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Blog: Category Archives: Equity & Access
The Venue is the World: CENIC Helps SFJAZZ Share Music with Everyone
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Learn how Mount Allen shares musical experiences with the public through his role at San Francisco Jazz (SFJAZZ), which uses CENIC infrastructure to livestream performances to classrooms and libraries across the state.
Digital Navigators at California’s Public Libraries Help Bridge Broadband Divide
Categories Libraries Equity & Access Tribal
Libraries educate Californians on how to navigate the Internet, providing access to employment and training, telehealth, and more. To ensure that patrons can use these opportunities, libraries also provide digital navigators to assist patrons in acquiring digital skills.
Connecting California: Exploring the State of Middle- and Last-mile Broadband Funding
Categories Equity & Access
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All CENIC member Institutions, enjoy the opportunities made possible by broadband availability, access, and adoption. The challenges associated with the work to bring broadband to middle- and last-mile communities can be almost as large as the opportunities broadband offers. Valuable advice to overcome these challenges and make the most of the opportunities was highlighted by this expert panel.
A Community of Innovation: National Research and Education Networks in North America
Categories AI/Machine Learning RENS & NRENS Pacific Wave Security Equity & Access Technology & Innovation
In a CENIC Conference panel discussion, leaders of CANARIE, CUDI, Internet2, ESnet, and CENIC, addressed how their organizations and user communities approached AI and machine learning as major players in the global collaborative REN ecosystem.
Next-Gen Stewardship of Urban Sea Systems: Balancing Economic Vitality, Environmental Decline, Homeland Security, and Social Justice
Oceanographer John Delaney discusses how digital twins can help model the behavior of major urban sea systems and improve their economic vitality, environmental health, homeland security, and social justice.
CENIC’s Role in the “Broadband for All” Initiative
Categories RENS & NRENS Equity & Access GOLDENSTATENET
When Governor Newsom, California's legislature, and administration leaders launched the "Broadband for All" Initiative, they sought the experienced expertise of CENIC and its engineering talent to serve as third-party administrator. The CENIC Middle Mile Broadband Initiative, LLC, DBA GoldenStateNet, was launched to serve the goal of collapsing the digital divide for all Californians.
The California Middle Mile Broadband Initiative and CENIC: Creating a Bespoke Organization to Serve California
Categories RENS & NRENS Equity & Access GOLDENSTATENET
As a non-profit public benefit technology corporation, CENIC has been at the forefront of work to advance and expand access to its advanced network and help close the digital divide.
Wireless on the Edge: Connecting Hard-to-Serve Areas
Categories K-12 Libraries Private Sector Equity & Access GOLDENSTATENET Tribal
Hard-to-reach areas may require wireless edge networks to connect to a middle-mile backbone. Tradeoffs in frequency, license status, and power can make it challenging to determine the best solution.
California’s Landmark “Internet for All Initiative” featuring CENIC’s Key Role Launches Marconi Society Webinar Series
Categories Equity & Access
Through its webinar series “A National Inflection Point: The Intersection of Research & Education Networks and Sustainable Digital Equity Initiatives”, the Marconi Society will feature state initiatives underway to share creative approaches to solving predictable challenges with extending R&E infrastructure beyond its legacy community of educational institutions.
Engaging the Minds We Need
Innovation frequently happens in the liminal spaces between disciplines, where different perspectives collaborate and create new insights into seemingly intractable problems, some of the most pressing of which are global climate change, economic development, and public health. But what happens when millions of vitally needed imaginations and perspectives – these minds – have no access to the cyberinfrastructure that makes global collaboration possible?