Press Releases
Look here for recent press releases issued by the WiderNet Project or the University of North Carolina. Past articles may have been issued by the University of Iowa News Service.
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2012
- Computers for Tibetan Schools (November)
2011
- WiderNet Project Announces Launch of Global Disability Rights Library (July)
- High Rollers for Education (April)
2010
- eGranary Volunteers in Nigeria (June/July)
- WiderNet Introduces Gerontology Portal Addition to eGranary Digital Library (April 8)
- WiderNet Introduces New 2TB eGranary Digital Library (February 1)
2008
- WiderNet Project Receives Grant from Rockefeller Foundation (October 7)
- Flood 2008 Affects the WiderNet Project (PDF)
2007
- WiderNet Project Partners with Hesperian Foundation (December 4)
- Thinking Inside the Box: UI Project Addresses Poverty of Information Worldwide (PDF, Spring)
2005
2003
- UI WiderNet Project Searching for Fall Interns, Volunteers (August 18)
- The WiderNet Project Announces Visit of 20 African University Administrators (June 18)
- UI WIderNet Project Receives Substantial Grant to Help Fund Digital Library (June 12)
2002
- WiderNet Project's Annual Holiday Computer Donation Drive (December 12)
- The WiderNet Project Announces Successful Completion of 'The Gambia Project' by UI Graduate Student (November 11)
- The WiderNet Project Announces the Successful Demonstration of its 'Digital Libraries' in Six African Universities (October 14)
- The WiderNet Project Announces Visit of 24 African University Adminstrators (September 12)
- Strengthening the Digital Capacity of Nigerian Universities (PDF, Spring/Summer)
- UI Senior Named State Student Employee of the Year (April 24)
2001
- WiderNet Project Receives $42,000 Software Donation from LearnKey to Assist African Universities (December 10)
- WiderNet Project Receives Donation from Microsoft to Aid African Universities (November 19)
- International Programs WiderNet Project wins $470,000 grant from MacArthur Foundation (October 15)
- Visiting Nigerian Professor Leads his Country into Information Age (April 26)
2000
