For Some Black Students, Discrimination Outweighed Integration’s Benefits
New Cook Center analysis shows that for Black students, school integration was no panacea.
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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Concrete Steps to Diversify the Scientific Workforce
Commentary by Dr. Kafui Dzirasa and colleagues Summary: http://science.
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President Price Reiterates Duke's Support for All Immigrants
During virtual summit, president supports fair policy solutions that provide clarity
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Machine Learning Meets the Maestros
Duke researchers have been comparing different performances of Beethoven’s symphonies.
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News Tip: The Case for Reparations – Troubled History, Wealth Gap, Obligation
Duke economist William “Sandy” Darity speaks to the media about a federal program
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Malaria Threw Human Evolution Into Overdrive on This African Archipelago
Researchers uncover recent traces of human adaptation in the Cabo Verde islands
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Duke Leaders Update University Community
Questions submitted by faculty and staff as part of virtual Leadership Conversations
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Social Justice Activist Rev. Starsky Wilson Calls for a Bold Child-Focused Agenda During MLK Event
The Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, a nationally recognized children's rights and racial equity champion who in December succeeded Marian Wright Edelman as president of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), called for a child-focused agenda of New Deal dimensions in his keynote address for Duke University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr.
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Social Justice Activist Rev. Starsky Wilson to Highlight Duke's MLK Commemoration Events
The Rev. Starsky Wilson, a nationally recognized children's rights and racial equity champion who in December succeeded Marian Wright Edelman as president of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), will deliver the keynote address for Duke University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr.
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DC Riot Underscores Dangers of White Supremacy, Experts Say
Americans were shocked Wednesday by the image of rioters storming through the U.S.
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How Global Issues at the Dinner Table Made a Cultural Anthropologist: Meet Anne-Maria Makhulu
Interview with the Duke associate professor and author (“Making Freedom: Apartheid, Squatter Politics, and the Struggle for Home”)
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Study: School Desegregation Was Not a Cure-All for Black Students
Covers and links to Duke research; quotes William A. Darity, a Duke public policy professor and co-author
Beyond Pandemic’s Upheaval, a Racial Wealth Gap Endures
Features comments by William A. Darity Jr.
Protecting Transgender Children: All Should Have the Right to Play
Commentary by Anna Paschall, a medical student and aspiring pediatrician at Duke University School of Medicine
North Carolina Just Paid Ronnie Long $750,000. ‘Hell No, I Ain’t Satisfied,’ He Says
Features comments by Jamie Lau, Long’s attorney and clinical professor with the Duke Law Innocence Project and Wrongful Convictions Clinic
Do You Really Need to Hire a Career Coach?
Commentary by Maria LaMonaca Wisdom, associate director of Strategy & Operation in Duke’s Graduate School
The Secret of Musical Genius
Podcast interview with Mark Anthony Neal, professor and chair of African & African American Studies
N.C. Bill Goes Too Far in Banning Transgender Girls From Female Sports. There Are Options
Commentary co-authored by Doriane Coleman, a law professor at Duke Law and a former national champion in the 800 meters
A Georgia Church, Kicked Out of the SBC for Allowing Gay Members, Wants to Make Sure ‘Everybody’s Welcome’
Features comments by Curtis Freeman, director of the Baptist House of Studies at Duke Divinity School
CDC Eviction Moratorium Is Extended, but Renters Have a Bigger Need, Advocates Say
Features comments by Jesse McCoy, supervising attorney at the Duke Civil Justice Clinic
Women’s Rights Groups Back Transgender Athletes Competing In Female Sporting Events
Quotes law professor James Coleman