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Morgan Vigil-Hayes Quantifies and Addresses Gaps in Internet Connectivity in Rural and Tribal Communities

Posted by on February 23, 2021

Dr. Vigil-Hayes is partnering with teachers and parents at STAR School to design and develop the Digital Backpack (DigiPack), an opportunistic content delivery system and mobile application that allows students living on Navajo Nation to engage with digital learning content at home even when Internet connectivity is slow, intermittent, or non-existent. This project is funded under Stage I of the competitive NSF CIVIC Innovation program.

Dr. Vigil-Hayes’ collaborative work quantifying the inaccuracies of mobile broadband coverage maps was Read more

Filed Under: Community service, Project

Bridging the digital divide: NAU researcher using innovative technology, social science to improve lives in underserved communities

Posted by on July 22, 2019

Feb. 12, 2019

For many Americans, having 24/7 access to fast, easy, affordable Internet connectivity is a ubiquitous part of daily life. Because Internet providers are not financially motivated to invest in the infrastructure required to provide access in remote, rural regions, however—especially for thousands of Indigenous people living on tribal lands in the United States and Canada—Internet connectivity there often is slow, unreliable, poor quality or even nonexistent.

As a result, these… Read more

Filed Under: Community service, Research, Scholarly

Water security conflicts and solutions: FEWSION

Posted by on May 26, 2018

Dr. Ben Ruddell is leading the FEWSION project aimed at building the first complete empirical description of the U.S. food, energy, and water system so that every citizen and policymaker in the U.S. can see where their food, energy, and water come from.

Filed Under: Community service, Project, Scholarly, Service

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