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 […]
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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 […]
Duke Researchers Are Developing Market and Policy Solutions for Global Energy Access
Access to modern and reliable energy is something that most of the world takes for granted. But many around the world are living a different reality. Across sub-Saharan Africa and India, children often complete homework by the flicker of candles and kerosene lamps as wisps of smoke trickle up around them from the stoking of […]
Bass Connections Invites Proposals for Interdisciplinary Team-based Research Projects
Deadline: November 5, 2018 Bass Connections is now accepting proposals for 2019-2020 team-based research projects that engage faculty, undergraduates and graduate/professional students in interdisciplinary exploration of big, unanswered questions about major societal challenges. Please see the project proposal guidelines. The deadline is November 5 at 5:00 p.m. Projects may be proposed in relation to one […]
On the Way to a Doctorate in Ecology, He Found a Passion for Telling Stories with Data
As an undergraduate majoring in environmental sciences, Tess Harper didn’t have a strong background in computer science when she began her ten-week Data+ summer project. Neither did her teammate, Molly Rosenstein. Their mission was to develop interactive data applications for use in Environmental Science 101, a Duke course taught by Rebecca Vidra. Through the mentorship […]