Community Engagement in Durham and Around the World

Bass Connections teams and community partners.

Most Bass Connections teams work with partners beyond Duke, including nonprofits, universities, school systems, hospitals, government agencies and private companies. From Fall 2013 through Spring 2022, teams have worked with 523 external partners in 43 countries on six continents in addition to many cities and towns in 20 states plus the District of Columbia.

Last year, 74% of our year-long project teams had one or more formal community partners or clients, totaling 139 external affiliates. We were also joined by 37 graduate and undergraduate students from other universities, including 13 from Duke Kunshan University.

^{Please click on the map to enlarge. Dark green shading indicates locations where one or more teams have engaged intensively through fieldwork and/or strong local partnerships. Light green shading indicates locations where teams have had less intensive, but still significant, engagement, including in-depth comparative analyses or brief visits not grounded through local partnerships.}

2022-2023 Project Teams with North Carolina Partners

Each year, about a quarter of our project teams engage in research and outreach with community partners here in Durham and across the state.

A City and Its River: Contaminant Risk in Durham’s Ellerbe Creek Watershed

Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association, Durham
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, Durham

Assessing and Improving Girls’ and Women’s Math Identity

Durham Public Schools
Bioremediation of Plastic Pollution to Conserve Marine Biodiversity
Durham Public Schools
East Durham Children’s Initiative
Environmental Science Summer Program at Duke, Durham
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh
RTI International, Durham
STEM in the Park, Research Triangle Park, Durham

Celebrating Latinx Culture with a Spanish Reading Program

Book Harvest, Durham
Durham County Libraries
Iglesia Presbiteriana Emanuel, Durham
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Durham
Lakewood Elementary School, Durham
Latino Educational Achievement Partnership, Durham

Closing the Gap on Health Disparity and Outcomes in Hypertension

American Heart Association (Triangle), Durham
American Stroke Association (Triangle), Durham
Lincoln Community Health Center, Durham
North Carolina Central University, Durham

Enhancing Diversity in STEM Careers Through Mentored Training

BOOST (Building Opportunities and Overtures in Science and Technology) at Duke School of Medicine, Durham
Durham Public Schools
Environmental Science Summer Program at Duke, Durham
North Carolina School of Science and Math, Durham

Equitable University-Community Research Partnerships

Community Engaged Research Initiative, Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Durham
Examining Racial Inequality and Reform Through Driver’s License Access
City of Durham
Durham County Department of Social Services