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- 2025-12-11
- 2:00pm to 3:00pm
- Pew
- Via Zoom, Please Click Image for a Full Event Description and to Register.
Data-Driven Broadband Policymaking: Bridging the Data Gaps for Effective Policymaking with BQT
Co-sponsored talk by the PEW Broadband Access Initiative & the Quello Center with Laasya Koduru, PhD Student at UC Santa Barbra Thursday, December 11, 2025, 2-3 PM EST Via Zoom | Please Register HERE Effective broadband policy depends on accurate, granular data on service availability, speeds, and prices—yet existing datasets are often self-reported, inconsistent, and insufficient for evaluating affordability or targeting public investments. This talk will introduce the Broadband-Plan Querying Tool (BQT), which independently collects advertised broadband plans directly from ISP websites at street-address resolution to provide a more reliable evidence base. It will show how BQT enabled audits of the FCC’s […]
- 2025-10-22
- 12:00pm to 1:00pm
- Quello Center
- 404 Wilson Rd, Room 405, East Lansing.
A Theory of the One Percent with Chris Adami
A Brownbag Lunch with Dr Chris Adami, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics & Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University. Wednesday October 22, 2025, 12-1 PM EDT In-Person CAS 405 and on Zoom Please Register HERE Light refreshments will be provided. Chris Adami has done innovative work in applying evolutionary methods and game theory to complex phenomena, social issues, cognitive issues, and artificial life. He often writes in non-technical ways for broader audiences, and his contributions regularly appear in Nature. The brownbag lunch talk explores the systemic nature of inequality in a highly abstract framework to isolate critical factors that drive inequality but […]
- 2025-09-25
- 2:00pm to 3:00pm
- Quello Center
- Via Zoom, Please Click Image for a Full Event Description and to Register.
The Digital Usage Divide: Evidence and New Measures from 40 Million Windows Devices
The Digital Usage Divide: Evidence and New Measures from 40 Million Windows Devices a talk with Shane Greenstein, Harvard Business School Join us on September 25, 2025, from 2:00-3:00 pm EDT for what is sure to be a fascinating exchange! Use the link here to register for the Zoom webinar: https://tinyurl.com/4wzk5mm7 A Joint event brought to you by the Quello Center and the Broadband Access Initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts Access to digital infrastructure is crucial for economic opportunities, social inclusion, and civic participation. However, the use of digital technologies may be unevenly distributed, leaving some communities unable to […]