Standing alone on the stage of the Carolina Theater with only his guitar, singer Paul Simon slowly strums “America,” his lyrics underscoring the night’s messages of searching, longing and hope within the scientific community and the country as aContinue reading
Coastal Conversations: Advice from Ocean Alumni
Arriving in the Dupont Circle district of Washington, D.C. one recent Thursday morning, I gazed out our car window, in awe of the colorful homes and eclectic buildings that neatly lined each block. As I reminisced of cities I had visited inContinue reading
Workshop to share experiences of support to small-scale fisheries
Sitting at the front of a beautiful ballroom in downtown Durham, N.C., fishermen and fisherwomen from around the world faced us, preparing to share their experiences and knowledge about small-scale fisheries. As a part of my research position with theContinue reading
Aquarium Diving: What’s it like?
Flying home to Colorado this winter break, I was excited for the snow, the mountains….and scuba diving. When I learned several years ago that the Denver aquarium has a volunteer diving team, and that with the right qualifications,Continue reading
2017 Resolution: Explore Duke Forest
One of my goals for the new year is to further explore the many trails of the Duke Forest. Taking advantage of the very rare snowfall in Durham, my roommate and I went on a snowy hike inContinue reading
Visualizing the Ocean
My first semester at the Nicholas School introduced me to a wide array of new ideas, technologies and approaches for managing and protecting the marine environment. In a natural resource economics class, I studied the theories behind fisheryContinue reading
A Need for Environmental Optimism
When working to protect the environment, sometimes it’s hard to be optimistic. Over the course of my undergraduate and graduate career, I’ve sat through countless lectures detailing the environmental woes of our planet, read papers onContinue reading
Paper Parks and the Challenges of Marine Management
In the summer of 2014, I found myself in the back of a colorful taxi van, flying down the winding roads of St. Kitts on my way to Nevis, the island where I wouldContinue reading
An Inside Look at the Duke Marine Lab
Three hours from Durham’s main campus is the Duke University Marine Lab (DUML), our affectionately named “Campus by the Sea.” For masters students like me, who are concentrating in Coastal Environmental Management (CEM), we’ll spend our second yearContinue reading