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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 A. Darity Jr. joins Justene Hill in conversation about The Freedmen’s Bank

Join Founding Director, Dr. William A. Darity Jr., in a Fireside Chat with Dr….

Ronda Taylor Bullock featured in EdNC article on 10-year anniversary of we are

By Derick Lee

Faculty Affiliate Ronda Taylor Bullock was featured in article detailing the impact of multiple…

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Nancy MacLean Gives Powerful Remarks at Organization of American Historians

By Neil Steinberg

Faculty Affiliate Nancy MacLean, Ph.D. gave historical context to the political ideology of the…

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Henry McKoy continues advocacy against new development plans in Durham with Hayti Reborn

By Ben Bokun

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Henry C. McKoy Jr. gave comments in CBS17 story about new development…

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New paper from Lauren Brinkley-Rubenstein

A research team led by Dr. Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences…

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MLK Day speech from Henry McKoy published in INDY Week

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Henry C. McKoy Jr.’s abridged version of a speech he delivered…

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Henry McKoy quoted in story about Hayti Reborn

By Akilah Davis

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Henry C. McKoy Jr. was quoted in WTVD-TV article about the…

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John Purakal publishes new paper on PTSD among emergency medicine doctors during COVID-19 pandemic

A research team, including Cook Center Faculty Affiliate John Purakal, MD, MS, examines posttraumatic…

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William A. Darity Jr. adds comments to op-ed on Republican reparations bill in California

By Denise Amos

Cook Center Founding Director William A. Darity Jr. recently added comments to a CalMatters…

New Roundtable in Journal of American Studies featuring Dr. William A. Darity Jr. and Lucas Hubbard

Founding Director Dr. William A. Darity Jr., and Research Associate Lucas Hubbard were featured…

Cook Center Commissioned Article on HBCUs published in Du Bois Review

What Effect Does Being a Historically Black College/University Have on Endowments? In research funded…

A Q&A with Senior Faculty David M. Malone

By Rachel Ruff and Lucas Hubbard

Q+A: David Malone, Ph.D. Senior Faculty at the Duke Samuel DuBois Cook Center on…

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