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'Talent First Economics' is focus of today's Institute for Emerging Issues Forum

This year’s forum will examine ways to overcome barriers that have historically and systemically prevented underrepresented groups of workers from finding employment and staying engaged in the workplace.

Institute for Emerging Issues forum to focus on 'Talent First Economics'

The Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) at NC State University is pleased to announce the agenda for the 2023 Emerging Issues Forum, Talent First Economics.

NC State picks new director at Institute for Emerging Issues

Sarah Langer Hall has been named director of NC State’s Institute for Emerging Issues, effective January 1, 2023. Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Warwick Arden made the announcement today.

Guest opinion: Addressing the labor shortage by putting people, and their talent, first

There are talented people here in our state ready to work. The bad news? They face historic and systemic barriers to participating in our workforce.

NC economy relies on connecting workers, employers – that’s focus of new NCSU initiative

A new collaboration aims to amplify North Carolina’s economy by training and connecting a new generation of workforce development professionals.

Retiring Institute for Emerging Issues director ready to embark on next phase of his life

Leslie Boney, who has served as the director of the Institute for Emerging Issues and vice provost for outreach and engagement for the last five years, announced his retirement in February, with an effective date of May 1 from in his dual-appointment positions. He’s spent the last two months finishing up some loose ends and was feted by friends and colleagues, but he’s ready to embark on the next phase of his life.

Institute for Emerging Issues Director Leslie Boney is retiring

Institute for Emerging Issues Director Leslie Boney is retiring. In a blog post, Boney said he would step down as of May 1. Here's what he had to say about his decision - and who will replace him on an interim basis.

Institute for Emerging Issues asks Forum attendees to 'commit to doing something' for education

A key Institute for Emerging Issues Forum [last week] theme is that everyone has a role to play in their community when it comes to supporting educational attainment. We asked each attendee to commit to doing something–as an individual or as an employer–over the next year. Here's a look.

Backing digital inclusion efforts, SECU Foundation awards grant to Institute for Emerging Issues

SECU Foundation is continuing its long-standing support for the Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) at NC State University with a $225,000 grant to assist with the expansion of IEI’s statewide digital inclusion program.

Institute for Emerging Issues opens 2021 BAND-NC grant applications

The Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) is now accepting a new round of BAND-NC grant funding applications. Here are the details.

As Emerging Issues Forum goes virtual, a look back at its history of dealing with hot issues

What started in 1986 as a request by the late Chancellor Bruce Poulton to Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. to create an annual forum to address emerging issues has grown into a lively nonpartisan institute with a dozen and a half staffers, led since 2017 by Director Leslie Boney. Here's a look at the Emerging Issues Forum as organizers prepare for the 35th annual event.

LimeLight: Institute for Emerging Issues secures grants from Corning for broadband initiative

The Institute for Emerging Issues has secured new investment from Corning Incorporated to extend digital inclusion grants to communities across North Carolina. The $10,000 contribution will support BAND-NC, a grant program designed to increase the number of North Carolinians with internet in their homes, with the goal of making the state “first in digital inclusion.” 

Emerging Issues Forum will be more ambitious than any previous event - here's why

If we are going to address our biggest challenges, we need to find a way to connect as never before – across lines of politics, race, geography, economics. The Emerging Issues Forum offers an opportunity to do that.

Pushing policy forward amid a pandemic - local legislators working to create digital inclusion for citizens across the state

Though it existed before the pandemic, the state's digital divide is in the spotlight as the reliance on connectivity dramatically increases. Local policymakers and organizations are working to create digital inclusion for those who do not have access to the Internet or devices and bridge the widening divide.

Institute for Emerging Issues director offers a few sips from an oasis of optimism

Our “Connecting in Crisis” webinars were a weekly witness to the power of realistic optimism. We heard from folks working to save businesses, connect schoolkids, protect the vulnerable, keep the water on, feed the hungry, find the lost, address equity and fix systems. The heroes, it turned out, fit no profile: they were men and women, black, brown and white, rural and urban, students and seniors. They are a reason for optimism.

NC State's Institute for Emerging Issues launching a grant to help bridge digital divide

The digital divide has been emphasized during the COVID-19 pandemic as the world shifts to an even heavier reliance on connectivity. The Institute for Emerging Issues is launching a grant to help foster digital inclusion and make sure that communities aren't getting left behind.

11 counties land $5K BAND-NC grants to help 'bridge the digital divide'

BAND-NC is a grant program designed to increase the number of people with the internet in their homes, with the goal of making the state “first in digital inclusion.”

On the NC event horizon: Here's your guide to more than 60 events in Sept.

Plenty of technology and life science events and deadlines are on tap for September. Here’s the latest roundup.

The digital divide – what it is and how it’s affecting families in the COVID-era

In the midst of COVID-19, people across the country have been forced to pivot to virtual work and school settings. As the reliance on Internet access and technology grows, the digital divide has become a nationwide issue and has shown a light on an ever-present problem in North Carolina.

The digital divide - what it is and how it's affecting families in the COVID-era

In the midst of COVID-19, people across the country have been forced to pivot to virtual work and school settings. As the reliance on Internet access and technology grows, the digital divide has become a nationwide issue and has shown a light on an ever-present problem in North Carolina.

Abbey Slattery, WRAL Digital Solutions

NC State's Institute for Emerging Issues launching a grant to help bridge digital divide

The digital divide has been emphasized during the COVID-19 pandemic as the world shifts to an even heavier reliance on connectivity. The Institute for Emerging Issues is launching a grant to help foster digital inclusion and make sure that communities aren't getting left behind.

Latisha Catchatoorian, WRAL Digital Solutions

Pushing policy forward amid a pandemic - local legislators working to create digital inclusion for citizens across the state

Though it existed before the pandemic, the state's digital divide is in the spotlight as the reliance on connectivity dramatically increases. Local policymakers and organizations are working to create digital inclusion for those who do not have access to the Internet or devices and bridge the widening divide.

Latisha Catchatoorian, WRAL Digital Solutions