Come learn more about Bass Connections and find out what these research teams of faculty, graduate students, undergraduates and community partners have accomplished this year.

Schedule

3:30
The reception and poster session begin. Cast your vote for the audience choice award for best poster.

4:25
Dean Valerie Ashby, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, gives opening remarks, and students from five Bass Connections project teams present lightning talks (speaker order to be determined):

• Chinemerem Nwosu ’19 and Sam Sadler ’19, Improving Neurosurgery Outcomes in Uganda
• Samuel Eure ’19 and Nima Mohammadi ’20, Quantifying Gerrymandering
• Sahil Sandhu ’20 and Veronica Sotelo Munoz (MPP), Help Desk: A Student Initiative to Address the Social Determinants of Health
• Caleb Cooke ’21 and Karina Heaton ’21, Wired for Learning: Supporting Thinking Skills in the K-2 Classroom
• Merle Nye ’21, Mary Helen Wood ’21 and Alex Yoshizumi (MEM), Chronicling the Economic and Social History of Coal in Central Appalachia

5:05
Edward J. Balleisen, Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies, recognizes this year’s recipients of the Bass Connections Award for Outstanding Mentorship and the Bass Connections Student Research Awards.

5:15
The reception and poster session continue until 6:00. We will announce the audience choice award for best poster at 5:45 (voting closes at 5:30).

Parking

Public parking is available in the Bryan Center Parking Deck, located on Science Drive between Duke Chapel and the Bryan Center. Penn Pavilion is a very short walk from the parking deck. Please contact us if you have any questions about parking, accessibility or directions.

RSVP

Please email Sarah Dwyer at sarah.dwyer@duke.edu. All are welcome.