Michael Cary, associate professor, has won the Raymond Gavins Distinguished Faculty Award, a Samuel DuBois Cook Society award. The awards ceremony will be held on February 23 at 6 p.m. Register now. 

Founded in 1997, The Samuel DuBois Cook Society was established in the spring of that year to honor Cook, a retired Duke University professor who was the first African American professor to hold a regular faculty appointment at a predominantly white college or university in the South. The society recognizes the years of service that Cook has offered to Duke University, to the cause of African American advancement, and to the betterment of relations between people of all backgrounds.

The mission of the Cook Society is to recognize, celebrate, and affirm the presence of African American students, faculty, and staff at Duke University.