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May 9, 2016
Walk into a 9th-grade honors health class at Wakefield High School in Raleigh, and you might think you’ve stepped into a freshman biology class at any local university. These high schoolers are learning the ins-and-outs of the brain down to the... read more about Teaching Students How to Keep Their Brains Healthy and Improve Their Learning Abilities »
May 6, 2016
Duke has awarded distinguished professorships to 21 members of its faculty. Another four were inducted into the Bass Society of Fellows for Excellence in Teaching and Research. Among the recipients were two Bass Connections team leaders. read more about Duke Awards Distinguished Professorships, Inducts New Bass Society Members »
May 5, 2016
For a demographic that faces a greater risk of dropping out, and a persistent achievement gap in math and reading, one Bass Connections team is creating a program to support teaching practices that increase language and literacy outcomes for Latino... read more about Shaping the Classroom »
May 4, 2016
Less than three months after devastating floods washed over parts of South Carolina, Duke’s ResearchMobile trundled down to Columbia, one of the hardest-hit areas, and set up shop in the parking lot of a shuttered Piggly Wiggly. A Bass Connections... read more about Research on the ReMo »
May 2, 2016
Caroline Bruzelius received the Trinity College Dean’s Leadership Award for the Wired! Lab. She is a Bass Connections faculty team leader of The Lives of Things and Visualizing Venice. read more about Caroline Bruzelius Honored with Leadership Award »
April 28, 2016
Several Bass Connections participants are among the recipients of this year’s Duke Student Leadership and Service Awards. read more about Congratulations to the Student Leadership and Service Award Winners »
April 28, 2016
Ramseyer was a member of the Bass Connections project team Displacement, Resettlement and Global Mental Health. read more about Josephine Ramseyer Wins Koonz Human Rights Prize for Best Alternative Project »
April 28, 2016
Two of the eight students who received grants are Bass Connections participants. They will spend the summer researching human rights issues. read more about Diana Dai and Matthew Sebastian Receive Human Rights Center Grants »
April 27, 2016
Saha was a member of the Bass Connections project team Art, Vision and the Brain: An Exploration of Color and Brightness, and serves on the Student Advisory Council. read more about Indrani Saha Honored with Faculty Scholars Award »
April 27, 2016
Congratulations to Jun Wang, who was a member of the Bass Connections project team Evaluation of Scaling Innovative Healthcare Delivery in East Africa. read more about Jun Wang Receives Forever Duke Student Leadership Award »