Enjoy snacks & Duke students' insights on applied research and outreach projects addressing the plastics crisis. Zoom option available.

Please join the Climate Change, Decolonization, and Global Blackness Lab (CCDGB) at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute for our 2022-23 speaker series.

Walter Mignolo is the William Hane Wannamaker Distinguished Professor of Romance Studies, as well as Professor of Literature and Cultural Anthropology at Duke University. Mignolo's research and teaching have been devoted, in the past 30 years, to understanding and unraveling the historical foundation of the modern/colonial world system and imaginary since 1500.

This vast and evocative film, focused on the Gullah Geechee community of coastal South Carolina, weaves a loosely structured, expressionistic story about family and inheritance, land and land loss, and racism and resilience.

This innovative conference centers the path forward to plan, develop, and sustainably deploy offshore wind infrastructure in the United States. With offshore wind development plans rapidly emerging on the US Atlantic coast, this is a critical time to convene wind developers, government officials, NGO representatives, and other clean energy business leaders to discuss the opportunities and challenges of offshore wind in the next decade. Developers, practitioners, and scientists will help inform the audience on the practical realities of project financing, leasing, permitting, addressing potential wildlife and environmental impacts, and more.

Part of Duke Women's Weekend, this session features a panel discussion about climate and environmental health issues, with particular attention to women’s health disparities.

In this hybrid event, Brian G. McAdoo (Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University) will explore the nature of natural disasters by providing a framework in which we can understand the intersections of hazard and vulnerability in order to create more sustainable and just solutions.

Plastics are cheap to produce and flexible to design, but they are placing an enormous burden on the environment. Join Professor Dan Vermeer for a discussion on the state of plastic use and the new approaches that could stem the tide of plastic waste.

Left Turns, Lessons Learned, and the Open (Data) Road Ahead. Featuring the Gordon Foundation's Carolyn DuBois and Lindsay Day

Steven Chu is the former U.S. Secretary of Energy and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Physics and Professor of Molecular & Cellular Physiology at Stanford University.

Widely cited for his work in both alternative energy technologies and molecular biology, he served as Secretary of Energy from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama and was awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for his research on laser cooling and atom trapping.

All Duke students are welcome to join the undergraduate Duke Energy Club for a virtual chat with alumna Anna Siefken, senior advisor in the Office of Technology Transitions at the U.S. Department of Energy. Anna is currently on leave from Carnegie Mellon University, where she was the inaugural executive director of The Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation. Register now.

The Duke Climate Commitment wants to hear from you! Join Dean Toddi Steelman (Nicholas School of the Environment), Brian Murray (Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability), and Tavey Capps (Sustainable Duke) for a Zoom conversation about the Climate Commitment and how you can get involved. All Duke students are welcome; pre-registration is required.

Join this interdisciplinary discussion to understand the geological, civil engineering, social, economic, and political dimensions of the recent earthquakes in Turkey. As geographers generally agree, there is no such thing as a natural disaster.

A dynamic conversation with Duke students and experts who attended COP27.

Catherine Coleman Flowers, an internationally recognized advocate for equal access to water and sanitation for all communities, engages and informs audiences on environmental justice and climate change.

Please join the Climate Change, Decolonization, and Global Blackness (CCDGB) Lab at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute for our 2022-23 speaker series. CCDGB is part of The Entanglement Project, a new FHI initiative focused on the intersections of race, health, and climate. All talks are both in-person and streamed via Zoom.

Duke University's Rethinking Diplomacy Program is hosting a timely discussion on climate diplomacy with Ambassador Robert O. Blake, former senior advisor to US envoy for climate change John Kerry. This webinar is organized in collaboration with Duke's Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability; James E. Rogers Energy Access Project; and Sanford School of Public Policy.

Dennis Gilmore, Ph.D. ’78 is President of Crosslynk Research Consulting, where he provides professional services to start-ups involved in transforming new technologies into products. This role builds on his leadership background across a broad spectrum of industries and around the world. Over a career spanning nearly 40 years, he has led the development and commercialization of more than 200 new products and processes for global, science-driven companies such as Royal Dutch Shell and PPG industries.

Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the first Nicholas Institute and UPEP Environmental Institutions Seminar Series presentation of the Spring 2023 semester. Our speaker will be Dr. Binbin Li, assistant professor of environmental sciences of the Environmental Research Center at Duke Kunshan University.