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March 15, 2015
On March 16th, the Chronicle Editorial Board published a piece reflecting on the 4% hike in undergraduate tuition for Duke students. The article weighs the university's justifications, both academic and social, for these rising costs. Although it... read more about Chronicle Editorial: Bleeding tuition dollars »
March 15, 2015
The Bass Connections Global Health team, Chlorhexidine for Umbilical Cord Care, traveled to Dhaka, Bangladesh for a week this March. Their... read more about Reflections on our week in Dhaka »
March 9, 2015
A 2007 article from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology in 2007 suggests how additional reasons, or arguments, for an action can undermine the perceived effectiveness of the action’s purpose. Marie Komori discusses how she has... read more about Are More Arguments Always Better? »
March 3, 2015
The Energy and the Environment: Design and Innovation Team gives a February update on their project's progress. The month predominantly consisted of construction of their first prototype and preparing for the Prototype Design Review (PDR). read more about Solar Autoclave Team – February Update »
March 1, 2015
Check out this great video about Bass Connections! It highlights our main goals of uniting Duke students, faculty and outside experts in solving important problems, as well as... read more about Video: Exploring Bass Connections at Duke University »
February 17, 2015
Only FIVE days left to apply to a project team with Bass Connections! The application is due February 23rd, and takes less than an hour to complete. We have an exciting group of new and returning projects this year in five different themes. Be sure... read more about APPLY to Bass Connections by February 23rd »
February 10, 2015
With five interdisciplinary themes, Bass Connections's factuly-led projects affords students a unique interdisciplinary opportunity to hone critical career and life skills—such as collaboration, critical thinking, and creative problem solving—... read more about From Vaccinations to Kidney Donation and Beyond: New Bass Connections Global Health Projects »
February 10, 2015
EHDi staff are presenting workshops this spring offering overviews of two different aspects of the data management process. They will focus on data and study documentation, and the SAS programming language for data management. Both workshops are... read more about Data Management Workshops for Spring 2015 »
February 10, 2015
The Franklin Humanities Institute has selected five Bass Connections project teams to support: Art, Vision, and the Brain Digital Archaeological and Historic Landscapes: Laboratory and Fieldwork The Lives of Things Movement, Grace, and Embodied... read more about FHI supports five humanities-related Bass Connections project teams »
February 8, 2015
Bass Connections is currently hiring for an available position as Administrative Coordinator! This is an exciting new opportunity to help our initiative expand at Duke and beyond, and this position will entail various communications, event planning... read more about Job Opening with Bass Connections »