News from the iQ

If you want an output of diverse leadership in STEM, then the pipeline that feeds those positions must be equally inclusive. Here in the Innovation Quarter, several organizations are working to ensure that students from grade six through collegiate levels have a summer experience that…

Not unlike the innovation process, collaboration and diversity play a role in advancing inclusion. However, realizing a genuine sense of inclusion also requires intention. Leading innovation districts are built on strategies where inclusion is woven into all aspects of its development—and it shows. These areas…

Sharing spatial resources and facilitating events create a more equitable, diverse and inclusive community. The Innovation Quarter is more than just an expanse of buildings. It's where research meets entrepreneurship. It's where history becomes art. It's where collaboration and creativity spark change. At the intersection of this kind of placemaking…

Winston-Salem nonprofits partner to build trust and decrease health disparities Winston-Salem endures some of the most detrimental economic and health disparities in the nation. In the East Ward alone, where the Innovation Quarter sits, almost one-third of residents live below the poverty line—compared to 17.6%…