The Social Committee is a graduate student organization affiliated with the soon-to-be

School of Public Policy that organizes social activities for students, faculty and staff affiliated

with the Sanford School.  Any student at Sanford may join, and the Social Committee also

partners with other graduate and professional programs on campus such as the Nicholas

School of Environment, GPSC and the Fuqua School of Business.

The group is dedicated to improving field skills through outdoor, informal learning experiences

with other students. A secondary purpose of the club is to act as a central place for organizing

outdoors/adventure activities.

The American Fisheries Society is an international organization whose mission is 'to improve

the conservation and sustainability of fishery resources and aqautic ecosystems.' Duke Fish,

Duke's Chapter of the AFS, strives to educate people about the importance of sustainable

and local seafood.  We achieve this through education, field trips, community outreach,

and professional lecture series.

SAWS is dedicated to fostering sound wetland science, education and management. 

We are closely linked to the Duke Wetland Center and strive to provide a forum for

students interested in wetlands.

The Duke IHI Open School Chapter is an interdisciplinary organization affiliated with the

Institute of Healthcare Improvement, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to leading

patient safety and quality improvement in health care around the world. The Open School

works at Duke to empower future health leaders of all fields with the knowledge and tools

to promote healthcare improvement.

The Graduate and Professional Women's Network (GPWN) has four goals: to provide a

space for graduate and professional school women students, professors, administrators,

and community members to network with other women outside of their departments and

schools; to sponsor programs that will teach graduate and professional school women

students skills that will help them succeed in their educational and professional careers

; to provide a forum for discussion of campus and community issues; and to advocate

on behalf of graduate and professional school women students to the Duke administration.

We hold event every month to give tech talk or tech demo to students to spread the use

of open source software and technologies. There will also be online group and communities

where members are updated with the most advanced technologies and intern&job opportunities.

Gradparents is a social, educational and networking group open to graduate and

professional students and post-doctoral fellows with children.

The mission of the Nutrition and Dietetics Interest Group (NDIG) is to augment the nutrition

and dietetic education of healthcare professionals by helping them to understand the role

of nutrition in the lives of their patients as well as their own.

The Jewish Medical Student Association (JMSA) engages the shared cultural

and religious backgrounds of Jewish medical students to search for a deeper

of understanding of what it means to be a Jewish Doctor.  To that end, JMSA

conducts programs that promote an ethic of service, that facilitate frank

discussion of medical ethics, and that explore topics in Judaism relevant

to doctoring