22 April 2025 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – April 2025 Edition Subscribe for more like this Share By Amber Rasche - Senior Communications Specialist, Internet2 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. This Week Final Results of the 2025 Internet Society Board of Trustees Elections and IETF Selections At UC San Diego, NOAA Collaboration Provides Backbone for Global Environmental Intelligence How Network-as-a-Service Eases IT Burdens for Widely Dispersed Federal Branch Offices (FedScoop) A Decade in the Making: Sun Corridor Network and ADOT Partner to Speed Up Broadband Deployment EdgeCon Spring 2025 Community News Recap – April 13-19 Signify BrightSites and US Ignite Launch Pilot Opportunity for Communities to Transform Existing Lighting Infrastructure into a WiFi Network Internet Trust: Why We Need It and How to Achieve It (Internet Society) Florida State University’s Second Annual ITS Conference Celebrates Technological Innovation and Collaboration Community News Recap – April 6-12 Fort Valley State University Joins Internet2, Expanding Research and Innovation Capabilities NSF Expands Access to Advanced Cloud Computing for Scientific Research MUS-IX Collaboration Boosts Regional Connectivity for OneNet Subscribers TACC’s Frontera Enables New Insights into Microtubule Tip Dynamics (HPCwire) 16 Connecticut Higher Ed Institutions Join Statewide AI Alliance (EdTech) UC San Diego’s WIFIRE Program Provides Real-Time Information to Wildfire Responders Community News Recap – April 1-5 Connect to eduroam: Penn State’s Wi-Fi is changing on April 1 Northeastern and Anthropic to Lead in Responsible AI Innovation in Higher Education Shaping the Future of Scientific Discovery by Redefining Network Infrastructure (Edge) NASA’s SPHEREx Takes First Images, Preps to Study Millions of Galaxies Send feedback and share your institution’s stories for consideration to arasche@internet2.edu. About the Author(s) View Author Articles Amber Rasche arasche@internet2.edu Senior Communications Specialist, Internet2 Amber Rasche contributes to Internet2’s strategic communications and public relations efforts. She has 10 years of experience with the research and education community, serving previous roles in both higher education information technology and government high-performance network environments.