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Challenges Accessing Broadband Service Highlight of Congressional Hearing
Story air date: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
People living in a city may take broadband Internet service for granted. But in many rural areas, broadband service is hard or even impossible to obtain. The problem was a topic of a recent congressional field hearing in Springfield, Ill. Illinois Public Media’s Jim Meadows reports.
(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
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business • economy • government • United States • technology • internetA Decade After TeraGrid, U of I Heads Up Digital Network
Story air date: Saturday, July 30, 2011
The University of Illinois is the lead researcher for a $121 million digital network funded by the National Science Foundation. The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment, or XSEDE for short, is seen as an expansion of the TeraGrid project, which started in the late 1990s.
Illinois Public Media’s Jeff Bossert spoke with project leader John Towns about how the focus has shifted to a larger partnership with more top-research universities.
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technology • University of IllinoisBrooke Gladstone on the Media
Story air date: Friday, June 10, 2011
Brooke Gladstone, co-host of NPR's "On the Media," is out with a media manifesto in comic book form where she plays the lead character. The book is titled “The Influencing Machine." In it, Gladstone attempts to educate people on how to become smarter consumers and shapers of the media. She spoke with Illinois Public Media's Sean Powers.
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media • people • technology • internetDigital World Re-Shapes Learning in Chicago
Story air date: Friday, April 08, 2011
Digital technology and video games have a big impact on many kids’ lives—and some believe they could play a bigger role in education. As Illinois Public Radio's Linda Lutton reports, Chicago is getting a new school that some think might be a window into the future of learning.
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education • technology • internetChampaign Native Living in Tokyo Reflects on Earthquake, Tsunami
Story air date: Thursday, March 17, 2011
When a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan last week, Michael Bekiares was on the 19th floor of an office building in Tokyo. The building shook for 11 minutes during the quake. Bekiares grew up in Champaign and studied economics at the University of Illinois. He moved to Japan about 13 years ago for a job in finance, and now lives about 200 miles from the earthquake’s epicenter. Illinois Public Media’s Sean Powers spoke to Bekiares from Tokyo using Skype.
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