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Gulf War Illness (GWI), which affects approximately 250,000 U.S. veterans, has been found to significantly reduce the ability of white blood cells to make energy and creates a measurable biochemical difference in veterans who have the disease. The finding comes from a physician who noticed GWI symptoms paralleled those of mitochondrial diseases. Analysis revealed significantly lower levels of extracellular acidification and oxygen consumption in the white blood cells of veterans with GWI.

Juliet Wong is a global-change biologist, specifically interested in how climate change affects marine ecosystems and their organisms, working to predict biological responses for improved resilience to adverse environmental events. Wong presented “Organismal Responses to Climate Change in the Sea” at the recent faculty research symposium, describing several ongoing studies on coastal marine invertebrates.

Roady commented on three bills in Congress related to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that he described as “inconsistent with the central purposes of that Act.”

Nishad Jayasundara recently presented “Climate Change and Pollution: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Ticking Clock for Kidneys,” discussing environmental change and kidney health.

Tiana Elame, a second-year student in the Duke Environmental Leadership Master of Environmental Management (DEL-MEM) program, recently shared insights into why she's pursuing her 91��������, how she balances her studies while running a company and how she's applying what she's learning to her job.

Collins will be among the finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition, hosted by the National Inventors Hall of Fame. The winners take away cash prizes and an accelerated patent application to the US Patent and Trademark Office.

As rising global temperatures push Arctic icecaps into retreat, large and small sea creatures and the commercial fishing boats that follow them are migrating northward.

Xavier Basurto is broadly interested in how people in small communities successfully organize themselves for collective action. His recent talk described his work in advancing the understanding of non-colonialist sustainability science: the prospects and limitations of self-organization, or self-governance, for social-ecological sustainability, particularly in the Global South.

Hard water is contaminated with glyphosate complexes in Sri Lankan communities plagued by chronic kidney disease

Nicole Eastman, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent her summer as a Federal Clean Water Policy Fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Emily Kuhlmann, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent her summer as a Pathways Intern in the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Ana Bishop, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent her summer as Sussman Fellow in the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Protected Species Division – Marine Mammal Branch at NOAA.

Jenny Jiwon Hyun, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent her summer as a Sustainability Intern at Genesys as part of the EDF Climate Corps program.

Will Baughman, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent his summer as a Stanback Conservation Research Fellow at the Park Institute of America.

Sophia Palia, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent her summer as a Communications Consultant at The Hive Fund for Climate & Gender Justice.