April 18, 2016 Dear Friends of the Duke Lemur Center: Some of you may have seen an alarming article published in the Duke Chronicle (April 18, 2016), stating that the Duke Lemur Center (DLC) has lost its funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). I write now to assure you that the article has unintentionally […]
By Anne Yoder, Director of the Duke Lemur Center (2007-2017). Originally published in the Duke Lemur Center’s annual report, October 2015. August 30, 2015 was a day of mourning around the world as we learned that the great neurologist and author Dr. Oliver Sacks had died. Obituaries and remembrances poured forth over the subsequent weeks, […]
Stand for Lemurs on World Lemur Day, October 29 Celebrate the World Lemur Festival October 29-31 Lemurs and humans are primates. Lemurs have ten fingers and ten toes. Humans have ten fingers and ten toes, too. The island of Madagascar may only have 10% of its natural vegetation remaining. On World Lemur Day, October […]
October 1, 2015 — This is a repost of a blog hosted on the Lenovo Blog. Over two days, team members from Lenovo’s Triangle office volunteered at the Lemur Center. Lenovo was even generous enough to donate 10 YOGA 2 tablets to the Lemur Center for staff to use. DLC volunteer and Lenovo employee Sandra Strenka […]
