Thank you to the over 180 Duke alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends, who came to Pivers Island and celebrated the Marine Lab’s history and future.
For a look at some of the weekend’s festivities and educational highlights, please visit the Marine Lab Celebration blog, posted by Karl Bates, director of Research Communications at Duke’s Office of News & Communications.
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Description of the Event:
Duke Marine Lab is unique in the world and central to the Nicholas School of the Environment's mission to provide interdisciplinary educational and research opportunities addressing an area of vital concern--the quality of the Earth's environment and the sustainable use of its natural resources.
The first buildings were erected in 1938, and today, over seventy years later, the Marine Laboratory operates year-round to provide educational, training, and research opportunities to about 3,500 persons annually, including undergraduate, graduate and professional students enrolled in the university's academic programs.
Join us for a weekend of tours, educational programs, children’s activities, local food, and live music as we celebrate the people - faculty, scientists, and alumni - who have given the Marine Lab life, impacting and improving the worlds' knowledge of marine life for over seven decades.
Highlights:
- Educational Programs on research, such as Biofuels, Sea Mammals, and Sea Level Rise
- Kid's Activities - Touch Tanks and Crafts
- Boat Tours - to Rachel Carson Estuarine Research Reserve and Dolphin Watches
- Land Tours - of the RV Cape Hatteras and the Molecular Lab
- Live Music by the Cajun band "The Unknown Tongues"
Map of Duke Marine Lab
Hosted By:
Nicholas School of the Environment
Duke University Marine Lab
Duke Alumni Association
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