Please join us for the 2025 Spring Symposium for Professional Master’s Degree Students and the Undergraduate Graduation with Distinction Presentations and Poster Session! The Nicholas School is excited to celebrate the professional and academic accomplishments of both our second-year MEM, MF, iMEP and DEL-MEM students, as well as the Nicholas School undergraduate students who have the honor of Graduating with Distinction (GWD). All graduate and professional ENVIRON, ECS, and MARSCI classes will be cancelled for this event.
Students are expected to attend.
DEL-MEM PROGRAM
Tuesday, April 8 – Thursday, April 10, 2025
7:20 PM – 9:05 PM (ET)
Dean Lori Bennear will make opening remarks on April 8.
Presentations are virtual, live streamed via Zoom, and recorded.
MEM, MF, IMEP AND UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
Thursday, April 10 – Friday, April 11, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (ET)
Dean Lori Bennear will present welcoming remarks on April 10.
Graduate with Distinction Poster Presentations will be held on Friday, April 11, time TBD. The schedule will be posted on this page by mid-March.
Presentations will be in person, live streamed via Zoom, and recorded.
Masking policy: The MP Symposium presentations are conducted in a classroom setting (April 10-11). Masking is required for anyone who is symptomatic and will be around others, regardless of test results. Anyone who is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms should wear a mask, not report to work or attend classes, and get tested as soon as possible. Anyone experiencing respiratory symptoms, even after a negative COVID test, should remember there are many respiratory viruses circulating in our community. Please be considerate to others and wear a mask whenever you have any cold-like symptoms.
PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
- Presentations are scheduled in 25-minute blocks – 15 minutes for the presentation, 5 minutes for Q&A, and 5 minutes for transition time between each presentation.
- The 2025 Spring Symposium Presentation Schedule will be available here by mid-March.
ABSTRACTS
Abstracts will be available approximately one week before the Symposium.
Join Presentations Virtually
passcode required
Instructions on how to join virtually will be added by early April. A passcode will be required.
- Current Students: Please check your email communication from the Nicholas School, particularly emails from Abbey Sheehy, Ana Bessias, or Sherri Nevius, to find the passcode for Zoom presentations.
- Family, Friends and Project Partners: First ask your student/friend for the passcode. If you need further assistance, please email Abbey Sheehy, abbey.sheehy@duke.edu.
- Other Guests: We welcome prospective students and interested members of the community at MP and GWD presentations. Please email Abbey Sheehy for the Zoom passcode, abbey.sheehy@duke.edu.
Evaluation Survey
Every year, we ask audience members to evaluate presentations. There will be QR codes placed on the tables in each room that you can scan with your phone camera to access the survey, or you can view the evaluation survey online at this page. Please complete the survey after each presentation that you watch. The link to the evaluation survey will be added approximately one week before presentations.