Environmental Research Announcements




Hallie Cramer, Dhara Patel, Cassidee Kido and Brandon Morrison present their work on ocean energy at the World Bank for representatives from Mauritius.

February 28, 2023

While pursuing her degree in electrical and computer engineering at Duke, Cassidee Kido participated on three Bass Connections teams that helped fuel her passion for energy and the environment. Now a project manager at Energy Solutions, she reflects on the ways her project teams honed her skills and inspired her current work.

Participants were invited to bring a handful of soil that held meaning for them, whether from a planter on their porch or from a place with particular significance. (Photo: Eric Barstow).

November 21, 2022

A 2022-2023 Bass Connections team is digging into the richness of dirt and fungi to inform the development of a unique art project called “Soil and Spirit.”

Team members participating in 40th anniversary march for environmental justice in Warren County, NC (Photo: Cameron Oglesby).

October 10, 2022

While stepping into a new era with the Duke Climate Commitment, Duke also looks back on a long state history of environmental justice advocacy and the injustices that necessitate it.

Annual Report.

October 5, 2022

The 2021-2022 school year marked a series of welcome returns for the 1,200 students, faculty, staff and community partners who participated in Bass Connections. Our 61 year-long project teams resumed their in-person work on campus, many teams participated in their first fieldwork since 2019 and we were once again able gather together in Penn Pavilion to celebrate the year through our annual Fortin Foundation Bass Connections Showcase.

Members of the team in Madagascar (Photos: Courtesy of the Bicultural Sustainability in Madagascar team).

September 6, 2022

This summer, the DLC-SAVA Conservation project at the Duke Lemur Center is leading a Bass Connections project on bicultural sustainability in Madagascar.

Dana Adcock, John Boom, Carlee Goldberg, Elizabeth Gu, Sophie Hurewitz, Katherine Li, James Marek, Sarabesh Natarajan, Priya Parkash and Kerry Rork.

April 25, 2022

These 10 seniors are among the nearly 600 Duke undergraduates who participate in Bass Connections each year. For some students, taking part in collaborative, interdisciplinary research confirmed and deepened their interests; for others, the experience opened up entirely new paths. Many students found ways to take their research further through honors theses and other opportunities.

Jordan Malof (far left) and Kyle Bradbury (far right) and students on their Bass Connections team.

April 11, 2022

Kyle Bradbury and Jordan Malof, co-leaders of the Creating Artificial Worlds with AI to Improve Energy Access Data team, are the joint winners of the 2022 Bass Connections Leadership Award.

Aislinn McLaughlin.

April 11, 2022

Aislinn McLaughlin (Master of Environmental Management) is the winner of the 2022 Bass Connections Award for Outstanding Mentorship. This annual award recognizes the crucial leadership and mentorship roles that graduate students and postdocs play on Bass Connections teams.

Sam Pickerill (Environmental Science & Policy '18), Sarah Kwartler (Biology '21) and Chelsea Tuohy (Master of Environmental Management '22).

March 7, 2022

These three students joined Bass Connections teams that took on challenges facing our planet, from climate change to plastic pollution to habitat loss.

September 14, 2020

What happens when environmental news (i.e: wildfires and hurricanes) takes a backseat to the President Election and COVID-19?