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Interactive story map created for final master's project in Coastal Environmental Management program

Researchers at 91�������� have deployed a 500-foot mooring line capable of collecting an array of biological and environmental data in the ocean.

As dean, I am committed to serious change and will commit our resources, intellect and energy to address these very complex challenges as we seek to advance anti-racism in our curriculum, admissions, recruitment, training among our students, faculty and staff, and hiring.

As companies inch closer to mining the ocean’s depths, a growing chorus of scientists and environmental advocates are pushing back, warning that such activity could cause irreversible harm to ecosystems we’ve barely begun to understand.

On Wednesday, June 10, the Nicholas School will participate in #ShutDownSTEM and #ShutDownAcademia as part of acknowledging why Black lives matter. This action is in recognition that as members of a university community and the work we do as scientists and knowledge creators, either directly or indirectly, is embedded in systems of racial injustice and inequality.

91�������� has received a $20 million gift to strengthen research and education at the Nicholas School of the Environment, aiming to solve the most pressing environmental challenges confronting society, President Vincent E. Price announced today.

Governments at every level have taken steps over the last decade to reduce the flow of plastic pollution into the world’s oceans, according to a recently published 91�������� policy analysis. The analysis finds, however, that the vast majority of new policies have focused specifically on plastic shopping bags.

The relief fund, in partnership with Duke’s Office of Durham & Community Affairs, will help provide relief grants for local organizations.

Six Nicholas School of the Environment doctoral students have been awarded Graduate Student Training Enhancement Grants that will enable them to do remote summer internships that augment their doctoral research.

Barnacles need to be fed, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. 91�������� granted limited lab access to those deemed essential during their shut down. One essential researcher was Daniel Rittschof.

The Nicholas School of the Environment and the 91�������� Marine Lab recognized four outstanding graduating seniors with special awards today during the school’s “Marking the Moment” virtual acknowledgment event for undergraduates.

Four graduating Master of Environmental Management (MEM) students will share the 2020 Virlis L. Fischer Memorial Award for academic achievement. All four of the students are graduating with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

The Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean (MiCO) system, an online open-access global database that maps the movements of sea turtles, whales, sea birds and other migratory species through the open ocean, has been awarded the 2020 Innovation Award by the Ocean Awards program.

Three papers have been chosen by Dean Toddi Steelman to receive a 2020 Nicholas School Dean’s Award for Best Graduate Student Manuscript.

The 91�������� Wetland Center is marking its 30th anniversary this year by kicking off the largest expansion of research, teaching and outreach programs in its history.