Franklin Humanities Institute Supports Six Bass Connections Projects for 2017-2018

The John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute has selected six Bass Connections project teams to support for the 2017-2018 academic year:

• Addressing Global Health Needs among Refugee Children and Families in Durham County
• Digital Cities and Cyberarchaeology
• Digital Durham: Past, Present, Future
• Global Mental Health Program
• How to Build Ethics into Robust Artificial Intelligence
• Visualizing Energy through Live Performance

Duke students from all levels and schools are invited to apply for any of the Bass Connections project teams between January 24 and February 17 at 5:00 p.m.

Bass Connections bridges the classroom and the real world, giving students a chance to roll up their sleeves and tackle complex societal challenges alongside faculty from across Duke. Working in interdisciplinary research teams, students at all levels collaborate with faculty, postdocs and outside experts on cutting-edge research that spans subjects and borders.

Since 2015-2016, the FHI has provided additional support for Bass Connections project teams that feature historical perspectives, diverse language processes and products, or aesthetic dimensions of reflections. Previously-supported project teams include:

• Art, Vision and the Brain: Autism and Face Processing (2016-2017)
• Beauty in Balance and Balance in Beauty: An Exploration of the Laws of Physics in Abstract Modern Art (2016-2017)
• The Construction of Memory at Duke and in Durham: Using Memory Studies (2016-2017)
• Digital Cities and Polysensing Environments (2016-2017)
• Global Mental Health-Integrative Training Program (2016-2017)
• NC Jukebox (2016-2017)
• Art, Vision and the Brain (2015-2016)
• Digital Archaeological and Historic Landscapes: Laboratory and Fieldwork (2015-2016)
• The Lives of Things (2015-2016)
• Movement, Grace and Embodied Cognition (2015-2016)
• NC Jukebox (2015-2016).

Join Us at the Bass Connections Fair on January 24

Stop by the annual Bass Connections Fair on Tuesday, January 24 from 2:30 to 5:30 in the Energy Hub (first floor of Gross Hall).

Students can learn more about the Bass Connections project teams for 2017-2018 by talking with faculty team leaders and theme representatives. Tasty food and drinks will be available. Cohosted by the Energy Initiative.

Learn More

• Read the Bass Connections 2015-2016 Annual Report.
• Browse stories from students on what they got out of their Bass Connections experience.
• Explore benefits for undergraduates and for graduate and professional students.