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Design Climate Moves Climate Tech from Classroom to Commercialization
Design Climate had a breakout year for student ventures developing climate technologies – securing funding, earning awards and reaching commercial milestones.
Eight student teams advanced innovations on topics including data center energy efficiency, low-emissions plastics and geothermal energy, with three securing funding.
Oceans Week at Duke Highlights
Advancing Ocean Conservation, Climate Action and Sustainable Blue Economies
Signs of progress: Coastal ecosystems that protect communities from hurricanes are now being treated as insurance mechanisms. A treaty exists to end harmful fishing subsidies worldwide. And a legal framework is in place to protect the high seas, which cover most of the planet.
Opportunity: Director of Research Innovation and Advancement
Position Title: Director of Research Innovation and Advancement
Appointment: Joint Administrative and Faculty Appointment
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Climate Profile: Jackson Ewing
“Leading this class is one of the coolest parts of my job,” says Jackson Ewing, Director of Energy and Climate Policy at the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability. The class is a practicum course focused around the United N …
Climate Profile: Brian Silliman
“Study nature, not books,” is one of ecologist Brian Silliman’s guiding principles and favorite phrases. It’s a quote from 19th-century naturalist Louis Agassiz that is (wonderfully, hilariously) on a sign outside a library at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. That’s not to say Silliman doesn’t also love books. The Rachel Carson Distinguished Professor of Marine Conservat …