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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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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…

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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’…

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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…

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Faculty Affiliate Omer Ali Receives Grant from the Russell Sage Foundation

Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Dr. Omer Ali, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the…

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Cook Center Director Sandy Darity Named AEA 2024 Distinguished Fellow

DURHAM, N.C. — The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University…

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Faculty Affiliate and Artist-in-Residence Bruce Orenstein Featured in Crain’s Chicago Business Article & Podcast

Faculty Affiliate and Artist-in-Residence at the Cook Center, Bruce Orenstein, has been featured in…

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