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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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Study Reveals Black Families’ Hesitancy Toward Home Visiting Programs Due to Surveillance Concerns

A research team, including Cook Center affiliates Imari Z. Smith and Lisa A. Gennetian,…

Society for Research in Child Development Spotlights Keisha Bentley-Edwards during Black History Month

Cook Center Associate Director of Research and Director of Health Equity Working Group Keisha…

Sandra Barnes Documentary “Four Voices: Journeys” Nominated for Two Nashville/Midsouth Emmys

By Aniyah Nelson

Faculty Affiliate Sandra Barnes documentary, “Four Voices: Journeys” has been nominated for two Nashville/Midsouth…

Carliss Chatman comments on corporate DEI attacks in Marketplace article

By Janet Nguyen

As legal attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives rise, Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman…

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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 he 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…

Lauren Brinkley Rubenstein

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…

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