nicholas school news

• October 9, 2008 - Smithsonian Exhibit Showcases Work by Marine Lab’s Ari Friedlaender

• October 6, 2008 - Bruce Corliss Named Chair-Elect of University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System

• October 6, 2008 - PhD Student Erin LaBrecque Named Foster Scholar

• October 3, 2008 - Taking the Classroom to Marine Science

• October 1, 2008 - Duke Researcher Receives $2.2 Million NIH Grant to Study Children’s Exposure to Flame Retardants

• September 29, 2008 - Duke Environment School Launches Blog to Explain Environmental Issues in Everyday Terms

• September 25, 2008 - Power, Phone Lines Temporarily Out at Marine Lab

• September 22, 2008 - New Executive Director Named to Lead Duke University’s Corporate Sustainability Initiative

• September 19, 2008 - President Brodhead Tours Marine Lab, Meets Faculty and Students, Assists in Turtle Release

• September 16, 2008 - Nicholas School to Explore Creation of New International Master of Environmental Management Program

• September 8, 2008 - “World Without Us” Author to Speak at Duke Sept. 16

• September 4, 2008 - Duke Marine Lab Weather Alert

• August 27, 2008 - Duke Marine Lab to Host Environmental Sustainability Seminar Series

• August 14, 2008 - Duke Students to Conduct Beach Sweep of Carrot Island on Aug. 18 as a Thank-You to Beaufort Community

• August 14, 2008 - Hydrogen-powered vehicles fuel discussions at Aug. 15 event

• August 13, 2008 - Oil and Gas Projects in Western Amazon Threaten Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples

• July 30, 2008 - A Plan for Stopping the Spread of Invasive Plants in Duke Forest

• July 21, 2008 - Geographical Ties to 1991 Gulf War ALS Cases Probed

• July 15, 2008 - Duke to Offer New Dual Master’s Degree in Environmental and Engineering Management

• June 27, 2008 - Orrin Pilkey Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from N.C. Coastal Federation

• June 26, 2008 - Toxic Releases Disproportionately Affect Minority and Low-Income Communities

• June 26, 2008 - Climate change could shrink range of most of California's endemic plants

• June 23, 2008 - From Mountaintops to Mine Shafts, Students Gain New Perspectives on Environmental Management on Western Field Trip

• June 20, 2008 - Pat Halpin to Speak at World Wildlife Fund’s Science for Nature Seminar Series

• June 19, 2008 - Chameides Appointed to Advisory Commission of N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences

• June 13, 2008 - New Website Aims to Remove A Million Pounds of Carbon Dioxide from Atmosphere – One Bike Spoke at a Time

• June 12, 2008 - Controversial Practice of Killing Whales for Research Must Be Halted, Nicholas School’s Andy Read Tells Congress

• June 10, 2008 - Duke Researchers Launch Two-Year Study on Perceptions of Development and Change in N.C. Coastal Communities

• June 9, 2008 - The Chemistry of Future Water: New Study Predicts Shape of Drops to Come

• June 6, 2008 - 22 Faculty and Students Presentations at 2008 ESA Annual Meeting Underscore Nicholas School’s Leadership in Forging a Sustainable Future

• May 22, 2008 - Nicholas School Launches “The Green Grok,” a New Blog on the Environment and Sustainability by Dean Bill Chameides

• May 14, 2008 - Krithi Karanth Receives First Dean’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper

• May 6, 2008 - Paper by Brad Murray Selected as One of Top 20 Most Cited Articles from 2003-2007

• April 29, 2008 - Policy And Geography Shape Tropical Parks’ Success in Stemming Deforestation, New Paper Finds

• April 28, 2008 - Nine Nicholas School Students Receive Funding for International Research Travel

• April 24, 2008 - Following Dan Rittschof in Search of Snails

• April 22, 2008 - Comic Relief: Nationally Syndicated Cartoonist Jim Toomey (Del-Mem ’08) Promotes Shark Conservation

• April 22, 2008 - New Book by Nicholas School’s Curt Richardson Synthesizes 14 Years of Research in Florida’s Everglades

• April 14, 2008 - Nicholas School Appoints Associate Dean for International Programs

• April 10, 2008 - Ocean Conservationist Wallace J. Nichols to Speak at Duke on April 22

• April 8, 2008 - 2008 Oosting Memorial Lecture and Student Symposium

• March 31, 2008 - David Orr, Trailblazing Expert on Environmental Literary and Design, to Speak at 2008 Nicholas School Recognition Ceremony

• March 26, 2008 - Take Part in EarthHour 2008

• March 24, 2008 - Seven Nicholas School Students Named 2008-09 Doris Duke Conservation Fellows

• March 20, 2008 - Environmental Leadership Awards Presented to Three Current or Recent PhD Students at Duke Marine Lab

• March 20, 2008 - Gift to Create New Molecular Biology Chair at Duke Marine Lab

• March 14, 2008 - Duke to Offer New Undergraduate Certificate Program in Energy and the Environment

• March 13, 2008 - News Tip: EPA Ozone Standards Should Be Based on Science, Not Economics, Duke Expert Says

• March 12, 2008 - Prioritization Workshops: Protecting Noncommercial Plant Resource from Introduced Pests

• March 7, 2008 - Duke Marine Lab Offers Innovative Summer Courses in Marine Conservation

• March 1, 2008 - Duke Board of Trustees Approves New Ph.D. Program in Marine Science and Conservation

• February 27, 2008 - Why Juniper Trees Can Live On Less Water

• February 20, 2008 - Students Receive Awards for Outstanding Papers at 2007 AGU Meeting

• February 18, 2008 - Stanback’s Gift Supports the Investigation of a Link Between Cancer and Environment

• February 6, 2008 - Nicholas School Faculty Take Part in AAAS Meeting

• February 5, 2008 - Nicholas School’s Rob Jackson Named Fellow of American Geophysical Union

• January 30, 2008 - Nicholas School Students Establish Duke Chapter of the Association for Fire Ecology

• January 29, 2008 - Applying Lessons from Evolution to Security

• January 29, 2008 - Duke Deans To Discuss 'What Would You Do With $100 Million?"

• January 28, 2008 - Irreconcilable Differences: Fine-Root Life Spans and Soil Carbon Persistence

• January 28, 2008 - Earth's Soils Bear Unmistakable Footprints of Humans

• January 23, 2008 - Energy Policy Risk Analysis Expert Dalia Patino-Echverri Joins Nicholas School Faculty

• January 22, 2008 - Dean Chameides Takes Leadership Role In Campus Sustainability

• January 16, 2008 - Nicholas School Names New Associate Dean for External Affairs

• January 9, 2008 - More than 400 Turn Out for Town Hall Meeting on Drought

• January 4, 2008 - New Annual Award Created to Recognize the Outstanding Graduate Student Manuscript

• January 4, 2008 - Global Soil Change Motivates Workshop on Earth’s Critical Zone

• January 4, 2008 - North Atlantic Warming Tied to Natural Variability

• January 3, 2008 - Duke To Host Public Town Hall Meeting On Drought, Water Conservation On Jan. 8

• November 30, 2007 - DukeEngage Grants to Seed New Student Programs

• November 30, 2007 - Duke Creates New Post to Coordinate Student Environmental Initiatives

• November 15, 2007 - Flying Blind: Fewer Satellites Monitor Environmental Hotspots, Duke Researchers Find

• November 8, 2007 - Duke to Establish New Center for Engineering, Energy and the Environment

• October 30, 2007 - Deborah Rigling Gallagher Appointed Associate Faculty Director Of Duke Corporate Sustainability Initiative

• October 26, 2007 - Urban Nature Writer Jenny Price To Speak At Duke On Nov. 12

• October 25, 2007 - Bruce Corliss and Larry Crowder Named AAAS Fellows

• October 24, 2007 - Everglades Phosphorus Limits on Right Track, But More is Needed

• October 17, 2007 - Study Sheds Light on Small Fisheries’ Impacts on Turtle Declines

• October 17, 2007 - Isotopic Studies Identify Sources of Contamination in Middle Eastern Groundwater

• October 17, 2007 - Cindy Van Dover Featured in The New York Times

• October 17, 2007 - Symposium on Forestry and Conservation to be Held Nov. 9

• October 12, 2007 - Duke Marine Lab’s “Green Wave” Joins In Big Sweep

• October 11, 2007 - Duke Forest Annual Gathering to be Held Oct. 18

• October 9, 2007 - President Brodhead Visits Nicholas School

• October 1, 2007 - Duke Environmental Leadership Program To Host Oct. 23 Forum On Durham’s Commitment To Sustainability

• September 28, 2007 - Duke Achieves 25.6 Percent Annual Return on University Investments

• September 28, 2007 - Study Identifies New Wintering Grounds for Humpback Whales in Hawaiian Islands

• September 27, 2007 - Duke University Launches New Corporate Sustainability Initiative

• September 26, 2007 - Study Examines Use Of Human Resettlement As Conservation Tool In Indian Tiger Reserve

• September 24, 2007 - Founders' Day Convocation Sept. 27 in Duke Chapel

• September 20, 2007 - 76 Students Take Part in First Annual Nicholas School Volunteer Day

• September 20, 2007 - Paper by Nicholas School PhD Candidate Examines Dams’ Impacts on California Salmon

• September 12, 2007 - FACE Experiment Receives Two-Year, $1.56 Million Renewal of Research Funds from U.S. Department of Energy

• August 29, 2007 - Duke Launches Environmental Law and Policy Clinic

• August 23, 2007 - MEM Student Nick Magliocca Named Recipient of First $10,000 Dorothy Bertine Internship

• August 17, 2007 - New Climate Change Film Features Stuart Pimm, Three Others with Nicholas School Ties

• August 7, 2007 - Experiment Suggests Limitations to Carbon Dioxide 'Tree Banking'

• July 25, 2007 - Pratson Helps Teach Weeklong Short Course on Renewable Energy and Sustainable Urban Development

• June 28, 2007 - Nicholas School to Have Major Presence at 2007 Ecological Society Meeting

• June 21, 2007 - Six Nicholas School Students Named 2007-08 Doris Duke Conservation Fellows

• June 20, 2007 - Duke Names William Chameides New Dean of the Nicholas School

• June 19, 2007 - Ram Oren Named Chair of Environmental Sciences and Policy Division

• June 1, 2007 - Bush’s Call For Global Greenhouse Emissions Goals Is Sign Of Growing Consensus That “U.S. Must Take A Leadership Role”

• May 31, 2007 - Green is Beautiful, a video on the Marine Lab's newest building

• May 24, 2007 - Division Of Coastal Systems Science And Policy Receives New Name

• May 24, 2007 - Nicholas School Team Receives EPA Grant to Examine Potential Environmental Impacts of Estrogen in Hog Waste

• May 15, 2007 - EPA Funds New Center at Duke to Study Inequalities in Birth Weight and Prematurity

• May 14, 2007 - Duke University Names Emily Klein Interim Dean Of Nicholas School

• May 10, 2007 - Drylands Are Not the Same as Badlands

• May 9, 2007 - ConocoPhillips Pledges $1 Million to Climate Change Policy Partnership at Duke

• May 3, 2007 - Duke University Names New Nicholas Professor Of Global Environmental Change

• May 3, 2007 - James Salzman Receives Distinguished Chair From Duke School Of Law

• May 2, 2007 - Signs of Health Returning to Restored 'SWAMP' in Duke Forest

• April 26, 2007 - Duke to Dedicate Research and Teaching 'Swamp' on May 2

• April 25, 2007 - Susan Lozier Receives Universitywide Award for Excellence in Mentoring

• April 20, 2007 - Nicholas Graduate Eric Treml Receives World Wildlife Fund’s Fuller Fellowship

• April 17, 2007 - New Undersea Vent Suggests Snake-Headed Mythology

• April 2, 2007 - Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door for Global Warming Solutions

• April 2, 2007 - Duke to Hold Earth Day Festivities on April 20

• March 23, 2007 - Two Nicholas School Students Receive Awards for Outstanding Papers at 2006 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting

• March 21, 2007 - Duke Team to Blog from Bottom of Pacific

• March 20, 2007 - Environmental Journalist Mark London to Speak at Duke

• March 15, 2007 - "Not So Big" Advocate Sarah Susanka To Speak at 2007 Nicholas School Recognition Ceremony

• March 14, 2007 - Duke Forestry Student Awarded Luce Scholarship

• February 26, 2007 - Upcoming Conference on Future of Water in North Carolina

• February 19, 2007 - $1 Million Pledged to Climate Change Policy Partnership

• February 15, 2007 - Group Examines Durham County Lead Poisoning Hazards

• February 14, 2007 - David Hyrenbach, PhD Awarded 2007 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation for Mediterranean Marine Protection

• February 5, 2007 - Award-Winning Economist Joins Nicholas School Faculty

• February 2, 2007 - New report presents strongest evidence yet of human link to global warming, Duke expert says

• January 25, 2007 Book Assails Unrealistic Mathematical Models

• January 23, 2007 - Doubling Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Could Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions by 10 Percent, Duke Scientists Say

• January 19, 2007 - Climate-Change Legislation Gaining Momentum, Duke Expert Says

• January 11, 2007 - Duke Ecologist Named Recipient of 2007 Proctor Prize from Sigma XI

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