June 27, 2022- MSU Today: MSU, Merit Network awarded $10.5M for statewide broadband infrastructure
March 21, 2022- telecompetitor: Pew Opportunity Broadband Launched: Digital Equity Alone is Not the End Goal
March 10, 2022- Government Technology: What’s New in Digital Equity: FCC Sets $640M for Rural Broadband
March 9, 2022- PEW Trusts: The Pew Charitable Trusts Launches Opportunity Broadband
February 22, 2022- EdSurge: Satellite Broadband Is Expanding. Can That Reduce the Digital Divide?
December 9, 2021- MarketScreener: Bridging the Digital Divide
September 9, 2021-Circle ID: A Chance to Tackle the Urban Digital Divide
September 1, 2021- MSU Today: Ask the Expert: The digital divide that goes beyond access
August 25, 2021-PR Newswire: Saginaw Township Needs Resident Survey Participation to Assist in Broadband Internet Expansion Efforts
June 10, 2021- Grand Rapids Business Journal: Ottawa County calls on residents to assist in internet expansion efforts
May 19, 2020 – Johannes M. Bauer delivered a public lecture on Innovation and Creativity in the Digital Economy, Jakarta, Indonesia, 7:00-8:30 PM, GMT+7, hosted by the University of Indonesia.
May 17, 2021 – Johannes M. Bauer participated in the Webinar on Digital Security in Enterprises in a Context of Increasing Digitalization, Sao Pãolo, Brazil, 10:00-11:30 AM GMT-3, hosted and organized by Cetic.br and NIC.br.
April, 23, 2021- Nasdaq: Meet the 17.9 Million Americans Who Don’t Use the Internet
April 2, 2021- The Center Square: Michigan to be in top 10 for FCC’s internet funding per rural resident
March 16, 2021- PSU Vanguard: Starlink satellites pose a threat to space exploration
March 2021- The Engaged Scholar: Critical Connections: Rural Broadband Access and School Learning Gaps
February 24, 2021 – Bridge Michigan: COVID reveals Michigan’s internet broadband gap. Will take years to close.
January 2021 – Benton Institute for Broadband & Society: Contributions to a National Broadband Agenda
December 8, 2020 – District Administration: How much broadband speed do students need?
December 8, 2020 – The Pew Charitable Trusts: “What COVID-19 Underscores About How Broadband Connectivity Affects Educational Attainment”
November 24, 2020 – ABC 12 News, Flint, MI: “Michigan nonprofit working to connect Flint, other communities with free WiFi service”
November 23, 2020 – WFMZ-TV 69 News: “The Michigan Moonshot Partners with Toyota and Cisco to Expand Wi-Fi Access in Detroit, Inkster, Flint and Washtenaw County, Michigan”
November 20, 2020 – Benton Institute for Broadband & Society: “What 2020 Taught Us About Broadband”
November 19, 2020 – ITS Webinar on Artificial Intelligence: International Impact on Economy and Society
October 28, 2020- Hartford Business: Report: Pandemic underscores CT’s digital divide
October 27, 2020 – CT Mirror: “Almost all K-12 students in CT now have internet access. What’s the plan for seniors and others without school-aged families?”
October 15, 2020 – Spartan News Room: “Voters could amend state constitution to protect data privacy”
October 11, 2020- MLive: This Michigan school is deploying Wi-Fi buses to families without internet
October 3, 2020 – Lansing City Pulse: “As teachers go online, internet access shapes academic performance of Michigan students”
September 29, 2020 – The Mining Journal: Eye on education: Net access shapes academic performance
September 20, 2020 – MLive: Shaky Internet access across Michigan poses problems for online schooling
September 8, 2020 – Tennessean: Lack of internet access has become critical for Southern students
August 6, 2020 – Wayne State University: “Wayne State University, Merit Network partner for Michigan Moonshot broadband planning and expansion efforts”
June 30, 2020 – Youth Today: Despite Having Cellphones, Rural Teens With No Home Internet Are Left Behind
June 15, 2020- Ionia Sentinel-Standard: Pandemic pauses Michigan students pursuing trade careers
June 13, 2020 – The Detroit News: Pandemic pauses trade careers for Michigan college students
May 5, 2020 – Online Learning in the Time of COVID-19. Webinar on innovative short- and long-term responses by K12 educators to the COVID-19 crisis with Todd Way (CEO, Douglas Fast Net), Johannes M. Bauer (Quello Center), Pierrette Renée Dagg (Merit Network), Erin Huggins (Friday Institute at North Carolina State University), Nick Fisher (School Administrator, Washington, DC).
April 28, 2020 – The Broadband Bunch Podcast: Broadband and the Homework Gap: Quello Center and Merit Network Research, interview with Johannes Bauer and Pierrette Dagg, the Director of Marketing and Events at the University of Michigan and Merit Network.
April 17, 2020 – The Detroit News: Hundreds of thousands of Michigan students lack internet or computer
April 9, 2020 – CNN: Pandemic underscores digital divide facing students and educators
April 7, 2020 – WKAR Podcast: MSU scholars examine coronavirus impact on politics, economy, K-12 education, digital divide, with Johannes M. Bauer and Keith Hampton, introduced at the 16:17 mark.
April 7, 2020- KSN: Free internet options for households with students
April 3, 2020 – eSchool News: 4 things districts need to know before moving to online learning
April 3, 2020 – American School & University: Facing the challenges of moving to online instruction
April 2, 2020 – Michigan Township Association, Township Talk Podcast: The importance of brining broadband to unserved and underserved communities in Michigan
April 2, 2020 – Gongwer News Service: Internet Access, Connection Could be Biggest Issue in Distance Learning
April 1, 2020 – District Administration: Why smartphones can’t fill the access gap in online learning
March 4, 2020 – WLNS: Error 404: Researchers show how slow internet is leaving rural students behind
March 3, 2020 – WCMU: Broadband and Student Performance Gaps