Bass Connections

Sarah Jean Barton

October 27, 2020

A Faculty Career Boosted by a Bass Connections Project

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While students are back on campus, many staff members must work with them while also practicing social distancing. Photo courtesy of University Communications.

October 13, 2020

Staying Close to Students Despite Distance

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Members of the Migration and Deportation team meet with two community activists in Guatemala to discuss the local impact of migration. (Photo: Courtesy of Maria Ramirez)

October 8, 2020

Bass Connections Immigration Project Explores Mental Health and Legal Issues

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Sophie Hurewitz, Rushina Cholera, Ainsley Buck, Eliana Perrin, Aaron Pankiewicz and Stephanie MacPherson at the Academic Pediatric Association Region IV Annual Meeting in February 2020. Undergraduate team members Hurewitz and Buck received the student abs

October 1, 2020

Measuring the Well-Being of North Carolina’s Youngest Residents

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Record giving this past fiscal year supports a range of innovative academic and scholarship programs across the university.

September 22, 2020

Record Year of Philanthropic Support for Research, Student Support, Teaching and Learning

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aerial shot of Downtown Durham

August 4, 2020

Bass Connections Launches New Fall Projects Looking at Pandemic Responses in the Community

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Bass Connections team visits Mayan ruins

July 15, 2020

Exploring the Human Impacts of Deportation in Guatemala

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Rohan Rajan, Kevin Peng and Mengfan Li give a presentation during a team meeting in 2019. (Photo: Milena Ozernova)

June 23, 2020

Bass Connections Team Follows a Glimmer of Hope for 'Flattening the Curve' on Climate Change Emissions

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computer science class of NOrth Carolina youths

June 15, 2020

Bringing Computer Science Education to Young Students in North Carolina

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David Boyd of Duke Global Health

June 8, 2020

Embracing Global Health's Teachable Moment

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Duke researcher Helena Frischtak, (right front) administers psycholocal assements with a pair of Peruvian children during a study of mercury contamination near small-scale gold mining. (Bill Pan, Duke)

May 28, 2020

Gold Mining With Mercury Poses Health Threats for Miles Downstream

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Bass Connections virtual showcase

May 18, 2020

The Impact of Bass Connections Research

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The Duke University Bass Connections team on predatory lending

May 9, 2020

A Bass Connection Study of Predatory Lending Provides Lessons About the Great Recession

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Laura Howes is the director of Bass Connections, a university-wide interdisciplinary initiative that brings students, faculty and researchers together to solve complex societal challenges. Photo by Jonathan Black.

March 9, 2020

Blue Devil of the Week: A Front-Row Seat to Interdisciplinary Research

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A collage featuring images of a softball player, a science event, people walking, a choral group and a woman with a flower crown.

March 2, 2020

5 Free Things to do at Duke in March

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February 20, 2020

Listening for Zora Hurston Neale: Merging Sonic Archives with the Digital Humanities

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