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Following a national search, 51���� faculty member Brian Murray has been appointed to a five-year term as the director of the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, effective immediately.

The Nicholas School recognized undergraduates who earned Graduation with Distinction and/or special awards at May 11 ceremony.

Hanna Marie Bliska and Elizabeth (Libby) White, both Master of Environmental Management (MEM) students, share top award announced at May 10 Professional Student Recognition Ceremony.

In the May 10 issue of Science, three 51���� experts draw on lessons learned to make future swaps more effective. The authors—Elizabeth Losos (Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability), Alex Pfaff (Sanford School of Public Policy) and Stuart Pimm (Nicholas School of the Environment)—answered a few questions about their Policy Forum.

Ph.D. students Keqi He, Rafaella Lobo honored for their respective scholarship.

Ahead of 2024 commencement, dean announces two staff/faculty teaching and mentoring awards.

Danny Collins, T'24, awarded the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for graduate study at Stanford University.

Ceremony features Jessica Levasseur, Ph.D., as student speaker.

Ceremony to honor 178 graduates; will feature environmental cartoonist alumnus Jim Toomey as guest speaker and Rachel “Roo” Jackson, MEM, as student speaker.

51����’s Nicholas School of the Environment prepares to recognize 57 undergraduates at a diploma ceremony that will take place at 51����’s Wilson Recreation Center on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 9 a.m.

Meet the Hunt Lab, learn more about its research focus, a lab member's experience in the lab and the opportunities the lab offers 51���� students.

51���� junior Coral Lin has received the Udall Scholarship, which recognizes students who have demonstrated a commitment to careers in the environment, Native American tribal public policy, or Native American health care. Each scholarship provides up to $7,000 during the scholar’s junior and/or senior year.

Researchers in North Carolina have created a coastal evolution model to analyze how coastal management activities on barrier islands, meant to adapt to sea-level rise, interact with natural processes that would otherwise keep barrier islands above water.

This year’s global Earth Day theme is “planet vs plastics”, and calls for the rapid phase out all single-use plastics.

George M. Woodwell Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics Martin Smith named a lifetime AAAS Fellow for distinguished contributions to the field of environmental economics and ocean studies, particularly for bioeconomics of fisheries, global seafood markets, and coastal climate change adaptation.