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Improving Food Security to Increase Resiliency to COVID-19 for Latinx Populations

Diversity & Affordability
Food & Dining
Personal Wellbeing
Fall
2020

This project team took on the problem of food insecurity among Durham’s Latinx residents, one in five of whom said they sometimes skipped or limited their meals. In the context of the pandemic, access to sufficient nutritious food took on even greater importance.

Courtesy of Duke Center for Global Women’s Health Technologies

Ignite: Empowering Students through STEM Curricula Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals

Curriculum
Public Engagement
Fall
2019

This Bass Connections project brought together an interdisciplinary team of innovators and educators to optimize the Ignite curriculum for implementation in the Durham Public Schools system. Ignite promotes active mentorship, catalyzes collaboration and fosters global awareness and citizenship.

Image: Contaminated Soil, by Joey Rozier, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Mapping Legacy Lead in Urban Soils to Help Improve Children's Health

Grounds and Landscaping
Research
Fall
2019

In concert with the North Carolina Lead and Healthy Homes Task Force, this Bass Connections project produced the first city soil-lead map in the state. These maps served as tools to identify lead hotspots and guide management of aging construction and new developments.

Smart meter energy disaggregation

The University as an Energy Laboratory: Design and Implementation of an Energy Disaggregation System

Buildings
Energy
Research
Fall
2013

An aggregate power signal (such as the one read by building utility meters) may be decomposed into its constituent devices such as refrigerators, computers, televisions, etc. This project team designed and implemented an energy disaggregation system to establish Duke University as a learning laboratory for energy consumptive behavior and smart meter potential.

photo of downtown durham

Communicating about Energy in the Triangle: Engaging Students and Local Partners to Improve Household Consumption

Diversity & Affordability
Energy
Public Engagement
Water
Fall
2013

This project team developed and implemented communication strategies with partners at Clean Energy Durham. Areas of focus included energy education in the public housing and low-income housing sector; community-building and energy efficiency; and connections between water and energy efficiency.