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.
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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 […]
RESEARCHER SPOTLIGHT: Antonin Andriamahaihavana
Written by Antonin Andriamahaihavana, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Antananarivo. Originally published in LEMURS Magazine: The “Where” Issue in February 2025. His partnership with the DLC I obtained my master’s degree in Animal Conservation Biology at the Mention Zoologie et Biodiversité Animale (MZBA), University of Antananarivo, in 2020. My research focused on the ecology […]
2025 UPDATE: DLC-Madagascar Veterinary Internship Program
By Julie Ter Beest M.S., D.V.M., Dipl. ACZM, Director of Veterinary Services and Brendan Johnson, D.V.M., Ph.D., Veterinarian. Photos by Sara Sorraia. Originally published in LEMURS Magazine: The “Where” Issue in February 2025. One of our most rewarding partnerships is our Malagasy Veterinary Internship Program, a grant-funded program that enables us to host talented Malagasy […]
INFANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Meet Spock, Our Newest Ultimate Adoption!
Posted August 19, 2025. Live Long and Prosper! What happens when a small group of lemur-loving volunteers come together to make a real difference? Cindy, Donna, Freda, Marsha, and Leslie have volunteered for over two thousand combined hours at the Duke Lemur Center. All five women serve as education docents, helping inspire the next generation […]
Announcing New, High Priority $5,000+ Gift Opportunities
Posted August 13, 2025. This year, the Duke Lemur Center—like many university-affiliated institutions—is navigating unprecedented financial challenges due to sweeping changes in federal funding. These shifts have created significant gaps in our budget, threatening the momentum we’ve built in lemur care, groundbreaking research, and global conservation. General fund gifts are our top priority right now. […]
