WCU’s 2013 LEGO Summit: Improving science literacy

WCU held its second annual LEGO Summit and other open house events Saturday, April 13 in the Stillwell building on campus in an attempt to improve “science literacy” by participating in the statewide science festival. Dr. Enrique Gomez, an associate professor of physics at Western and leader of the stargazing event that kicked off the […]

The science behind the end of the world

When it comes to matters of the end of the world, Dr. Enrique A. Gomez, Assistant Professor of Physics at Western Carolina University, applies some scientific truth to a few popular myths, taken from an article posted by National Geographic on Jan 3, 2012. Myth: The planet and humans will fry due to lethal eruptions […]