For being an economist, Charlie Braymen’s desk more closely resembles the workbench of a tinkerer — albeit one of the 21st century type — replete with small circuit boards and electronic bits, washers, nuts, bolts, and all the tools necessary to fit these components together.
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“When the electricity can be out for days at a time, a cell phone can be a lifeline,” said Charlie Braymen (right), a Creighton professor, pictured here with Creighton President the Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, PhD. “And when 10 students are gathered around a single textbook or tablet, and that tablet is reliant on the electrical grid to access the internet, and the internet is enormously expensive, I just got to thinking there has to be a better way.”
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