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Study at Duke Environment

Our degrees offer a dual focus on practicality and specificity, which will empower you with the skills necessary to effect change, spur innovation and inspire others. 

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Research and Impact

Duke Environment prides itself on its world-renowned faculty, whose expertise spans 45 environmental sectors, ranging from air quality to climate change and population growth. Explore our research>

Road Erosion
November 25, 2019
Feature Story

Falling Into the Ocean: Orrin Pilkey's Call to Retreat From the Beach

Coal stacks
October 21, 2019 | Energy, Water

Replacing Coal with Gas or Renewables Saves Billions of Gallons of Water

Drought-stricken forest
October 11, 2019 | Climate Change, Forests

Researchers Develop Tool to Diagnose Dying Forests

A school of tuna fish
October 11, 2019 | Ecology & Conservation, Economics, Policy & Governance, Oceans, Technology

Online Database Aids Efforts to Map Migrations of Marine Species

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Faculty named to the highly cited researchers list
November 20, 2019

Eight Faculty Members Named to Highly Cited Researchers List

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November 18, 2019

First Annual Internship Week Prepares Students for Success

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November 14, 2019

Duke Purchases Meadow Flats in Orange County to Expand Duke Forest

Map of Areas of the state with the largest number of groundwater users
November 12, 2019 | Environmental Health, Geosciences, Water

Half of Piedmont Drinking Wells May Exceed NC’s Hexavalent Chromium Standards

coal ash waste from TVA spill in 2008
October 22, 2019 | Energy, Environmental Health, Technology

Lead Isotopes Provide New Tool for Tracking Coal Ash in Dust, Soil and Sediments

Heather Stapleton in her lab.
October 7, 2019 | Environmental Health, Toxicology

$5 Million Grant Will Fund New Laboratory for Environmental Analysis

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November 25, 2019
Feature Story

Duke Aquafarm Gives Students Experiential Oyster Farming Experience

School of tuna under water
November 13, 2019 | Climate Change, Geosciences, Oceans

Changes in Tuna’s Carbon Ratios Signal a Global Shift in Oceanic Food Web

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Duke Environment Magazine Fall 2019

New duke environment magazine issue 

The fall 2019 issue of Duke Environment Magazine is now available online and on news racks, featuring Orrin Pilkey's call to retreat from the beach, an inside look at Duke's educational oyster farming experience and more.
 

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Leading the Charge

You’ll find Nicholas School alums pursuing their passion and making positive impacts worldwide. Our programs give them the foundational knowledge and practical skills to become leaders and innovators in a wide array of fields and sectors. See all alumni profiles

Ivonne Higuero
Ivonne Higuero
Secretary-General
United Nations’ Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Environmental Economics & Policy

MEM '91

Sid McLaurin
Sid McLaurin
Regional General Manager
Lime
Coastal Environmental Management

MEM/MBA'17

Julia Grant
Julia Kertz Grant
Founder
Natural Asset Advisors LLC
Master of Forestry
Ecosystem Science & Conservation

MF and MEM '98

Taylor Price
Taylor Price
Global Manager - EHS & Sustainability
AptarGroup, Inc.
Environmental Economics & Policy

MEM'18

Robert McDonald
Robert McDonald
Lead Scientist
The Nature Conservancy
University Program in Ecology (UPE)

PhD'04

Kristen Bremer
Kristen Bremer
Policy and Communications Analyst
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Duke Environmental Leadership Master of Environmental Management

DEL-MEM'13

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Naomi Tsurumi
Environmental Specialist
City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services

MEM '02

Dika Kuoh
Dika Kuoh
Deputy Branch Chief
Georgia Environmental Protection Division – Air Protection
Duke Environmental Leadership Master of Environmental Management

DEL-MEM'13

Corinne Walden
Corinne Walden
Chemist
Wacker Chemical Corporation

T'12, B.S., Environmental Science & Earth and Ocean Sciences

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