Bass Connections is now accepting proposals for 2026-2027 projects that engage faculty, undergraduates and graduate/professional students in the interdisciplinary exploration of complex societal challenges.| News RSS Feed
Bass Connections is now accepting proposals for 2026-2027 projects that engage faculty, undergraduates and graduate/professional students in the interdisciplinary explora| Bass Connections
A Bass Connections team explored the relatively under-researched topic of undergraduate computing students’ perceptions of race and the impact of these perceptions on their experiences and worldviews.| News RSS Feed
A Bass Connections team set out to create a virtual reality training tool to help medical students' practice interventional radiology procedures.| News RSS Feed
This project team will assess youth athletes with an oculomotor assessment routine and compare these results to in-season documentation of head impact exposure using data| Bass Connections
A Bass Connections team spent the year exploring the lived experience of hope to broaden our scientific understanding of the concept.| News RSS Feed
A Bass Connections team spent the year studying how shifting environmental conditions are affecting oyster health.| News RSS Feed
A Bass Connections team has been examining the uptick in climate anxiety and considering how artistic practices can be used as a coping method for young people.| News RSS Feed
All current undergraduate students and incoming and current graduate students are invited to apply by June 9 at 5 p.m.| News RSS Feed
Hundreds of students, faculty, staff and community partners gathered in Penn Pavilion to learn about the accomplishments of this year's Bass Connections teams.| News RSS Feed
Doctoral student Mishka Malinowski is the winner of the 2025 Bass Connections Award for Outstanding Mentorship.| News RSS Feed
Mara Revkin is the winner of the 2025 Bass Connections Leadership Award, which recognizes outstanding faculty and staff for their commitment to students on year-long project teams.| News RSS Feed
Six graduate students and 29 undergraduates will pursue faculty-mentored research projects this summer and next year with grant funding from Bass Connections.| News RSS Feed
In celebration of Duke’s centennial, four Bass Connections project teams examined the nuances and untold stories of Duke’s 100-year history.| News RSS Feed
New, open access resource includes 17 case studies from a wide range of higher education institutions that have creatively infused collaborative projects into their curricular and co-curricular offerings.| News RSS Feed
For the past six years, Jason Somarelli has led a Bass Connections team of bioengineers, computational modelers and policy researchers to develop nature-inspired approaches to tackle the plastic crisis.| News RSS Feed
Duke students from all levels and schools are invited to check out the new Bass Connections project teams for 2025-2026. The deadline for applications is February 10 at 5 p.m. EST.| News RSS Feed
The deadline to propose a project is November 4 at 5 p.m.| News RSS Feed
All current Duke undergraduate students and incoming and current Duke graduate students are invited to apply by August 14 at 5 p.m.| News RSS Feed
All current Duke undergraduate students and incoming and current Duke graduate students are invited to apply.| News RSS Feed
Proposals are due Friday, July 12 at 5 p.m.| News RSS Feed
This year’s cohort includes 19 instructors affiliated with five Duke schools, two university institutes and North Carolina Central University.| News RSS Feed
For the past two years, a Bass Connections team has been studying the experiences of those who provide and receive food assistance in Durham with the hope of strengthening the local food security network.| News RSS Feed
These 17 graduate and professional students from the Class of 2024 share reflections on their Bass Connections experience.| News RSS Feed
These 20 seniors took a moment before graduation to share what their Bass Connections experiences have meant to them.| News RSS Feed
More than 750 students, faculty, staff and community partners gathered to engage with team members who presented their research through lightning talks, poster presentations and interactive displays.| News RSS Feed
Ten graduate students and 12 undergraduates will pursue faculty-mentored research projects this summer and next year with grant funding from Bass Connections.| News RSS Feed
This call is part of the Collaborative Project Expeditions program, which provides graduate students with a stipend of $1,750 to work with faculty on a course design project.| News RSS Feed
Nicole Schramm-Sapyta and Maria Tackett are the winners of the 2024 Bass Connections Leadership Award, which recognizes outstanding faculty and staff for their commitment to students on year-long project teams.| News RSS Feed
Master’s student Mia Buono and doctoral student Jade Terry are the co-winners of the 2024 Bass Connections Award for Outstanding Mentorship.| News RSS Feed
Two Bass Connections teams are studying the relationship between informal learning and STEM identity formation in partnership with the Museum of Life and Science in Durham.| News RSS Feed
A multiyear Bass Connections team linking Duke and North Carolina Central University has been exploring the global links among education, hip-hop and community building.| News RSS Feed
We encourage group nominations that recognize the contributions of all faculty/staff leaders and address how they have worked collectively to support team success.| News RSS Feed
We invite the Bass Connections community to recognize those who have made tremendous contributions and positively shaped team members’ experiences.| News RSS Feed
Data+ is a ten-week summer research experience in which students learn how to marshal, analyze and visualize data, while gaining broad exposure to the field of data science.| News RSS Feed
Duke undergraduates, graduate/professional students and trainees/fellows from all levels and schools are invited to check out the new Bass Connections project teams and apply by February 12.| News RSS Feed
Working closely with community partners, a Bass Connections team examined mental health interventions to help Latinx families thrive.| News RSS Feed
Students of all levels can apply for research funding, either individually or as a group, through two grant opportunities.| News RSS Feed
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This year’s council includes 11 students, all of whom have participated in Bass Connections.| News RSS Feed
A Bass Connections team is developing innovative technology to help coaches and clinicians keep players safe.| News RSS Feed
A Bass Connections team synthesized data from more than 40 interviews with city officials and individuals to learn what happens after an individual in Durham County loses their license.| News RSS Feed
Durham is aiming to address a key contributor to inequities in the justice system: money. But what happens when debt relief isn’t enough? That’s what recent Duke graduate Katherine LoBue wanted to find out.| News RSS Feed
How can scientific lab practices inform creative work and arts-based research, and vice versa?| News RSS Feed
How can North Carolina’s efforts to address climate change include community members’ input and take steps to reduce racial and economic inequities?| News RSS Feed
As a Collaborative Project Courses Faculty Fellow, sociology professor Jenifer Hamil-Luker explored new approaches to teaching a course on inequalities in the U.S. legal system. Here’s what she and her students learned.| News RSS Feed
This summer, Bass Connections convened a symposium on collaborative, project-based learning in higher education. Over two days, 120 faculty members, deans, vice provosts, administrators and postdocs from 45 institutions gathered in Durham.| News RSS Feed
Bass Connections is now accepting proposals for 2024-2025 project teams. The deadline to propose a project is November 6 at 5 p.m.| News RSS Feed
Data+ is offered through the Rhodes Information Initiative at Duke (iiD) and is part of the Bass Connections Information, Society & Culture theme.| News RSS Feed
Read this update from a Bass Connections team spending their summer doing field work in Madagascar.| News RSS Feed
These four “pop-up” teams are the result of a special call for project proposals and are currently recruiting students on a rolling basis through August 23 at 5:00 p.m.| News RSS Feed
Twenty-four project teams are now recruiting student team members to begin work in Fall 2023. The deadline to apply is June 15 at 5:00 p.m.| News RSS Feed
Fifteen graduate and professional students from the Class of 2023 share reflections on their Bass Connections experience.| News RSS Feed
These 23 seniors took a moment before finals to share what their Bass Connections experiences have meant to them.| News RSS Feed
More than 500 students, faculty, staff and community partners gathered to engage with team members who presented their research through lightning talks, poster presentations and interactive displays.| News RSS Feed
Henri Gavin and Rachael Lau are joint recipients of the new Bass Connections Excellence in Collaborative Leadership Award.| News RSS Feed
Cameron Kim is the winner of the 2023 Bass Connections Leadership Award.| News RSS Feed
Five graduate students and 11 undergraduates will pursue faculty-mentored research projects this summer and next year with grant funding from Bass Connections.| News RSS Feed
Ze-Yi Han, Yaning Yuan and Daniel Wieczynski are the joint winners of the 2023 Bass Connections Award for Outstanding Mentorship.| News RSS Feed
These three students engaged with the Durham community through Bass Connections.| News RSS Feed
Joining forces on a Bass Connections team, students from Duke and Duke Kunshan are developing innovative tools to address cancer disparities in China.| News RSS Feed
We invite the Bass Connections community to recognize those who have made tremendous contributions and positively shaped team members’ experiences.| News RSS Feed
We encourage group nominations that recognize the contributions of all faculty/staff leaders and address how they have worked collectively to support team success.| News RSS Feed
Bass Connections is now accepting proposals for projects and courses addressing issues related to Duke’s past, present or future during Duke's Centennial. Proposals are due Monday, April 3 at 5:00 p.m.| News RSS Feed
Duke undergraduates, graduate/professional students and trainees/fellows from all levels and schools are invited to check out the new Bass Connections project teams and apply by February 13.| News RSS Feed
This international team is finding ways to improve neurosurgical systems around the world.| News RSS Feed
Data+ is a ten-week summer research experience in which students learn how to marshal, analyze and visualize data, while gaining broad exposure to the field of data science.| News RSS Feed
Story+ is a six-week summer research experience in which students work in small teams to bring academic research to life through dynamic storytelling.| News RSS Feed
Story+ is accepting proposals for projects that engage undergraduate and graduate students in collaborative research on humanities-based topics.| News RSS Feed
A Bass Connections team is digging into the richness of dirt and fungi to inform a unique art project called “Soil and Spirit.”| News RSS Feed
Students can apply for research funding, either individually or as a group, through two grant opportunities.| News RSS Feed
The All Babies and Children Thrive initiative has awarded grants to two interdisciplinary research teams.| News RSS Feed
Four decades after residents of Warren County protested against plans for an industrial waste dump, two Bass Connections teams reflect on the past and press toward the future of environmental justice.| News RSS Feed
This year’s council includes 14 students, all of whom have participated in Bass Connections.| News RSS Feed
The following examples provide a glimpse into the exciting and innovative work of Bass Connections project teams, summer programs and courses over the past year.| News RSS Feed
The Biocultural Sustainability in Madagascar team provides a final update on their work this summer and looks forward to a continuing inter-institutional partnership.| News RSS Feed
Since 2020, a Bass Connections project team has been exploring the ways that trauma impacts students’ experiences in higher education.| News RSS Feed
Bass Connections is now accepting proposals for 2023-2024 project teams. The deadline to propose a project is November 7 at 5:00 p.m| News RSS Feed
Data+ is offered through the Rhodes Information Initiative at Duke (iiD) and is part of the Bass Connections Information, Society & Culture theme.| News RSS Feed
Bass Connections and the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy announce a new theme, Health Policy & Innovation, to support interdisciplinary teams of faculty and students in their exploration of solutions to improve health and wellbeing in the| News RSS Feed
This is the third of a three-part series of reflections from a Bass Connections team working in Madagascar this summer.| News RSS Feed
This is the first of a three-part series of reflections from a Bass Connections team working in Madagascar this summer.| News RSS Feed
This is the second of a three-part series of reflections from a Bass Connections team working in Madagascar this summer.| News RSS Feed
Duke graduate Kelsey Graywill reflects on her experiences with undergraduate research and a collaboration to improve patient outcomes at Mulago Hospital in Uganda.| News RSS Feed
The Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy will administer the theme, which will be led by Beth Gifford (Public Policy).| News RSS Feed
Browse highlights from a series of essays, interviews and testimonials from faculty, staff and students associated with the program.| News RSS Feed
Bass Connections provides great opportunities for faculty members to pursue research interests, mentor students, and gain connections through community partnerships. Since this experience provides a unique learning experience unlike any other, four faculty shared advice on leading a project team.| News RSS Feed
Faculty chairs include Tyson Brown (Sociology), Jay Pearson (Public Policy), Amy Schmid (Biology) and Gavin Yamey (Global Health).| News RSS Feed
Recent graduates Sama Elmahdy and Hadeel Hamoud describe the challenges and opportunities around the expansion of basic services during the pandemic.| News RSS Feed
Recent graduates Maddie Paris and Claire Huang reflect on how their passion for science education informs their work on ocean conservation.| News RSS Feed
Law student Nima Agah discusses what rights people have to protect their privacy while still cooperating in the public effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.| News RSS Feed
Recent graduates Sophie Hurewitz and Ainsley Buck reflect on three years of research on early childhood health and wellbeing in North Carolina.| News RSS Feed
Take a look at the impact of the Bass Connections EHD theme on the Duke and Durham communities and beyond.| News RSS Feed
More than 350 people from the Duke community came to hear students present their research through lightning talks, poster presentations and interactive displays.| News RSS Feed
Fourteen project teams, including four new teams, are now recruiting student team members through June 15, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.| News RSS Feed
These three “pop-up” teams are the result of a special call for project proposals and are currently recruiting students through June 15, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.| News RSS Feed
This year’s cohort includes 14 faculty affiliated with four Duke schools and two university institutes.| News RSS Feed
Last Spring, Doctoral student Kelly Hunter (Public Policy and Political Science) received a Bass Connections Student Research Award to explore the downstream effects of cervical cancer screening on women’s empowerment in Kenya. Her project expands on the research of the Big Data for Reproductive Health team, which has been working for three years to analyze and visualize data from demographic and health surveys to inform policy makers and health providers on contraceptive use globally. Mega...| News RSS Feed
Last Spring, Mona Cumaran '23 and Sahil Malhotra '23 received a Bass Connections Student Resarch Award to examine CRISPR-Cas9 and viral vectors and their roles in creating a gene-editing therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. Their project expands on the research of the Gene Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease and Ethical Aspects of Genome Editing team, which examined the causative factors and the mechanisms behind the onset of Late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease in order to advance the research and dev...| News RSS Feed
Last spring, Suraj Upadhya '23 received a Bass Connections Student Research award to identify a way to predict which patients with Alzheimer's Disease may be at greater risk of developing either depression or anxiety. His project expands on the research of the Gene Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease and Ethical Aspects of Genome Editing team, which explores gene therapies and their application in Alzheimer’s disease, including ethical questions related to affordability and access. Ornit Chiba-...| News RSS Feed