Internet2 Community News Spotlight – August 2022 Edition

By Amber Rasche - Senior Communications Specialist, Internet2

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

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.

Community News Recap – August 28-31

• Cracking the Code to Help Planet Earth (USC Viterbi)
• Caltech Faculty Members to Collaborate on Computer-Aided Chemistry Initiative at Notre Dame
• University of Hawai‘i and Hawai‘i Public Schools Partner with AWS to Increase Access to Cloud Computing Education Statewide (Campus Technology)
• North Carolina A&T State University Joins Brookhaven’s Quantum Center (HPCwire)
• Energy Department Announces $6.4 Million to Improve MSI Research Engagement (Diverse: Issues In Higher Education)
• ESnet’s Wireless Edge: Extending Our Network to Support Field Science
• University of Colorado Denver, in Partnership with Colorado Smart Cities Alliance and Innosphere Ventures, Receives $2 Million Federal Grant for Smart Cities Incubator and Workforce Development in Tech
• Three Indiana Research Universities to Collaborate with Industry and Government to Develop Quantum Technologies in New NSF-Funded Center (Purdue University)
• ROBE Array Could Let Small Companies Access Popular Form of AI (Rice University)
• Oregon State University Creates Instructional Toolkit for Common Application (Diverse: Issues In Higher Education)

Community News Recap – August 21-27

• The Technology Behind America’s Top Research Universities (EdTech)
• Pushing Into New Frontiers of Neuroscience (Dartmouth)
• National Quantum Information Science Research Centers Harness the Quantum Revolution (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
• Vasserman Using NSF Grant to Broaden Rural Access to Computing Education in Kansas (University of Kansas)
• Improving Admin User Experience Key for IT Modernization, Say University CIOs (EdScoop)
• $20M From NIH Provides Infrastructure, Leadership for Project To Map the Human Body at the Cellular Level (Carnegie Mellon University)
• University of Oregon Earns $1M to Design Next Generation Network Monitors
• Virginia Tech Team Captures First Place in Data Competition
• Bringing Lessons From Cybersecurity to the Fight Against Disinformation (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Community News Recap – August 14-20

• The 2022 Inspiring Programs in STEM Awards (Insight Into Diversity)
• How Arizona Can Advance Innovation, Access in Digital Learning (Arizona State University)
• Time-Tested: Computer Scientist’s Research Honored for Its Impact After a Decade (University of New Mexico)
• Higher Ed Leaders Are Making Long-Term Investments in Teaching and Learning Tools (EdTech)
• Visualizing the Future (NCSA)
• Duncan Brown Takes on a New Mission as Vice President for Research (Q&A) (Syracuse University)
• Voyager, NASA’s Longest-Lived Mission, Logs 45 Years in Space
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory Celebrates Launch of Frontier – The World’s Fastest Supercomputer
• AI Ethics Advisory Board Offers Guidance on How to Develop and Deploy AI Responsibly (Campus Technology)
• Statement From NOAA Administrator on Signing of Historic Inflation Reduction Act
• Interaction Between Humans and the Environment is Focus of 15 New NSF-Funded Projects
• Oklahoma State University Receives Large NSF Grant to Build New Supercomputer (OneNet)
• Sensor Research Helps Fight Wildfires (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
• Excavation of Huge Caverns for DUNE Particle Detector is Underway (Fermilab)

Community News Recap – August 7-13

• Stakeholder Input Drives Northern Arizona University LMS Transition (Campus Technology)
• University of Oregon Hosts Bootcamp on Improving Internet Access for Tribes, Rural Communities (OPB)
• Higher Ed, State Government Collaborate on Security Operations Centers (EdTech)
• Edge Leaders to Speak at NJ Alliance for Action Statewide Broadband Conference
• Trusted CI Webinar: CIS Controls, August 22nd @11am EST
• NSF and Amazon Continue Collaboration That Strengthens and Supports Fairness in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Community News Recap – August 1-6

• NOAA Dedicates New Arctic Observatory in Utqiaġvik
• Q&A: Jill Bateman Makes Online Accessibility a Priority at Ohio University (EdTech)
• Clark Atlanta University Awarded $10 Million National Science Foundation Grant to Bring Data Science to HBCUs Through National Data Science Alliance (NDSA)
• State Officials Eye ‘New Era’ for Oregon Broadband (StateScoop)
• University of Maryland Baltimore County Students, Educators, and Researchers Advance Maryland Through Innovative Computing Partnership
• What Is Google Workspace for Education? (EdTech)
• Four New NSF INCLUDES Alliances Announced
• NOAA Still Expects Above-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
• Federal Coalition Announces National Summit to Improve High-Speed Internet on Tribal Lands (U.S. Department of the Interior)
• NCSA and University of Chicago Receive NSF Funding For Software Sustainability
• Indigenous Connectivity Summit to Take Place this October—Transitioning to a New Home (Internet Society)
• Tapping HPC and AI for Global Health and Wellness (HPCwire)
• NSF Announces Awards to Advance Cybersecurity Efforts
• Wisdom and Insight From Women Leading in Computer Science and Engineering (NSF)
• OARnet Launches Network Upgrade for Ohio’s PreK-12 Schools
• NSF Grants $10M for Collaborative Data Science Institute in Chicago (University of Illinois Chicago)

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