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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. Featured on WFAE show about Reparations

By Chris Jones

The conversations around reparations for the descendants of African slaves in America continues as…

A Q&A with Doctoral Fellow Arko Dasgupta

By Rachel Ruff

Arko Dasgupta is a PhD candidate in History at Carnegie Mellon University and a…

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Cook Center Research and William A. Darity Jr mentioned in article on Funding for Reparations Research

By Dawn Wolf

The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity and Director William “Sandy” Darity Jr….

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Will Damron published in Explorations in Economic History

Cook Center Postdoctoral Associate Will Damron was recently published in the Explorations in Economic…

Cook Center Researchers Investigate the Effect of Historical Trauma on the Black-White Health Gap

DURHAM, N.C. – The Black-white health gap is one of the most striking examples…

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William “Sandy” Darity Jr. on the Implications of an All-White Presidential Cabinet

By The Tavis Smiley Podcast

Founding Director, William “Sandy” Darity, discussed the potential racial and social harms of a…

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Faculty Affiliate Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

The Cook Center is proud to celebrate Faculty Affiliate Lauren Brinkley-Rubenstein in receiving the…

The Hank & Billye Suber Aaron Young Scholars Summer Research Institute is accepting applications for Summer 2025

The Hank & Billye Suber Aaron Young Scholars Summer Research Institute is a program…

Accepting Applications for the Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics (DITE)

In 2015 the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reported that only 6 percent…

Founding Director William A. Darity Jr. Receives AEA Distinguished Scholar Award

By American Economic Association (AEA)

Last year Founding director, William A. “Sandy” Darity, Jr., was named a 2024 Distinguished…

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Sarah Gaither contributes to study on the Minimal Group Effect in Young Children

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

Keisha Bentley-Edwards featured in 2025 ALICE Cohort

The Cook Center is pleased to celebrate Core Faculty Affiliate Keisha Bentley-Edwards in being…

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