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May 28, 2015
Faced with the huge number of Syrian refugees, a Duke student in Jordan with the Bass Connections project team on Displacement, Resettlement and Global Mental Health weighs the merits of helping individuals versus conducting research that could lead... read more about “The ‘Human’ Part of ‘Humanitarianism’ Pushes Me to Continue” »
May 15, 2015
One of the greatest features of the Bass Connections program is that undergrads are able to collaborate and work with grads. Although undergraduates and graduates see each other on a day-to-day basis—after all, we do share a campus—hardly do we ever... read more about An Undergraduate Perspective on Working with Graduate Students »
May 12, 2015
Student Daniel Ketyer discusses how the anatomy of his team allowed for students and faculty to work together to make solar installation easy and affordable for Duke employees. read more about The Anatomy of a Successful Bass Connections Team »
May 12, 2015
Sophomore Cassie Yuan reflects on her experience exploring the causes of oil contamination in Oginiland, Nigeria. She is working on exploring the connections between energy and peace building by creating a film. read more about Time Mapping Ogoniland’s Oil Contamination History »
May 12, 2015
The Distributed Solar Generation for Duke University Employees team had several pivotal moments throughout the year that contributed to the success of their Bass Connections project. Undergraduate student Daniel Ketyer outlines the chronological... read more about Year in Review »
May 12, 2015
Over the course of the year, the Distributed Solar Generation for Duke University Employees Bass Connections team faced a number of positive and negative experiences that had an impact on the ultimate success of the project. While they could have ... read more about Project Synthesis: What We Learned »
May 12, 2015
Through his Bass Connections in Energy course, undergraduate James Ferguson travelled to UNC Chapel Hill to attend the 2nd Annual NC Clean Tech Summit. From his experience attending, he learned quite a bit about the current state of clean technology... read more about 2015 NC Clean Tech Summit »
May 12, 2015
Solarize Duke- the product of Bass Connections research- is now underway! James Ferguson reflects on recent information sessions where him and his team presented the essential information on residential solar to Duke employees. He also highlights... read more about Solarize Duke Kicks Off! »
May 3, 2015
The Global Health team, Evaluation of Scaling Innovative Healthcare Delivery in East Africa, traveled to Boston in March for... read more about Bass Connections Team Presents at Multi-university Global Health Conference »
April 26, 2015
Duke has received $9.75 million in gifts and matching funds to support an initiative that focuses on harnessing massive amounts of information to tackle society’s biggest challenges, connecting to the Information... read more about Duke Receives $9.75 Million for ‘Big Data’ Initiative »