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By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA (NNPA) - Duke University plans to welcome National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F.

Duke University plans to welcome National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. as the 2024 Environmental Justice and Racial Equity Fellow. A distinguished civil rights leader, global business figure, faith leader, and public intellectual, Dr. Chavis will link his teaching, research and service contributions with Duke’s strategic objectives, notably climate change and racial equity.

Duke University welcomes Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. as the 2024 Environmental Justice and Racial Equity Fellow, bringing his expertise in social, environmental, and political justice to the fellowship. Chavis will co-convene an undergraduate course on

Duke University is bringing its expertise in environmental management, policy and engineering to an active community of researchers, practitioners and educators who are addressing major infrastructure challenges in the United States through “Engineering With Nature®.” The Nicholas Institute will lead Duke’s involvement in the Network for Engineering With Nature, working with faculty, staff and students across the university.

Judy Ledlee has been named executive-in-residence at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering and Nicholas School of the Environment.

Researchers at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Pratt School of Engineering are co-leading a new National Science Foundation-funded project that aims to boost economic development and climate resilience in coastal North Carolina through nature-based scientific and technological innovations.

Researchers at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Pratt School of Engineering are co-leading a new National Science Foundation-funded project that aims to boost economic development and climate resilience in coastal North Carolina through nature-based scientific and technological innovations.

THE FIRE CHASERS deployed on 24 hours’ notice. The moment a severe and complex fire developed, the N.C. State University wildfire research team convoyed across the American West, jamming to a playlist of songs with the word “fire” in the title. Once at the fire, they embedded with Type 1 Incident Management Teams – the most elite wildland firefighters in the nation.

Richard Barber, whose pioneering studies on ocean biogeochemistry contributed much to what we know about the ocean’s role in storing climate-warming greenhouse gases, has died.

Tightly tying Duke’s environment and engineering schools together for three decades, Katul was recognized for his advances in eco-hydrology and environmental fl