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Strong Local Ties Help Texas Coastal Libraries Survive and Thrive During the Pandemic
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has been a disaster that most librarians and people around the world felt unprepared for, librarians that reported strong ties with local...
Broadband as a Utility – Roundtable Discussion
TIPI's Dr. Sharon Strover recently joined Professor Sherri Greenberg and Dr. Kenneth Flamm for a conversation on broadband as a utility in Texas with Dr. Art Markman...
Behind the Scenes Efforts of Disaster Knowledge Workers
We are excited to announce the publication of our latest article “A different type of disaster response volunteer: Looking behind the scenes to reveal coordinating actions of disaster knowledge workers” in the Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management.
TIPI-affiliated research at Disaster PRIMR 2021
2021-02-01 to 2021-02-03 Next week's "Disaster PRIMR 2021 conference" will bring together members of academic institutions, practitioners in the field, and...
Two Dogs and a Blog: Boothbay Pet Outfitters Bits, Bytes, and Barks
Two Salty Dogs Pet Outfitters may be tucked away in a corner of Maine’s Boothbay Harbor, but the 500 sq. ft shop occupies a much larger footprint in cyberspace by...
Downeast Broadband Utility: Citizen-Powered Fiber Optic Internet Comes to Rural Maine
During a recent visit to Calais, Maine, our team heard from residents that fiber Internet would soon be coming to every house and business in the town.
First Annual Symposium of Good Systems—A UT Grand Challenge
2020-10-19, 2:00p - 4:00p From Good Systems: Join us as we examine how our grand challenge work to date has brought us closer to our mission of designing ethical AI...
The Texas Free WiFi Map
This map is intended to help ameliorate digital divide concerns in Texas, particularly those exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
National Preparedness Month: Preparing for disasters in Texas
If there is anything that the year 2020 has reminded us of as we continue to respond to the challenges brought by Covid-19, it is the importance of being prepared for a disaster…
Virtual School is in Session: It is time to open the networks in Austin, and that means unlocking school playgrounds in East Austin neighborhoods
Austin Independent School District was slated to begin instruction on August 18th, 2020. In July, when COVID-19 rates were spiking in Austin and across the state, the...