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Carliss Chatman writes about Texas ballot proposition to permanently ban taxes on security transactions in Bloomberg Law

Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman, Professor at SMU Dedman School of Law, wrote an op-ed on Proposition 6, a measure on the upcoming Texas's ballot that would make Texas the only state in the nation with a constitutional ban on securities-transfer taxes and occupation taxes on register market operators. Chatman notes that Texas is already a business-friendly state. And with no personal income tax, no…

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Faculty Affiliate Loneke Blackmann Carr’s Paper on Re-Imagining Weight Loss in Black Women Now Available Online

Faculty Affiliate Loneke Blackmann Carr, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences…

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Faculty Affiliate Bruce Orenstein Interviewed on WBEZ Chicago/NPR Radio Show

Faculty Affiliate Bruce Orenstein was interviewed on Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons, WBEZ Chicago’s daily…

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Faculty Affiliate Vicki Bogan Named Incoming Director of Graduate Studies at the Sanford School

Effective July 1, Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Dr. Vicki Bogan will become the Director…

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Faculty Affiliate Nancy MacLean Taking Part in Two Major Grants

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Nancy MacLean, the William H. Chafe Distinguished Professor of History and…

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Faculty Affiliate Loneke Blackmann Carr Receives Early Career Faculty Award

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Loneke Blackman Carr, Assistant Professor in the Nutrition Department at the…

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Faculty Affiliate Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein Quoted in CNN Article

Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD, was recently quoted in a CNN article…

2024 NCSSM Student Research Symposium

NCSSM Students Shine at Annual Research Showcase Under Mentorship of Cook Center Faculty

Durham, NC — Every year students at the North Carolina School of Science and…

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Founding Director William Darity & Affiliate A. Kirsten Mullen Speak at Berkeley School of Theology

On April 18, 2024, Cook Center Founding Director William Darity & Affiliate A. Kirsten…

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Faculty Affiliate Bruce Orenstein Featured on WTTW: Chicago’s PBS Station

Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Bruce Orenstein was interviewed on Chicago Tonight, an evening program…

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DITE Fellow Dr. Peter Q. Blair Achieves Tenure as Associate Professor at Harvard

Dr. Peter Q. Blair, a participating fellow in Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics’…

2024 GIRI Capstone

Duke University Students to Showcase Innovative Gender and Development Research at Spring Capstone Event

Durham, NC — On April 17, the Levine Science Research Center at Duke University…

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Faculty Affiliate Bruce Orenstein Interviewed by CBS News

Cook Center Faculty Affiliate and Artist-in-Residence Bruce Orenstein was interviewed on CBS Chicago on…