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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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Dr. William Darity, Jr. Quoted in Sacramento Observer/Associated Press on Tulsa’s Black Wall Street and Reparations

Founding Cook Center Director William “Sandy” Darity, Jr., was recently quoted in an article…

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Faculty Affiliate Jean Beaman speaks at the Transformative Justice in Education Center

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Jean Beaman, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California-Santa…

Time Magazine, "The Closers" 2024

Founding Director recognized as one of Time Magazine’s “The Closers”

Photo illustration by Aaron Marin for TIME. Our Founding Director and Duke Sanford School…

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Faculty Affiliate Lisa Gennetian recognized as Duke Centennial Trailblazer

Dr. Lisa Gennetian, Cook Center Faculty Affiliate and Professor of Public Policy with the…

Associate Director of Research Dr. Keisha Bentley-Edwards Speaks on Inclusion in Research at Duke Research Town Hall

Cook Center Associate Director of Research Dr. Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Director of the Health Equity…

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Founding Director William “Sandy” Darity, Jr. Named Distinguished Fellow by the SEA

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

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Faculty Affiliate Sarah E. Gaither Publishes Two papers

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Sarah E. Gaither, Nicholas J. and Theresa M. Leonardy Associate Professor…

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Faculty Affiliate Nancy MacLean Delivers Two Keynote Addresses

Faculty Affiliate Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe Distinguished Professor of History and Public Policy…

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Dr. Adam Hollowell Provides Guest Lecture for Renmin University of China

By Rachel Ruff

Durham, NC – Dr. Adam Hollowell, a senior researcher affiliated with the Duke University…

Exploring Equity in the Digital Age: Highlights from Fall 2023 GIRI Seminar

By Rachel Ruff

Durham, NC — On November 28, the Rubenstein Library at Duke University buzzed with…

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Guest Speaker Dr. Kunfeng Pan Discusses Inequality and Black Studies in China

By Rachel Ruff

Durham, NC – The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University…

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William A. Darity Jr. Featured on Poverty Research and Policy Podcast

Cook Center Founding Director William A. “Sandy” Darity Jr. was recently featured on the…