Whether it’s finishing this season’s fifth box of Girl Scout cookies or binge-watching a Netflix show, it can be easy for the average, healthy person to think they’re developing a problem. “I can’t believe I just finished another sleeve of Thin Mints, I’m so addicted,” or “Wow, I’m so addicted to Dexter—just finished the seventh […]
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Dive into Big Data and Collaborative Research through a Data+ Summer Project
Deadline: February 27, 2020 Interested in exploring new data-driven approaches to interdisciplinary challenges? Student applications are now open for this summer’s Data+ research program. The application deadline is February 27, but applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis, so students should apply as soon as possible. Data+ is a ten-week summer research experience for undergraduates and master’s students. Students […]
Kyle Bradbury on Improving Global Energy Access through Machine Learning and Collaboration
Kyle Bradbury is managing director of the Energy Data Analytics Lab at the Duke University Energy Initiative. Recently, the Rhodes Information Initiative at Duke (iiD) asked him to explain what he works on and how he involves students through the Data+ and Bass Connections programs. Here are excerpts from their conversation: Locating Energy Infrastructure Using […]
Data+ Students Present Findings at Durham City Hall on Local Eviction Trends
Over the summer of 2019, DataWorks NC sponsored a Duke Data+ project with the Rhodes Information Initiative to examine eviction data in Durham, and identify trends that could guide Durham City and County Government and other stakeholders in deciding which interventions would be most effective for Durham community members facing eviction from their homes. Undergraduates […]
Migration’s Many Forms: Finding Creative Ways to Examine the Movement of Populations
A few years ago, two associate professors in Duke’s English Department started a reading group to explore their shared interest in human mobility and its cultural expressions. Building on their discussions, Charlotte Sussman and Tsitsi Jaji teamed up with fellow faculty members Dominika Baran, Jarvis McInnis, and Corina Stan to direct the Representing Migration Humanities […]
Rhodes iiD Invites Faculty Proposals for Data+ Summer Projects
Deadline: November 4, 2019 Data+ is a ten-week summer research experience for undergraduates interested in exploring data-driven approaches to interdisciplinary challenges. Students join small teams and work alongside other teams in a communal environment. They learn how to marshal, analyze, and visualize data, while gaining broad exposure to the field of data science. In Summer […]
Duke Honored for Durham Research Partnerships through Bass Connections and Data+ Programs
Nicole Schramm-Sapyta named Volunteer of the Year at Durham Crisis Intervention Team Awards Banquet; Data+ and Bass Connections in Brain & Society honored as Community Partner Agencies of the Year Nicole Schramm-Sapyta of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences researches addiction. In the summer of 2016, she began working with a Duke Bass Connections Brain […]
Check Out the 2019 Data+ Projects and Apply to Join a Team This Summer
Deadline: February 25, 2019 Data+ is a ten-week summer research experience for undergraduates and master’s students interested in exploring new data-driven approaches to interdisciplinary challenges. It is suitable for students at all levels and from all majors. Students join small teams (a maximum of three undergraduates and one master’s student) and work alongside other teams […]