Internet2 Community News Spotlight – April 2021 Edition

By Sara Aly, Internet2 Senior Communications Manager

This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. 

• Jane Livingston Appointed Vice President, Chief Information Officer at Notre Dame
• Q&A: Vivienne Sze on Crossing the Hardware-software Divide for Efficient Artificial Intelligence (MIT)
• Georgia State Introduces Advanced Research Computing Technology & Innovation Core
• NSF and NCSES Release 2021 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering Report
• Italy Celebrates Internet Anniversary (Internet Society)
• NASA, NSF Join Forces to Bolster Student Diversity in Engineering
• The University of Texas at San Antonio Among Elite Organizations to Earn Technology Leadership Award
• Manhattan School of Music joins forces with the Royal College of Music (London), the Royal Danish Academy of Music, the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna to launch THE GLOBAL CONSERVATOIRE
• Georgia Tech Shares $15M From NASA to Advance Deep Space Exploration
• Keeping Humanity Central to Solving Climate Change (MIT)
• Q&A: University of Delaware’s Sharon Pitt on Strategic IT Leadership (EdTech Magazine)
• The Arecibo Radio Telescope Collapsed Last December, but Its Legacy of Discovery and Innovation Continues (ScieTechDaily)
• Lessons Learned During an Unexpected Year of Telework (OneNet)
• IceCube Neutrino Observatory Detects New High-Energy Particle (UC San Diego)
• Bangkok’s Neutral Peering Hub Scales Its Capacity (Internet Society)
• FSU Engineers Improve Performance of High-temperature Superconductor Wires
• Oklahoma State University Primed to Lead Big 12 with New Esports Arena
• The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Joins CENIC’s Broadband Network
• Edge Adds Proprietary Dark Web Vulnerability Scan, As FBI Issues Warning About Rising Numbers of Cyberattacks Against Colleges and Universities
• U.S. Department of Energy’s INCITE Program Seeks Proposals for 2022 (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
• Edge Research Leader Organizes Women in Data Science Event with International Reach
• Missouri S&T Names Danny Tang New CIO
• Unsung Heroes: Campus IT Staff Provide Crucial Technology Support During Pandemic (Florida State University)
• The People’s Scientist: Dr. Esther Ngumbi Makes Science Accessible (Diverse Issues in Higher Education)
• Research Computing: A Decade of Discovery on Campus (Syracuse University)
• University of Florida Scientists Use AI technology to Breed Better-tasting Strawberries
• Libraries Must Be Vigilant To Ensure Adequate Broadband, Consultants Say (Broadband Breakfast)
• OARnet Helps Bring Affordable High-speed Internet Access to Underserved Community
• KINBER, Office of Commonwealth Libraries Announce Libraries Connect Communities and Broadband Resources Project
• The Next Supercollider (Symmetry Magazine)
• Carnegie Mellon Uses AI, Robots To Explore Qatar’s Waters
• GCI Commits $500,000 to Support Alaska Esports Center
• IRS Warns of Scam Targeting .Edu Email Addresses (Inside Higher Education)
• Hubble Space Telescope Spots Double Quasars in Merging Galaxies (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
• Data Privacy: Subterranean Footstep Blues with Computational Modeling and Data Analytics (Virginia Tech)

Send feedback and share your institution’s stories for consideration to saly@internet2.edu.