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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>

Fishing boats
December 18, 2020 | Food Systems, Oceans

Vessel-Tracking Data Reveals Identities of Companies Profiting from High Seas Fishing

COVID Testing Line
September 28, 2020 | Environmental Health

Window for Slowing COVID’s Spread was Smaller than Projected

Cuvier’s beaked whale
September 24, 2020 | Ecology & Conservation, Oceans

New Study Documents Record-Breaking Whale Dive of 3 Hours 42 Minutes

A mother black rhino and her calf
September 9, 2020 | Ecology & Conservation, Technology

New Tracking Technology Will Help Fight Rhino Poaching in Namibia

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Martin Doyle
January 14, 2021 | Ecology & Conservation, Economics, Policy & Governance, Water

New Book Offers Deep Dive into Stream Mitigation Banking and Why It’s Time to Rethink It

Erika Weinthal
January 12, 2021

Journal’s New Special Issue on Environmental Peacebuilding Has Nicholas School Ties

Top 10 Stories of 2020
December 23, 2020

2020 in Review: The 10 Most Popular Stories of the Year

December 21, 2020

New $750,000 Challenge Match Helps Double the Support for Innovative Research

Joel Dunn
December 7, 2020

Alumnus Joel Dunn Named ‘Chesapeake Bay Ambassador’

Kendall Jefferys
November 23, 2020

Environmental Sciences & Policy Major Kendall Jefferys Named Rhodes Scholar

Coastal restoration
December 23, 2020 | Ecology & Conservation, Oceans

Scientists Shine Light on ‘Bright Spots’ in Coastal Ecosystem Restoration

Artificial pond created when rainwater filled in abandoned gold mining pit
November 30, 2020 | Environmental Health, Geosciences, Water

Mine Ponds Amplify Mercury Risks in Peru’s Amazon

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charging forward - Duke Environment Magazine Fall 2020

Fall Magazine

How We're Charging Forward

Faced with a global pandemic, resurgent racism, divisive politics, attacks on science, a rollercoaster economy and all the other craziness happening now, 2020 may not seem like an ideal time for making environmental progress. But we're doing it. By leaps and bounds. Duke Environment Magazine takes a look at how in the online-only issue for fall.

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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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