The Confluence Collaborative for Community Engagement serves as a convening unit and supportive platform for community-engaged research, education, and practice across WashU, with community-identified needs at the forefront.
St. Louis community
Your expertise and community knowledge are the foundation of our work.
WashU scholars
Your work elevates the programs that support the community we call home.
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Sumner High School Principal Ronda Wallace Receives WashU Provost Impact Award
Saint Louis Public Schools is proud to celebrate Sumner High School Principal Dr. Ronda Wallace for receiving a 2026 Provost Impact Award from Washington University in St. Louis.
WashU researchers bring findings — and questions — to St. Louis gardeners
From toxic metals in the soil to hidden hunger, researchers shared knowledge with local growers and asked for theirs in return.
Naseh receives William H. Danforth St. Louis Confluence Award
Brown School initiative works with community partners to support immigrants and refugees.
The Collaborative’s work
We create partnerships between our region and WashU. We help community leaders by providing outreach, connections, and resources to meet the needs of St. Louis.
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Whether you’re new to the field or have a specific project you’re ready to embark on, we’re here to support your work.
We’re working toward taking WashU’s significant knowledge and expertise and making sure that the questions we’re asking, the problems we’re trying to tackle, are those that are going to make a difference in the lives of the people who are giving their time (and) sharing their resources to help us generate this new knowledge.
Vetta Sanders-Thompson, PhD, Brown School