28 February 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – February 2022 Edition Subscribe for more like this Share 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 – February 20-28 Retiring Utah Education and Telehealth Network CEO Ray Timothy Talks Growth, Digital Divide (Government Technology) Idaho Universities Gain Exclusive Access to Idaho National Laboratory Supercomputer New Partnership Bolsters Cincinnati-Area Higher Education Network (OARnet) Century-Old Technology Inspires Method for Early Warning Tsunami and Earthquake Detection (University of Texas at Austin) STEM Has a Diversity Problem. UC Berkeley Computing, Data Science, and Society Wants to Help Solve It Data Privacy Pioneer Dr. Latanya Sweeney to Speak at Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) Conference Internet Society Pulse: New Tools for a Deeper Understanding of the Internet NOAA Big Data Program Plans Cloud Access to GOES-18 Data in Light of Upcoming GOES-T Launch Top Ten Reasons Why You Would Benefit from ARIN’s Virtual Fellowship Program Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day – A Call to Diversify (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education) Fairleigh Dickinson University Upgrades Connection to the Edge Optical Fiber Network Research Hub to Explore Safety and Equity in AI (Campus Technology) NCSA Helps NASA Develop Visualization Prototype for Earth Data Trusted CI Announces the 2022 Fellows Community News Recap – February 13-19 Ryan Bass Named Interim Chief Information Officer (Portland State University) Arizona To Expand Broadband Connectivity Along Interstate 40 West (AZ Governor) Video Games, Speech Recognition Hold Promise as Ed Tech (Government Technology) Florida University Presidents, High Tech Corridor CEO Unveil Commitment for the Future (University of Florida) Infrastructure Team Works Hands-on to Strengthen OneNet’s Network Network Upgrades Enable Universities to Accelerate Research (EdTech) MANRS in 2021: A Year of Growth and Change (Internet Society) Berkeley Lab Researchers, Computational Facilities Play Key Role in Barrier-Breaking Neutrino Mass Measurement FAIR Guidelines Set the Tone for Data Accessibility and Reusability (NCSA) Community News Recap – February 6-12 Fellowship Program Aims to Boost Diversity in Higher Education IT (Campus Technology) Making a MARC: Empowering Underrepresented Scientists (San Diego State University) At the University of Oregon, Women in STEM are Making Science Better for All Early Findings from HERA Telescope Promise Deeper Understanding of the Cosmic Dawn (MIT) Quello Center and Community Partners Recognized with 2022 MSU Distinguished Partnership Award (Merit Network) University of Missouri Earns $12 Million in Grants to Boost Science Education, Literacy NC Governor Honors Two Duke Faculty as Black Leaders in Stem The Carnegie Foundation and the American Council on Education Announce Partnership on the Carnegie Classifications for Institutions of Higher Education ARIN Fellowship Program: Applications Open February 1-25 3 Questions: Khueli Dutt Reflects on Diversity in Science (MIT) New Space-Based Weather Instruments Start Gathering Data (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Data Science Paves the Way for Road Safety (Johns Hopkins University) New EROS Maps Reveal Species-by-Species Prevalence of Exotic Grasses in the Western U.S. When Should Someone Trust an AI Assistant’s Predictions? (National Science Foundation) James Madison University Launches Esports Program Community News Recap – February 1-5 How The ‘Little University on the Prairie’ Became a ‘Cyber Powerhouse’ (EdScoop) North Dakota State University Receives $6 Million Research Infrastructure Award Steve Lee Joins The Quilt Board of Directors (Virginia Tech) American Council on Education Announces New Women’s Leadership Speaker Series OneNet Intern Program Propels Students into Successful Careers Around the World NCSA Reflects on 35 Years as a Supercomputing Powerhouse New Robotics Exhibition Tells Untold Stories (Carnegie Mellon University) Lab Access, Granted (Johns Hopkins University) COVID Forecasting Method Using Hospital and Cellphone Data Proves It Can Reliably Guide US Cities Through Pandemic Threats (University of Texas at Austin) Computer Science Professors Make University of Texas at Dallas History as New IEEE Fellows Researcher Will Use NSF Award to Fortify and Improve Security Operations Centers (University of Kansas) NSF CAREER Award to Support Research on Teaching and Learning of Geometry Using VR and AR Technology (University of Maine) 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.