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Nicholas School of the Environment

Nicholas School of the Environment. “The goal: to develop critical and creative thinkers and doers who will shape tomorrow's Earth. The Nicholas School is global, empirical, ethical. It is about our world – today and tomorrow.”. Dean Bill Chameides.

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Nicholas School of the Environment

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  1. Nicholas School of the Environment “The goal: to develop critical and creative thinkers and doers who will shape tomorrow's Earth. The Nicholas School is global, empirical, ethical. It is about our world – today and tomorrow.” Dean Bill Chameides Our vision: Forging a sustainable future through research, education, and stewardship.

  2. History • Nicholas School of the Environment: 1991 • Duke University Marine Lab: 1938 • School of Forestry: 1938 • Department of Geology: 1936

  3. Who We Are • Students: • PhD: 112 • Professional: 225 • Undergraduate (enrolled in classes): • environmental science: 272 • geology: 554 • marine lab: 134 Faculty: Core: 53 Affiliated: 52 Research Grants: Active: $67 million Pending: $56 million Yearly research expenditures: $15 million Annual Fund Goal: $715,000 Student Job Placement: 97 percent Number of Living Alumni: more than 3000

  4. Earth and Ocean Sciences (EOS) Environmental Sciences & Policy (ESP) Marine Science & Conservation (MSC)

  5. Research Centers, Programs & Partnerships • Center for Comparative Biology of Vulnerable Populations • Center for Geospatial Medicine • Center on Global Change • Center for Hydrologic Science • Center for Marine Conservation • Center for Tropical Conservation • Children's Environmental Health Initiative • Climate Change Policy Partnership • Duke University Wetland Center • Southern Center for Sustainable Forestry • Superfund Basic Research Center

  6. Information Technology at the Nicholas SchoolREALLY ROCKS! • The IT people • The Resources • Our Customers

  7. Deann Corum Nicholas IT System Administrator, Sr. Susan Gerbeth-Jones Nicholas IT Assistant Dean Andy Minnis Nicholas IT Desktop Computer Specialist Dustin Minnich Nicholas IT System Administrator Katheryne DoughtyNicholas IT Help Desk Manager

  8. Tom WalbertDUML IT Desktop Computer Specialist Richard GoldstonDUML IT Help Desk Assistant Jeffery PriddyManager, DUML Information Systems

  9. Servers: 30 Linux 9 Windows Data: over 7 TB

  10. LSRC Instructional Classroom

  11. DUML Instructional Cluster

  12. Scientific Software • ArcGIS • STATA • Stella • Decision Tools • Logical Decisions • Erdas Imagine • Netica • NVivo

  13. Videoconferencing Video Phone Booth

  14. Desktop Support • Over 600 Windows computers • ~30 Macs • 20 Unix workstations

  15. Recent Accomplishments • Switched Clusters to win.duke.edu with AFS drive mappings • Greatly improved AV in DUML auditorium and Old Chem 201

  16. Change phone system at DUML . . . . . . to VoIP

  17. http://thegreengrok.com Web and Plone now on Virtual Servers

  18. Stats on the Grok

  19. https://wiki.duke.edu/display/nickipedia/

  20. Future • Improve redundancy for key services (web/plone, data, backup) • Identify services that can be moved centrally (e.g. DHCP and DNS) • Eliminate Server Room ‘business’ • Get raises for IT staff • Develop Online Course Evaluations

  21. Future • Develop process for digital management • Continue refining and implementing policies

  22. Future • Increase our efficiency w/ Altiris and BigFix: imaging, maintenance, updates • Continue improving customer support • Offer more diverse training • Continue to improve ability to videoconference and record classes, seminars, meetings • Consider incentive for graduate students to purchase suitable computers

  23. Challenges • Systems in Durham and DUML • GIS • Labs on AFS • Learning VRFs • FDS • Storage • Research Computing • Training

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