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The indoor pollutants Hoffman studies include household products, plastics, electronics and furniture.
Students have long called for commitments from the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility (ACIR)—which advises Duke on its investments—to recommend divestment, and the matter was raised again at the committee's November 2020 open forum. Activists at other universities, including Harvard, have made renewed calls for divestment in recent months.
Even lemurs haven’t escaped the changes brought by a global pandemic.
Armed with shiny new technology and a major building expansion, Duke is betting big on quantum computing.
Anjali Boyd, a first-year doctoral student at the Nicholas School of the Environment, is running for Durham Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor on a platform of education, environmental justice and economic development.
After 16 years serving Duke, Vice President for Finance Tim Walsh left the University Oct. 1.
A global pandemic has upended many facets of life—including the environment.