Highlights:
Pete and Ginny Nicholas of Boston gave $70 million to the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences to establish the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, endow university professorships and other joint faculty positions, and create communication vehicles to maximize the school's impact in public outreach, media and information technology. Concurrent with this, the university is planning to build Nicholas Hall on West Campus to house the school.
More than 100 faculty, students, Marine Lab Advisory Board members and distinguished guests celebrated the groundbreaking of the Duke Marine Lab's new "green" Ocean Science Teaching Center on April 24 at the Beaufort campus.
Special programs or achievements:
The Nicholas School's third environmental leadership forum, "Creating a Sustainable Energy Future," drew more than 300 environmental leaders, corporate executives, government regulators and academics to Duke in March to discuss the future of hydrocarbon-based energy (PDF).
Awards and recognition:
Stuart L. Pimm, Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Ecology at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University, was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Faculty and staff appointments:
Lisa M. Campbell, Rachel Carson Assistant Professor of Marine Affairs and Policy, based at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort, from the University of Western Ontario.
School statistics:
The Nicholas School had 201 Master of Environment Management/Master of Forestry students and 116 doctoral students, and served more than 1,000 Duke undergraduates. More statistics
Major gifts:
The Nicholas School shot past its campaign goal of $60 million, raising $137 million, 229 percent of goal. Major new commitments exceeded $76.3 million and included:
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