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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 »


Student Global Health Researchers Share Fieldwork Experiences
June 1, 2015

More than 60 Duke students—including those on Bass Connections project teams—are conducting global health research in low- and middle-income countries this summer. With more than 40 projects, research topics run the gamut from sickle cell disease in... read more about Student Global Health Researchers Share Fieldwork Experiences »


Searching for a Way to Survive
June 1, 2015

The war in Syria has no clear end in sight, so how will organizations continue to provide for the needs of refugees? As part of the Bass Connections project team,... read more about Searching for a Way to Survive »


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