October 2025 Stakeholder Update
October Stakeholder Update Read the Duke Lemur Center’s Stakeholder Update, sent to our donors on October 10, 2025. Questions? Contact Mary Paisley, DLC Development Director, at mary.paisley@duke.edu.
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An Extraordinary Legacy: $9 million gift to protect lemurs and Madagascar
An Extraordinary Legacy: $9 million gift to protect lemurs and Madagascar The largest commitment in Duke Lemur Center’s history Written by Mary Paisley, Development Director. Posted on October 10, 2025. The Duke Lemur Center proudly announces the largest commitment in its history: a record-breaking $9 million legacy gift that will profoundly shape the future of […]
How Lemurs Are Laying the Groundwork for Interstellar Travel
After astronauts wake up from hibernation, will they still be able to drive the spacecraft? Duke researchers are studying lemurs to find out. By Susan Miller. Originally published in DukeTODAY on October 1, 2025. Read the original here. From fairy tales – such as Sleeping Beauty and Rip Van Winkle – to science fiction films, […]
Progress Update: The Charles Welch and Andrea Katz Fund Nears Endowment Goal
Posted by Mary Paisley, DLC Development Director on October 2, 2025. We’re thrilled to announce that this past week, we received a new gift of just over $24,000 from a 2019 Madagascar tour participant toward the Charles Welch and Andrea Katz Fund! This gift, added to the 57 other gifts we’ve received toward the fund […]
September 2025 Stakeholder Update
September Stakeholder Update Read the Duke Lemur Center’s Stakeholder Update, sent to our donors on September 10, 2025. Questions? Contact Mary Paisley, DLC Development Director, at mary.paisley@duke.edu.
Dr. James Herrera Is Appointed DLC Director of Conservation
Posted September 8, 2025. After nearly 40 years of dedicated service to conservation in Madagascar, Charlie Welch has retired from his role as Conservation Coordinator at the Duke Lemur Center. While Charlie will be deeply missed, we are thrilled to announce that Dr. James Herrera has accepted the position of Director of Conservation! James is […]
Lemurs, A Lasting Love Affair: Planned Giving Options
On July 23, 2025, a small group of Duke Lemur Center donors joined us for a special presentation by Anne Morrison Bradley from Duke’s Office of Gift Planning. The presentation explored how Planned Giving can be a powerful, accessible way to support the Lemur Center’s mission, both now and for generations to come. Simple Ways […]
RESEARCHER SPOTLIGHT: Tristan Franzetti
Posted September 2, 2025. Tristan is a Ph.D. candidate in Biology at Duke University. Research Focus: Mechanisms of niche partitioning in sympatric nocturnal lemurs In the forests of Madagascar, several species of small, nocturnal lemurs live side by side. They’re similar in size and habits, yet somehow they managed to evolve into separate species and […]
