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Josephine Ramseyer Wins Koonz Human Rights Prize for Best Alternative Project
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 »


Diana Dai and Matthew Sebastian Receive Human Rights Center Grants
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 »


Indrani Saha Honored with Faculty Scholars Award
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 »


Jun Wang Receives Forever Duke Student Leadership 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 »


An Exploration in Ethics with Thomas DeFrantz
April 26, 2016

Professor DeFrantz is a team leader on the Bass Connections project team Machine Society Interfaces. Recently he spoke with the Kenan Institute for Ethics for the Good Question series. read more about An Exploration in Ethics with Thomas DeFrantz »


This Summer, Show How ‪#‎DukeIsEverywhere‬
April 25, 2016

Bass Connections team members, let’s show how ‪#‎DukeIsEverywhere‬‬! Every two days beginning June 1 the Duke Global Baton Instagram account will be handed off to a new Blue Devil for posting photos. read more about This Summer, Show How ‪#‎DukeIsEverywhere‬ »


Bass Connections Team Brings Cutting-edge Technology to Live Performances
April 18, 2016

Duke students and faculty on the Machine Society Interfaces project team are combining technology and the arts to explore the implications of real-time tracking of individuals. read more about Bass Connections Team Brings Cutting-edge Technology to Live Performances »


Bass Connections Students Report on Education Research
April 14, 2016

Undergraduates are at the heart of research for Bass Connections, and it is through their diligence and collaborative spirit that there was tremendous work done, Thomas Nechyba said during the Education & Human Development Bass Connections... read more about Bass Connections Students Report on Education Research »


What Makes a Face? Art and Science Team Up to Find Out
April 6, 2016

As part of a Bass Connections project exploring how our brains make sense of faces, a Duke team of students and faculty is using state-of-the-art eye-tracking to examine how the presence of faces — from the purely representational to the highly... read more about What Makes a Face? Art and Science Team Up to Find Out »


Classic Digs Go Digital
March 31, 2016

A Bass Connections project team traveled to Vulci, Italy, to use classical techniques of archaeological prospection, then applied tools such as ground-penetrating radar, magnetometry and drone photography to create a trove of data and pictures. read more about Classic Digs Go Digital »


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