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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 that provides high school students enrolled in Durham Public Schools (DPS) with training to enhance their writing, research, and presentation skills. The program is sponsored by the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University in partnership with Durham Public Schools (DPS). In keeping with the Samuel DuBois…

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Cook Center Researchers study mentioned in article on Faith and Obesity

Duke University’s Cook Center Holds 2019 Aaron Young Scholars Capstone Conference

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William A. Darity Jr. presents at TEDxDurham on Reparations

Imagine a world where every young person can succeed no matter what their parent’s…

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Cook Center Affiliates Discuss Economic and Educational Barriers at Black Policy Conference

By: Rachel Ruff On Saturday, February 22nd, the Duke University Sanford School of Public…

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Participatory Design, AI, and Research Ethics: Dr. Quran Karriem on Inequality in Research

By: Rachel Ruff As part of the Inequality Studies Minor, the Samuel DuBois Cook…

A Q&A with Postdoctoral Affiliate Eric E. Griffith

Q+A: Eric Griffith, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate within the Duke Center for the Study of…

A Q&A with Doctoral Fellow Arko Dasgupta

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

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Duke Immerse: Caste, Class, and Race – A Transformative Journey into Global Inequality

By: Rachel Ruff “Caste, Class, and Race: Inequality and Reparations in the US and…

Cook Center Hosts Capstone for 2024 Aaron Young Scholars

On Monday, August 5, the Cook Center celebrated its latest group of Hank and…

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“Part of the family”: Latest DITE Conference Concludes in Durham

On Saturday, August 10, the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity concluded its…

“The job that needs to be done”: Latest DITE Conference Kicks Off in Durham

In her keynote address Thursday evening, Dr. Kaye Husbands Fealing relayed an astonishing fact…

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Cook Center Course on Gender and Development Inspires Rigorous Inquiry and Personal Growth

By: Rachel Ruff Durham, NC – This April at Duke University’s Levine Science Research…

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…

“The Mentoring Continues”: DITE Program Concludes Spring 2024 Conference

The spring gathering of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity’s Diversity Initiative…

“Ask For What You Need”: Latest Cohort of DITE Convenes in Washington D.C.

On Tuesday, the Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics kicked off its spring meeting…

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