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The Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences is one of seven graduate and professional schools at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The school provides educational opportunities for students at the doctoral level (Ph.D), graduate professional level (Master of Environmental Management and Master of Forestry), and undergraduate level (B.S. and A.B). It is composed of three research divisions: Coastal Systems Science and Policy, Earth and Ocean Sciences, and Environmental Sciences and Policy. Image File history File links Duke-Shield-Nicholas. ... Image File history File links Duke-Shield-Nicholas. ... Duke University is a private, coeducational, research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Officially founded as Duke University in 1924, Duke traces its institutional roots back to 1838. ... Durham skyline Nickname: City of Medicine Official website: http://www. ...
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Environmental and earth sciences at Duke are almost as old as the university itself. The School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the Marine Lab were both formed in 1938. Duke's Department of Geology was formed in 1936. The Nicholas School was founded in 1991 when Duke combined its School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the Duke University Marine Laboratory. In 1997, the Department of Geology joined the Nicholas School as the Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences. Though the school was originally called the Duke School of Environment at its inception in 1991, it was named the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences in 2000 following a $20 million gift from Peter M. and Ginny Nicholas. Peter M. Nicholas cofounded medical device firm Boston Scientific with partner John Abele. ...
The School of Law is one of 10 schools and colleges at Duke University.
The School offers joint-degree programs with the Graduate School, the Duke Divinity School, Fuqua School of Business, the Medical School, the NicholasSchool of the Environment and EarthSciences, and the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy.
The first addition to the Law School was completed in 1994, and a polished granite facade was added to the rear exterior of the building.
Graduate and professional schools are the School of Law (1904), the Divinity School (1926), the Graduate School (1926), the School of Medicine (1930), the School of Nursing (1931), the NicholasSchool of the Environment and EarthSciences (1938), and the Fuqua School of Business (1969).
The school was organized by the Union Institute Society, a group of Methodists and Quakers under the leadership of Reverend York, and in 1841, North Carolina issued a charter for Union Institute Academy.
To keep the school operating, the trustees agreed to provide free education for Methodist preachers in return for financial support by the church, and in 1859 the transformation was formalized with a name change to Trinity College.
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