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Zhen Wang, who recently earned his PhD in environmental geochemistry, will be the student speaker at the Nicholas School of the Environment’s 2023 PhD Graduate Student Recognition Ceremony.

Ariella Amarachukwu Chukwuma, a member of Duke’s class of 2024, has received the Udall Scholarship, which recognizes students who have demonstrated a commitment to careers in the environment, health care or Native American tribal public policy or health care.

Toddi Steelman, the Stanback Dean of Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment, has been appointed to a new leadership position overseeing the Duke Climate Commitment, President Vincent Price announced Friday. She will conclude her service as Stanback Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment to assume the new role, which begins July 1.

Geochemist Michael Kipp will join the faculty at 91��������’s Nicholas School of the Environment as assistant professor of geochemistry of earth, water and air systems starting Jan. 1, 2024

The new Climate Research Innovation Seed Program (CRISP) announces its first round of awards

The National Academy of Sciences on Tuesday announced the election of 120 new members and 23 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

More than 250 guests gathered at the Duke Marine Lab on Friday, April 28, to celebrate the life and career of the late, great Joe Bonaventura and dedicate a grove of trees in his honor.

Steelman’s talk, “Managing Wildfire, Governing Ourselves,” will explore how communities and agencies can interact to more effectively manage the large, interjurisdictionally complex wildfires that are now occurring more frequently because of climate change.

Juliet Wong will join the faculty at 91��������’s Nicholas School of the Environment as assistant professor of coastal and marine climate change, effective July 1. Wong’s research focuses on how impacts from climate change, such as ocean acidification and warming, affect marine invertebrates.

Levasseur, a fifth-year Environmental Health doctoral student in Heather Stapleton’s lab, and Elliott, a fourth-year Marine Science & Conservation doctoral student in Andrew Read’s lab, each will receive a $1,000 cash award and a framed certificate.

Catherine Coleman Flowers, Founder of The Center for Rural Enterprise, Vice Chair of The White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council and Practioner-in-Residence with the Nicholas School of the Environment, invites students from across 91�������� to engage with Environmental and Climate Justice issues.

Kelley Robbins-Thompson, senior program coordinator for the Duke Environmental Leadership Master of Environmental Management (DEL-MEM) program, is the recipient of the inaugural Karen Kirchof Staff Award for Mentoring Students.

Dalia Patiño-Echeverri, Gendell Family Associate Professor in the Environmental Science and Policy Division, is the inaugural recipient of the Nicholas School of the Environment’s Norm Christensen Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students.

Jeffrey Vincent, Clarence F. Korstian Professor of Forest Economics and Management, is the recipient of the 2023 Lynn Maguire Award for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Professional Students.

China’s annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions exceeded 10 gigatons in 2018 for the first time in history and are expected to continue to grow. The nation’s leaders have pledged to peak CO2 emissions by 2030 and to reach carbon neutrality by 2060.