Countdown to Purdue’s Day of Giving Every April, Purdue University conducts its “Day of Giving.” For 24 hours, Purdue units reach out to their stakeholders and ask them to help our organization take its next giant leap. This year is…

The consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and emphasis on remote work affected passenger travel, long haul trucks, and local fleets in the U.S. For example, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics used INRIX data to determine that on April 1, 2020 (Wednesday),…

In a November 2021 report, PCRD posed the question of unemployment stabilizing. Now 1.5 years later trends are starting to form a result. To recap the previous report, PCRD analyzed all 92 Indiana counties’ unemployment rates. Then looked into the…

This article was written by Roberto Gallardo, Indraneel Kumar and Larry DeBoer. The federal government and other organizations are focusing more on integrating renewable energy across the country. Interest in renewable energy in Indiana is not the exception. As part…

The Purdue Center for Regional Development has created an index to monitor earnings across an array of jobs throughout Indiana. The Job Earnings Index (JEI) will be used to see how earnings for different occupations have changed since 2005. JEI…

It is hard to believe I became director of the Center more than two years ago in June of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic was ongoing. While those were challenging times, I believe the pandemic also brought new opportunities. For…

Last week, 21 coalitions received between $25 and $65 million — for a total of $1 billion—as part of the American Rescue Plan ‘Build Back Better Regional Challenge’ (BBBRC) to rebuild regional economies, promote inclusive and equitable recovery, create good-paying…

The State of the Digital Divide in the United States The COVID-19 pandemic shed a bright light on an issue that has been around for decades: the digital divide. As parents, children, and workers scrambled to learn, socialize, and work…