31 January 2022 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – January 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 – January 23-31 Network Nebraska Provides Pandemic Assistance Caltech Names Laurie Leshin Director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory Valley Leadership Selects 15 for Inaugural Explore Program, Including Sun Corridor Network Deputy Director (In Business) First-of-Its-Kind Estimate of the Total Number of Tree Species (Purdue University) Robotic Exploration of Uncharted, Underwater Glacial Walls Set for 2023 (University of Texas at Austin) Help Celebrate Data Privacy Week & NIST Privacy Framework’s 2nd Birthday! Trusted CI Launches “Operation Framework Cohort” to Accelerate Framework Adoption Across NSF Florida A&M University-Florida State University Researcher Combines Climate Change and Land Use Data to Predict Watershed Impact Immersive Video Game Explores the History of Women at MIT American Association for the Advancement of Science Honors Outstanding Scientific Contributors as 2021 AAAS Fellows Supercomputing Exposes Potential Pathways for Inhibiting COVID-19 (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Connectivity Solves Challenges for Tenkiller Public Schools (OneNet) US Ignite Earns $1.17M Contract to Develop a Predictive Model that Analyzes Traffic and Weather Risk to Optimize Fort Carson Operations Recent Changes in Antarctic Sea Ice are Unique Since Early 20th Century (National Science Foundation) A New Language for Quantum Computing (MIT) Webb Day 30: Last Deployment Box Checked Off! (Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy) National Institute for Student Success Launches Partner Scholarship Program for Minority-Serving Institutions (Georgia State University) Community News Recap – January 16-22 Quantum Center Unites Virginia Tech’s Broad Expertise in a Vital Field Understanding a Unique Tsunami Event Caused by the Tonga Volcano Eruption (NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory) University of Texas at San Antonio to Host “Taking the Pentagon to the People” on Jan. 27 CI Compass Supports NSF Major Facilities SAGE, GAGE in Search for Best Cloud Computing Solution Scientists Make First Detection of Exotic “X” Particles in Quark-Gluon Plasma (MIT) International Research Network Welcomes New Partners (Michigan State University) Computing for Ocean Environments (MIT) Kelvin Smith Library’s Big Data Research Study Contributes to National Report (Case Western Reserve University) Perseverance’s First Year on Mars: Purdue Professor, Mission Team Member Looks at What is Ahead (Purdue University) Lopez Lab Develops Computational Tools to Further Understanding of Complex Biological Systems (Vanderbilt University) $317K Grant Helps Launch ‘Desperately’ Needed Data Science Training Program (University of Hawaii) New Sensor Grids Record Human Brain Signals in Record-Breaking Resolution (UC San Diego) Dark Energy Survey Verifies Supervoid (NCSA) NOAA’s National Hurricane Center Dedicates New Research Facility Carnegie Mellon University-Led Research Team Selected to Develop Robotics Technology to Service Satellites, Build Structures in Orbit Community News Recap – January 9-15 Astronomers Confront Massive Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A* (National Science Foundation) University of Texas at San Antonio Researcher Part of Team Protecting EV Charging Stations from Cyberattacks Citizen Astronomers Find Young Jupiter-Like Object Missed by Previous Exoplanet Searches (National Science Foundation) Computer Wizardry Gives Earthquake Researchers Deeper Insight Into Big Quakes and the Motion They Generate (University of Southern California) Voyager AI Supercomputer Gives Investigators New Deep Learning Experimental Platform (HPCwire) Vanderbilt Researchers Contribute to Promising Global Search for Gravitational Waves CHERL Advancing Coastal Research with State-of-the-Art Technology (Stony Brook University) Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Creates Largest 3D Map of the Cosmos (Fermilab) Black Hole Devours a Star Decades Ago, Goes Unnoticed Until Now (Caltech) Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS): SC22 Call for Participation Deadline January 28, 2022 Trusted CI Webinar: Populating the HECVAT as an Academic Research Provider, January 24th @11am EST Apply Now to Use Delta, NCSA’s New Advanced Computing and Data Resource New Cloud-Based Platform Opens Genomics Data to All (Johns Hopkins University) The Promise and Pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence Explored at TEDxMIT Event Trusted CI Engagement with OSC Contributes to HECVAT 3.0 Community News Recap – January 1-8 The Largest Suite of Cosmic Simulations for AI Training Is Now Free to Download; Already Spurring Discoveries (University of Connecticut) Edge Supports Member Institution, Rowan University, in Securing National Science Foundation Campus Cyberinfrastructure Planning Grant USGS, EROS Lead Efforts to Unlock the Potential of Earth Observation The NSF I-Corps Northeast Hub has Launched, and Applications are Now Open for its Inaugural Innovation Training Program for Researchers (Princeton University) Announcing the 2022 Trusted CI Annual Challenge on Scientific OT/CPS Security Michigan Moonshot Webinar: Getting Started on Your Community Broadband Journey (Merit) Network Upgrades Support Heath Care Growth in Rural Iowa (GCN) 2021 NSF Cybersecurity Summit Report is Now Available (Trusted CI) This Supercomputer is a Game-Changer for Researchers (University of Florida) CCNY is Plugged Into the Fiber Network of the COSMOS Beyond-5G Testbed (CUNY) Mona Jarrahi Honored by International Institution of Engineering and Technology (UCLA) 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.