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Dean William H. Schlesinger chats with Prince Charles at a reception at the Prince’s London residence, Clarence House. Schlesinger was invited by Nicholas School board member Ann Douglas Cornell to attend the July reception, which marked the launch of a fundraising appeal by the British Soil Association. The organization, which promotes organic and sustainable farming practices, is interested in developing relationships with U.S. groups.

Dukenvironment Wins Bronze Medal in National Awards Program

dukenvironment magazine has won a Bronze Medal for Special Interest Magazines in the national CASE (Council for the Support of Education) 2004 Circle of Excellence Program.

The award is given to magazines published by professional or graduate schools or other specialized institutional programs.Other winners included Harvard Medical School,Yale University School of Medicine, and Stanford University School of Medicine.

dukenvironment is produced by the Nicholas School’s Office of Marketing and Communications and edited by Scottee Cantrell.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., CASE is the professional organization for advancement professionals at colleges and universities who work in alumni relations, communications, and development.Membership includes more than 3,000 colleges, universities, and independent elementary and secondary schools in the United States, Canada,Mexico, and 42 other countries.

Pippen Developing Butterflies of Duke Forest Brochure and Web Site

The Duke Forest Office soon will have available a detailed brochure featuring an annotated list of butterfly species found in the Forest.The brochure will include notes on habitat abundance, and species-specific bar graphs to illustrate the “flight times” when each adult species of butterfly would be expected to be found on the “wing.”

Jeffrey S. Pippen,Nicholas School research associate,working with the Office of the Duke Forest, received a $2,900 grant from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation and a $5,000 award from the Duke University Office of the Provost to develop the brochure. In addition, his project will include a Butterflies of The Duke Forest Web site.

Judson Edeburn, Duke Forest resource manager, says that the information on species and locations will add a valuable component to the data available on the Forest including vascular flora, fish and fungi. Pippen’s study also will help assess how management activities might affect Forest biodiversity. Such data helps support certification of the sustainability of the Duke Forest by both the Forest Stewardship Council (Smartwood) and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.

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