience in the lab and the opportunities the lab offers Duke students.
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NewsDuke junior Coral Lin has received the Udall Scholarship, which recognizes students who have demonstrated a commitment to careers in the environment, Native American tribal public policy, or Native American health care. Each scholarship provides up to $7,000 during the scholar’s junior and/or senior year.
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NewsResearchers in North Carolina have created a coastal evolution model to analyze how coastal management activities on barrier islands, meant to adapt to sea-level rise, interact with natural processes that would otherwise keep barrier islands above water.