Duke University program for collaborative interdisciplinary research addressing complex societal challenges
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Bass Connections at Duke retweeted
Fantastic guest lecture by Dr. Katherine Applegate on the psychology of pain for our #SpineNavigator undergrad students yesterday!! Emphasizing the importance of holistic care and interdisciplinary patient support for these future med students👏👩⚕️ #MedEd @BassConnections
Bass Connections at Duke retweeted
Made it to Cold Spring Harbor for #cshlTE24 🧬 cannot wait to hear awesome talks and learn more about ubiquitous transposable elements!! Come to our poster on Wednesday to learn about benchmarking discovery pipelines @DukeBiology @BassConnections
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#ICYMI
Our recap and full video of our Think Global event on Sept. 26 discussing different perspectives on abortion access featuring experts from our institute, @DukeHealth, @fhi_duke and members of a @BassConnections project. ⬇️ globalhealth.duke.edu/news/p…
What an honor! We congratulate Bass Connections team member Jessica On for earning this statewide teaching award.
🎉 Congrats to Jessica On, a teacher at Lyons Farm Elementary, for winning the 2024 NCACTE Student Teacher of the Year Award! 👏 Jessica, a Duke graduate, was honored for her incredible work during her student teaching at EK Powe Elementary. 🏆 #WeAreDPS
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Our next Think Global event will be Sept. 26 on “Legal, Medical and Personal Perspectives on Abortion in the U.S.” Learn from a panel of experts and a @BassConnections team’s work documenting the personal experiences tied to abortion. Event details ⤵️
globalhealth.duke.edu/events…
Bass Connections at Duke retweeted
5/5 We leave inspired by the many people we met who are working hard for a better future under difficult conditions & look forward to sharing more findings of our @DukeLaw-@IOMSouthSudan partnership. @DukeU students can apply to join our team here by 8/14! bassconnections.duke.edu/pro…
The Social Science Research Institute leads the Bass Connections "Race and Society" theme. See current project teams and courses: bassconnections.duke.edu/rac…
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Bass Connections at Duke retweeted
Growing up, Saajan Patel BS’24 longed to know more about #Uganda, where his family fled from decades before his birth. Finally, he did at @DukeU through @BassConnections & @DukeEngage & @Makerere before graduating. 🤝 🇺🇬
That story ⬇️
globalhealth.duke.edu/news/s…
Bass Connections at Duke retweeted
Calling @DukeU faculty! DukeEngage is seeking proposals for summer 2025 programs.
DukeEngage brings students and faculty to work with communities around the country and world to address critical societal needs.
Deadline: Aug. 26.
Read more: duke.is/CFPDE
Bass Connections at Duke retweeted
Join us at the inaugural THE Interdisciplinary Science Forum in Washington DC on 21 November, hosted in partnership with @SchmidtFellows .
Our jam-packed agenda will focus on the following themes:
💠Demystifying interdisciplinary science research
💠Innovative models for structuring universities and institutes to foster interdisciplinary research
💠Strategies for developing career paths, recognition and reward systems that encourage interdisciplinary achievements
💠Methods for defining, measuring and rewarding interdisciplinarity in scientific research
💠Metrics for evaluating interdisciplinary investment, support and success
Find out more and book your super early bird tickets now: timeshighered-events.co/3RHu…
#THEisf
ALT THE Interdisciplinary Science Forum social card with the event title, logos, date and location attached.
Bass Connections at Duke retweeted
Don’t miss this episode! Gunther Peck from @DukeHistoryDept worked with a team of undergrads to study why lots of North Carolina college students’ votes did not count in past elections — and how to prevent it from happening again. @DukeStudents @BassConnections
New episode: Why many college students' ballots are getting tossed — and what could be done about it
📻duke.is/S9E1-missing-votes
#ncpol #nced #Duke100
ALT Jean material background. Buttons that say, "Im a college student & I vote" in groovy font. Season 9, episode 1. Missing Votes. Ways & Means podcast.
Duke's interdisciplinary FOCUS program is a mind-opening opportunity for first-year students. 18 clusters including the latest, "Working with Evidence: Data, Archives and Justice." Read what students are getting out of it: bit.ly/3UaYjSL
ALT Duke students in the Cognitive Neuroscience and Law FOCUS cluster pose with their professor at the Dolphin Research Center in Marathon, Florida. (Photo courtesy FOCUS Program)
Bass Connections at Duke retweeted
Getting a fuller picture of a forest: It takes a village researchblog.duke.edu/2024/0… @camilledesisto @DukeEnvironment @BassConnections @DukeLemurCenter
Bass Connections at Duke retweeted
Monday, April 1 at 4:00: Jessica Doyle presents a work-in-progress talk, "Framing Disasters: Ecocritical Perceptions of Media Events and the Amazon."
All are welcome. Details at duke.is/first-mondays
ALT Duke CDS logo; photo of Indigenous woman holding cell phone and raising arms aloft; text: First Mondays at CDS, Framing Disasters, April 1 at 4:00.
Bass Connections at Duke retweeted
Dive into the heart of community empowerment with our upcoming Think Global, 'Thinking Locally About Food Insecurity’ on March 5 at noon. The panelists are from a @BassConnections team exploring innovative strategies to combat food insecurity. More Info ⬇️
globalhealth.duke.edu/events…
Bass Connections at Duke retweeted
So excited for our @DukeU @BassConnections students to be presenting their work this April in Durham! These students have been pouring so much into their work on developing new technologies for understanding geohazard early warning systems in #Nepal! 🇳🇵
@DukeEngineering
Bass Connections at Duke retweeted
A research team @DukeU is collaborating with Grammy-nominated musician/songwriter Tift Merritt to help recover lost stories of the Black women pioneers of blues and jazz. Learn more about their project and its original founder at researchblog.duke.edu/2024/0… @BassConnections
Bass Connections at Duke retweeted
The deadline to apply for a 2024 - 25 @BassConnections team is quickly approaching!
Check out all the teams, including the Brain & Society themed ones managed by DIBS, and be sure to get your apps in by 2/12 @ 5 pm!
🔗: bassconnections.duke.edu
Bass Connections at Duke retweeted
What is it about mindfulness practices that help ⬇️ #anxiety & #depression & ⬆️ one’s sense of well-being? Duke Psychiatry's Dr. Moria Smoski & @DukePsychNeuro PhD student @JosephMDiehl are exploring this question w/a Duke student team: ow.ly/G9Ts50QuOYG
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Bass Connections at Duke retweeted
Join us on Monday, Feb. 5 at 4:00 for "Demystifying the Rhetoric of Slave Breeding," led by Jobie Hill.
As a CDS Ph.D. Fellow, Jobie kicks off our First Mondays series with a work-in-progress seminar. All are welcome. Learn more and register: duke.is/first-mondays
ALT Duke Center for Documentary Studies logo; crude drawing of enslaved people from cover of Negro Account Book 1840-49; text: Demystifying the Rhetoric of Slave Breeding.