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Irish Receives Local NAACP Award

Posted on November 6, 2017 by slirish@illinois.edu

In October, Sharon Irish, a project coordinator with the Center for Digital Inclusion, received the “Yes We Can” Education Award from the Champaign County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The award was presented…

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UC2B Community Benefit Fund

Posted on October 11, 2017 by slirish@illinois.edu

Champaign/Urbana IL – The Urbana Champaign Big Broadband (UC2B) Community Benefit Fund is accepting applications focusing on improving digital inclusion and digital equity for low- to moderate-income people in the Champaign -Urbana area. In 2018, The UC2B Board anticipates awarding…

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Announcement: Reading Group

Posted on October 4, 2017 by jckante2@illinois.edu

The Center for Digital Inclusion would like to invite graduate students in disciplines related to technology and information sciences to attend the first meeting of our new reading group on October 11, 2017. Readings will be focused on issues of…

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Wolske Receives ISAA Award

Posted on July 7, 2017 by slirish@illinois.edu

Interim Director of the Center for Digital Inclusion, Martin Wolske, received the Distinguished Service Award from the iSchool Alumni Association (ISAA) in June 2017. The award was presented at the ISAA Annual Meeting and reception held at the annual meeting of…

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Colleague Bayo Urban Prioritizes People, not Technology

Posted on May 22, 2017 by slirish@illinois.edu

Ivette Bayo Urban has worked with CDI staff for several years in various capacities and we regularly check in on her inspiring activities.  Ivette is a PhD Candidate at the University of Washington’s iSchool and an important contributor to FemTechNet, She…

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