by Allie Todd | Feb 18, 2021 | The Director's Blog
To continue with our highlights of our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates, today we are putting Dr. Angela Dills in the spotlight. Angela is the Gimelstob-Landry Distinguished Professor of Regional Economic Development and Professor of Economics at WCU. Angela received a B.A....
by Edward Lopez | Feb 17, 2021 | News, The Director's Blog
EMT’s and paramedics have taken on profoundly new and different roles since the pandemic. Unlike singular and localized events, COVID-19 presented new challenges to Emergency Medical Services professionals. In response, these EMS professionals have upgraded...
by Edward Lopez | Feb 3, 2021 | The Director's Blog
We’re happy to release our new study on North Carolina’s prospects for Covid-19 economic recovery. A story in Monday’s Wall Street Journal outlines some of the ways in which Covid-19 economic recovery will be a long-term process. Globally, economic...
by Allie Todd | Jan 13, 2021 | The Director's Blog
Happy New Year from all of us at the CSFE community, we hope you had a happy and safe holiday season. Earlier in 2020, we began our spotlight series on our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates, and today we would like to highlight Dr. Inhyuck “Steve” Ha. Steve is a Professor of...
by Edward Lopez | Dec 23, 2020 | The Director's Blog
This week, I had a short essay published under the title, “I, Vaccine: How to Appreciate the Beautifully Simple”. In the short piece, I recognize that vaccines are public goods in production and consumption, but mostly I draw attention to the role of...
by Allie Todd | Dec 14, 2020 | The Director's Blog
Continuing with our spotlight of our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates, we want to highlight one of our affiliates, Martin Tanaka, and his exciting work. Martin is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering and Technology at WCU, who is interested in applying...