A Face-Scanning Algorithm Increasingly Decides Whether You Deserve the Job
Includes comments by Emma Rasiel, an economics professor who regularly advises students seeking jobs on Wall Street
Topic Race & Culture
Duke scholars are examining forces around race, class, gender, culture, sexuality and religion in their teaching and research and in the community.
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Paula White, Newest White House Aide, Is a Uniquely Trumpian Pastor
November 05, 2019
Recent Stories
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Former Israeli Foreign Minister Discusses Conflict, Two-State Future
Tzipi Livni encourages students to engage on ideology and policy
October 24, 2019
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Conference to Focus on Inequities in Entrepreneurship
Oct. 23-25 event is free and open to the public
October 16, 2019
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More Than Just 9 Words: How Duke Is Improving Civil Rights Movement Education
Duke's Center for Documentary Studies is teaming with the SNCC Legacy Project to bring teachers to campus for training
October 14, 2019
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Immigration Issues are Focus of Provost Forum Oct. 16-17
The two-day event is free and open to the public
October 07, 2019
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Divinity Launches Program to Strengthen Leadership in Black Church and Beyond
Five-year multidisciplinary collaboration will bring together scholars and pastoral leaders
September 10, 2019
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Said@Duke: Yusef Salaam of Exonerated Five on His Wrongful Conviction
Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana asked Duke Law students to remember the story of the Exonerated Five as they begin their careers, and said that speaking to future members of the legal profession has helped them heal the emotional trauma from their case.
September 05, 2019
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Two Members of the ‘Exonerated Five’ to Speak at Duke Sept. 2
The event is sold out
August 27, 2019
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For Some, Church is Good for the Soul, But Not the Waistline
Black men attending church almost daily were nearly three times as likely to be obese than those who never (or very rarely) attended
August 13, 2019
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TIP Study Finds Using Local Criteria Identifies More Students as ‘Gifted’
Change would quadruple African-American and triple Hispanic participation
August 13, 2019
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How Segregation And Discrimination Racialized The Obesity Epidemic
America’s costly obesity epidemic disproportionately afflicts black and Latino populations, according to a new report from Duke University.
July 22, 2019
In the News
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Presidential Candidates Popping Up in Dating Apps
Interview with Sanford School professor Philip Napoli
November 11, 2019
WRAL
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These Orthodox Jews Are Challenging Commonly Held Beliefs About the Torah
Features the work of Judaic studies professor Marc Brettler, an early contributor to Project TABS (Torah and Biblical Scholarship), an online…
November 11, 2019
Haaretz
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‘We’re Self-Interested’: The Growing Identity Debate in Black America
Cites research and comments by Sanford School professor William Darity Jr.
November 08, 2019
New York Times
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A Descendant of Slaves at a Monticello ‘Reunion’
Commentary by Nicolas Coleman, a senior at Duke studying political science
November 08, 2019
Charlotte Observer
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Powerful Evangelical Women: The Delicate Dance With Submission
Interview with Divinity School professor Kate Bowler, about her new book, “The Preacher’s Wife: The Precarious Power of Evangelical Women Celebrities”
November 08, 2019
WUNC’s ‘The State of Things’
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The Five Sorry Rules of Lateness
Commentary by political science professor Michael Munger
November 05, 2019
The Library of Economics and Liberty
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The Liar’s Truth
Review article by literature professor emeritus Ariel Dorfman
November 05, 2019
New York Review of Books
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Paula White, Newest White House Aide, Is a Uniquely Trumpian Pastor
Includes comments by Kate Bowler, a professor of Christian history at Duke Divinity School
November 05, 2019
New York Times
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The 1619 Project, Live at the Smithsonian
Links to video of discussion with Sanford School professor William Darity Jr.
November 01, 2019
New York Times Magazine
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Religion With Chinese Characteristics: Sinicizing Religion in China
Q&A with Xi Lian, professor of world Christianity at Duke Divinity School
October 31, 2019
The Diplomat