25 February 2025 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – February 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. Community News Recap – February 23-28 Egerton University and KENET Strengthen Ties to Drive Medical Research, Campus Connectivity and AI Innovation Exploring the Impact of Generative AI on Education, Research and More (UC San Diego) How CENIC AIR Enables Secure AI and Machine Learning Innovation Another Successful Field Season for IceCube Upgrade at the South Pole Why R&E? (OneNet) Community News Recap – February 16-22 NORDUnet Signs MoU with Partners in Pan-Arctic Subsea Cable Collaboration Carlos Guestrin to lead Stanford AI Lab as it joins forces with Stanford HAI OLCF-led HPC Crash Course Drives Career Development at SC24 (Oak Ridge National Lab) Community News Recap – February 9-15 HECVAT 4: Better than Ever (EDUCAUSE Review) FuSE-MORe-OFFN Project Upgrades Campus Connectivity to Oklahoma’s Research Network (OneNet) Stack Science Contributes Innovative CI and Tech Expertise to Research and Teaching (UC San Diego) Texas A&M System Triples Supercomputing Capacity Community News Recap – February 1-8 University of Alabama in Huntsville Welcomes Tang as Chief Information Officer OFC 2025 Preview: 1.6T, Quantum, AI, and LPO, Multi-Core Fiber (Converge! Network Digest) Technology Initiatives Support Student Mental Health in a Modern Higher Ed Environment (EdTech) California State University Launches Systemwide ChatGPT Edu Deployment (Campus Technology) 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.