The Cook Center brings together faculty, students, organizations, practitioners, and other partners across Duke and the broader community to advance shared efforts to understand and address inequality. By connecting diverse perspectives and expertise, these collaborations strengthen research and learning, link scholarship with community knowledge and priorities, and expand opportunities to advance equity and social justice.
National Education Opportunity Network (NEON)
The Cook Center is the institutional home of the Duke + NEON partnership, through which talented scholars from low-income high schools across the country have the opportunity to take credit-bearing courses taught by Duke University professors. This partnership also provides opportunities for Duke undergraduate and graduate students to hone their mentoring skills as Teaching Fellows.
Community Organizations and Duke Researchers to Study Durham Housing Concerns
The Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University and the Duke Center for Community-Engaged Scholarship (DCCES) have awarded three 12-month grants for community-engaged research on housing and economic well-being in Durham and the surrounding region. These grants team up Duke University researchers with community organizations to investigate housing concerns ranging from understanding how wealth is distributed across the city to addressing homelessness in the LGBTQ+ population.
COLOR OF EDUCATION SUMMIT
Color of Education is a partnership between the Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity & Opportunity, Public School Forum of North Carolina, Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke, and the Center for Child and Family Policy at the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy. The annual Color of Education Summit convenes educators, researchers, advocates, and community members from across North Carolina to examine and disrupt systemic racial inequities in education.
Upcoming Events
Cook Center Colloquia Series brings together faculty, staff, students and invited guests each month during the academic year for engaging presentations and discussions. Featuring speakers from Duke and beyond, the series provides a forum to share emerging research, exchange ideas across disciplines and build an intellectual community committed to understanding and addressing inequality.
Throughout the year, the Center also hosts speakers and special events that engage University and community members in dialogue, foster new connections and advance our shared commitment to understanding and addressing inequality.