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Jun 15, 2020

IEI Announces New Grant Program to Fund Digital Inclusion Plans Across NC

Seth Ervin took the stage at the ReCONNECT to Technological Opportunity forum on February 10 and painted a picture of today’s technological world.  “It’s a world barreling towards progress without… 

Jun 12, 2020

The Institute for Emerging Issues charging forward to help bridge the digital divide

New partners join the IEI BAND-NC Broadband initiative to launch grant program RALEIGH, NC — The Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) is announcing the launch of BAND-NC, a grant program designed to… 

May 22, 2020

The Way Back from Unemployment?

Summary: Leslie Boney, Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, hosts a series of virtual conversations discussing the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) and some of the ways our state is… 

May 8, 2020

First in Future: Law Enforcement and the Courts during COVID

Summary: Leslie Boney, Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, hosts a series of virtual conversations discussing the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) and some of the ways our state is… 

May 1, 2020

First in Future: Entrepreneurs retooling during COVID

Summary: Leslie Boney, Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, hosts a series of virtual conversations discussing the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) and some of the ways our state is… 

Apr 29, 2020

ReCONNECT to Technological Opportunity Community Cohort Solutions

Communities across the state are figuring out how to address issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The organizations involved in our ReCONNECT to Technological Opportunity forum community cohort have suddenly… 

Apr 23, 2020

First in Future: Getting Every Home Connected

Summary: Leslie Boney, Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, hosts a series of virtual conversations discussing the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) and some of the ways our state is… 

Apr 20, 2020

IEI Launches New Podcast and Video Series on “Connecting in Crisis”

When the Institute for Emerging Issues was faced with the most important emerging issue of our time, they did what they do best: gathered people together.  But convening looks very… 

Apr 7, 2020

First in Future: The Impact on Small Business and The Response

Summary: Leslie Boney, Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, hosts a series of virtual conversations discussing the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) and some of the ways our state is… 

Mar 31, 2020

First in Future: The Online Learning Dilemma

Summary: The Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues, Leslie Boney, will be hosting a series of virtual conversations discussing the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) and some of the ways…