by quelloadmin | Oct 25, 2024 | News
East Lansing, October 25, 2024 View/download the report Supported by a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts Broadband Access Initiative, this report develops a framework for the assessment of the effects of the Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act of 2021 on...
by quelloadmin | Sep 23, 2024 | News
On Tuesday, Sept 10, MSU joined the Quello Center and Merit Network to celebrate the success of a partnership that took a critical step in closing the digital divide in the State of Michigan. Held in WKAR Studio A on MSU’s Campus, the celebration marked the completion...
by Ashley Wilson | Aug 22, 2023 | News
A new study from Michigan State University warns that gains made to address broadband and internet connectivity in Michigan rural communities are beginning to fade.According to MSU research, one in three, or 32.5%, of rural students still lack adequate, fast broadband...
by Ashley Wilson | Mar 3, 2023 | News
Reposted from the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society Daily Beat, February 28, 2023 (access original post here). © Benton Institute for Broadband & Society 2023.” The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which includes the Digital Equity Act of...
by Ashley Wilson | Aug 8, 2022 | Awards, News
Keith N. Hampton receives the William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award from the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association Keith N. Hampton, Ph.D. has been selected as this year’s recipient of...
by Johannes Bauer | Aug 3, 2022 | Blog, News
After years of efforts by public interest groups, the federal government made digital equity an explicit goal of infrastructure policy. Originally introduced in 2019 by Patty Murray (WA), the bill was reintroduced in 2021 and then embedded in the Infrastructure and...
by Ashley Wilson | Jul 19, 2022 | News
The award was presented at the 12th International Conference on Social Media & Society to Keith Hampton and Inyoung Shin for the Best Paper entitled “Excessive Social Media Use is Less Harmful than Disconnection for the Self Esteem of Rural Adolescents”....
by quelloadmin | Jun 27, 2022 | News
East Lansing, MI – June 27, 2022. Merit Network and Michigan State University are joint recipients of a $10.5 million National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Broadband Infrastructure Program Grant that will connect Michigan’s many disparate...
by Ashley Wilson | Jun 27, 2022 | News
Project to create Michigan Open Optical Network – Leveraging Innovation to Get High-Speed Technology (MOON-Light) East Lansing, Mich., June 27, 2022 – Merit Network and Michigan State University are joint recipients of a $10.5 million National Telecommunications and...
by Ashley Wilson | Jun 24, 2022 | News
Brandt Fellowship for Faculty Excellence The fellowship program is in its second year and is supported by the Ned Brandt Faculty Excellence Fund, named for late alumnus Ellis “Ned” Brandt (BA ’43 Journalism). Brandt, a prominent Michigan philanthropist with a storied...
