Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.74
Liaison Tavey Capps
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2011
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Duke University
Tier2-8: Themed Semester or Year

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Tavey Capps
Environmental Sustainability Director
Office of the Executive Vice President
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Has the institution chosen a sustainability-related theme for its themed semester, year, or first-year experience during the past three years?:
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A brief description of the themed semester, year, or first-year experience:
Duke’s Focus Program for first-year students provides clusters of courses designed around an interdisciplinary theme. Students explore a range of issues and ideas from different viewpoints across the humanities, sciences, and social sciences; Focus faculty from diverse academic departments are leading researchers in their fields. The Focus program has had several sustainability-related topics over the past few years; three fall 2010 clusters were sustainability-themed: “Evolution and Humankind” (http://trinity.duke.edu/focus-program/clusters-courses/evolution-humankind), “Engineering Frontiers” (http://trinity.duke.edu/focus-program/clusters-courses/engineering-frontiers), and “Ethics, Leadership, and Global Citizenship” (http://trinity.duke.edu/focus-program/clusters-courses/ethics-leadership-global-citizenship).

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The sustainability-related book that was chosen, if applicable:
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