by Edward Lopez | Sep 5, 2021 | News, Research, The Director's Blog
To be included in today’s digital world, all North Carolinians need access to reliable, high-speed broadband. Yet, today nearly 472,000 in our state – primarily in rural communities – remain without broadband access, limiting their options to work, learn, pray,...
by Edward Lopez | Jul 21, 2021 | News, Research, The Director's Blog
Check out our new annual report, just released today! In the summer of 2020, as we sat down amidst those uncertain times to hash out plans for the 2020-21 academic year, I wrote the following vision statement for the Center: We produce high-impact research in three...
by Edward Lopez | Jun 8, 2021 | News, The Director's Blog
As summer settles in, we invite you to check out the recap (below) and video of our May 19 event, “Helping the Community Helps Your Campus: New and Replicable Ways Two University Centers are Impacting Their Communities.” Craig Richardson and I are...
by Edward Lopez | Jun 1, 2021 | News, The Director's Blog
As CSFE nears the end of its fifth year, the Scaled-Up Seminar and our Faculty & Student Affiliates programs have become two key programs. Together, these programs connect over 100 faculty and student researchers from different disciplines and colleges at WCU, and...
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 | Issue Briefs, News
North Carolina’s Prospects for COVID-19 Economic Recovery: Top-down and Bottom-up Assessments Emma Blair Fedison and Edward J. Lopez Click the Button Below to Download a PDF Version of this Issue Brief Download PDF Executive Summary What are North Carolina’s prospects...
