Broadband high-speed internet access

Mar 24, 2020

First in Future: Connecting in Crisis

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… 

Feb 18, 2020

First in Future: President of the state association of County Commissioners Kevin Austin

Summary: At our ReCONNECT to Technological Opportunity Forum, we heard story after story of people who have access to broadband and how they’re doing amazing things with it. We also heard stories of people struggling to take full advantage… 

Feb 10, 2020

BAND-NC Seeks Broadband Success for All

RALEIGH — The Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) at NC State University today announced formation of Building a New Digital Economy in NC (BAND-NC), a new support program designed to make… 

Feb 4, 2020

One Initiative Seeks to Solve Two Connectivity Issues in Western NC

For the upcoming ReCONNECT to Technological Opportunity forum on Feb. 10 in Raleigh, the Institute for Emerging Issues has chosen five community initiatives from throughout North Carolina that will share… 

Feb 4, 2020

First in Future: Policy and Program Manager at the Institute for Emerging Issues Maggie Woods

Summary: If you are in a business trying to expand markets, on a farm trying to boost yields, helping your kids with homework or a local government official trying to… 

Jan 29, 2020

Wilson and RIoT Partnership Builds on Community Broadband and Coworking Space

For the upcoming ReCONNECT to Technological Opportunity forum on Feb. 10 in Raleigh, the Institute for Emerging Issues has chosen five community initiatives from throughout North Carolina that will share… 

Jan 27, 2020

In Durham, a Collaborative Effort Rises to Address Digital Equity Gap

For the upcoming ReCONNECT to Technological Opportunity forum on Feb. 10 in Raleigh, the Institute for Emerging Issues has chosen five community initiatives from throughout North Carolina that will share… 

Jan 24, 2020

Charlotte Digital Inclusion Alliance Targets Digital Divide in Mecklenburg County

For the upcoming ReCONNECT to Technological Opportunity forum on Feb. 10 in Raleigh, the Institute for Emerging Issues has chosen five community initiatives from throughout North Carolina that will share… 

Jan 23, 2020

Expanding Telework Economy is at the Heart of Northwest NC Initiative

For the upcoming ReCONNECT to Technological Opportunity forum on Feb. 10 in Raleigh, the Institute for Emerging Issues has chosen five community initiatives from throughout North Carolina that will share… 

Jan 21, 2020

First in Future: NC State Senator Harry Brown

Summary: North Carolina has been a long-time leader in making internet available to people across the state, and we were the first place to have every K-12 classroom wired with high speed internet. The internet is also…