Social Science Research Institute

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June 23, 2017

Chatter in the Deep Brain Spurs Empathy in Rats

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Mining Data

March 17, 2017

Mining Data For What It's Worth

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February 20, 2017

Predicting How Alzheimer’s Disease Progresses

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December 11, 2016

Bringing More Research and Attention to the Growth of Slums Around the World

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Deborah Hicks-Rogoff has been using her work to expand opportunities for young women in her home community of Appalachia.

December 8, 2016

How to Empower Girls in North Carolina's Appalachian Region

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Bass Connections students at Pedra do Sal, birthplace of samba music in Rio.

December 6, 2016

Bass Connections in Brazil

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Thomas Nechyba

December 4, 2016

Comments Sought in Regular Review of SSRI Director Thomas Nechyba

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Duke seniors Richard Beckett-Ansa and Henry Warder co-founded the eNABLE chapter, which makes prosthetics using 3D printers. Photo by Pilar Timpane

November 30, 2016

Red Hat Gift Spurs Open-Source Ideas At Duke

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Bryan Dinner presents research on economic development in Appalachia. All photos from the Social Science Research Institute

November 29, 2016

In Appalachia, Bass Connections Team Finds Untold Stories of Rural Development

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Tanya Exum-Coston has worked at Duke for 20 years and says her previous experience as a teacher helps in her current role with the Social Science Research Institute.

November 18, 2016

Blue Devil of the Week: Classroom Lessons Translate to the Office

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Rock the Vote

November 3, 2016

Professor Puts Science to Work to 'Rock the Vote'

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September 22, 2016

'Love hormone' also boosts feelings of spiritual enlightenment

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oxytocin supports spirituality

September 20, 2016

Oxytocin Enhances Spirituality, New Study Says

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