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Open Wounds
June 22, 2015

“We don’t like to open wounds we can’t close,” a volunteer at a Syrian refugee camp told Duke student Maura Smyles. Her Bass Connections project team worked with many aid organizations in Jordan, and Smyles was surprised to find only one of them... read more about Open Wounds »


Bass Connections Inspires New Teaching, Research
June 14, 2015

Five years into a doctoral program in history, Duke graduate student Jonathon Free has learned the scholar’s life can be a marathon. But a recent six-week Bass Connections project taught him it can be a sprint as well.... read more about Bass Connections Inspires New Teaching, Research »


Students from Bass Connections Project Team Win Oliver W. Koonz Prize
June 13, 2015

Four Duke students have won the 2015 Oliver W. Koonz Prize—which recognizes innovative work on human rights by students—for the best alternative project, based on their Bass Connections project team. read more about Students from Bass Connections Project Team Win Oliver W. Koonz Prize »


Aid and Dignity for Refugees
June 8, 2015

Many Syrian refugees who have crossed the border into Jordan have urgent physical and emotional needs. Lily Doron, a student on the Bass Connections project team... read more about Aid and Dignity for Refugees »


A Kenyan Truck Stop Is Known for Access to Sex Workers—and Now Healthcare
June 8, 2015

Wherever there is a problem, there is also an opportunity to save lives. Jun Wang and fellow members of the Bass Connections project team... read more about A Kenyan Truck Stop Is Known for Access to Sex Workers—and Now Healthcare »


Students Team Up for Health Research in Peru
June 4, 2015

A Bass Connections project team is going door-to-door to conduct health surveys and collect samples to test for infectious diseases as well as diabetes and other noncommunicable diseases. View photo... read more about Students Team Up for Health Research in Peru »


Bass Connections Team Shows That #DukeIsEverywhere
June 2, 2015

Anthony Saxton is in Peru with a Bass Connections project team, Environmental Epidemiology in Latin America, to study leishmaniasis in... read more about Bass Connections Team Shows That #DukeIsEverywhere »


Unraveling Responses to the Refugee Crisis
June 1, 2015

Which approach to the Syrian refugee crisis is the right one? A Duke student working in Jordan this summer with the Bass Connections project team on... read more about Unraveling Responses to the Refugee Crisis »


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