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Rachel Ruff Authors ESSENCE Feature on HBCU Graduates and Students Shaping the Future of Business, Fashion, and STEM

Rachel Ruff, Research Associate and Research & Communications Fellow at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center, was a featured contributor in the Fall/Winter 2025 issue of ESSENCE Magazine, where she authored “Leaders of The New School: How Historically Black Colleges and Universities Are Defying the Odds and Creating a New Class of Innovators.” HBCU alums are constantly reminding the world that their institutions are not…

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William Darity Jr. and Gwendolyn Wright quoted in The Globe and Mail on Election Outcomes

Dr. William A. Darity Jr., Founding Director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on…

Founding Director William Darity Jr. on panel for the Chicago Federal Reserve

On  November 14th Founding Director William A. Darity Jr. will be on a panel…

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Sarah Gaither Featured in The Guardian for Expertise on Identity Development

Associate professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University and Cook…

The Lasting Impact of the Aaron Young Scholars Research Institute

Episode Summary: What makes the Hank & Billye Suber Aaron Young Scholars Summer Research…

GIRI Students Present Research at NC Global Health Alliance Conference

Last week, two Cook Center students from the spring 2024 Global Inequality Research Initiative…

The Black Reparations Project – 2024 American Book Fest Award Winner in Social Change Category

The American Book Fest announced the winners and finalists of the 21st Annual Best…

Shaping Tomorrow: The Vision Behind the Aaron Young Scholars Summer Research Institute

Episode Summary: How can we inspire the next generation of scholars to engage with…

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Faculty Affiliate Kristen Cooksey Stowers Discusses Food Insecurity in UConn Today

Faculty Affiliate Kristen Cooksey Stowers, assistant professor in the department of Allied Health Sciences…

Henry McKoy quoted in North Carolina State University student newspaper on energy

Faculty Affiliate Henry McKoy, the senior advisor to the undersecretary for the U.S. Office of…

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Founding Director William A. Darity awarded the Inaugural William Spriggs Memorial Award by the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management

The Cook Center is pleased to announce that Founding Director, Dr. William A. Darity …

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Jean Beaman giving lecture at Centre for Migration Studies at University of British Columbia

Faculty Affiliate Jean Beaman is set to give a lecture for the second event…

Keisha Bentley-Edwards work on the Research Equity and Diversity Initiative (READI)

Together, the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, and…

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