Spring 2023

Mar 17, 2023

The Duke Laptop Ensemble headlines its first concert

Sanyin Siang, '96, M.B.A.'02 and family pose for photos with the Coach K Bench at Karsh Alumni Visitors Center

Campus News

Sitting Tribute

Greg Jenkins

Mar 01, 2023

For a special retirement, you need a seat of honor

It Was True About Methane

In a world dragging its heels in facing the existential crisis of climate change, Drew Shindell is leading the way toward consensus. It starts with cow burps.

After installing solar panels on the roof of their home, Avner Vengosh and Erika Weinthal were able to calculate how much CO2 they kept out of the atmosphere.

Solar Power Saves Water

A View from Their Own Roof

Peat Bogs

Carbon Neutrality’s Newfound Helper

Studying our Weirding Ocean

Corbie Hill

Excessive heat evaporates seawater and brackish water leaves the salt behind. With less rain, there is less runoff and less fresh water overall, so estuaries and coastal waterways end up far saltier than usual.

Nicholas School Dean Toddi Steelman lays down the fire line for a test burn amid an unusual stand of Longleaf pine at Gate 12 in Duke Forest. Nicholas School researchers are studying the pine species here to better understand their fire tolerance.

Wildfires Rising

Corbie Hill

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.

Alumni

Sea Change

Corbie Hill

Cartoonist Jim Toomey hopes you’ll laugh at his environmental message

Professor Jamie Jones, center, with student founders Kandasi Griffiths, right, and Willis Wong in the Fox Center, just outside the new entrepreneurship co-working space due to open later this year.

Faculty

Entrepreneurship

Christopher Kuo

Class cultivates the mindset across campus

Originally from Georgia, Bolden took inspiration for his Durham coffee shop from his experiences at Café Intermezzo in Atlanta. Bolden and wife Taineisha Cellel Bolden ’04 would often go on dates at the cafe, situated near many of the cities historically

Alumni

He Stopped and Smelled the Coffee

Christina Holder

Dorian Bolden went in search of his dream job and found the ideal gathering place

Alumni

Weaving Community in Western North Carolina

Greg Jenkins

Worker advocate Molly Hemstreet is changing the fabric of her small hometown

The Blue Devil’s job is to generate excitement, but sometimes that can be complicated, as Stratton Thomas ’22 learned at a tennis match: “You’re trying to be hype and exciting, and they’re like, ‘Ssssh! They’re playing tennis!’”

On Campus

Cape, Horns, Attitude