30
June
2021
Internet2 Community News Spotlight – June 2021 Edition
By Amber Rasche - Senior Communications Specialist, Internet2
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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.
- CENIC Recognizes The Quilt as Outstanding Partner in Research and Education Networking
- University of Florida, IBM Partner for Virtual Hackathon
- Iowa State University and Partners Receive Major National Science Foundation Research Grant to Drive Innovation in Rural Broadband Connectivity
- Florida State University RIDER Center Helps Communities Plan for the Threats From Natural Disasters
- $2.5 Million NASA Project Will Develop and Test Safety Management for ‘Air Taxis’ (Vanderbilt University)
- Creating More Inclusive Systems (University of Utah)
- Moving the Needle: Lisa D. Cook on Maximizing U.S. Innovation Through Broader Participation (National Science Foundation)
- Tennessee State University Staying Competitive in Booming Gaming Industry With Establishment of Academic eSports Center
- Zeroing in on a Mosquito Menace (Emory University)
- A Rigorous Virtual Field Trip That’s Part of Regular Class (The Hechinger Report)
- Art Gets us Through: Tiffany Bryant ’07 Makes Performing Arts Accessible (William & Mary)
- For a Sustainable Future, Scientists Rethink Plastics and Devices (University of Chicago)
- Reinventing Everyday Items to Live More Efficiently (Purdue)
- Stanford Researchers Develop New Software for Designing Sustainable Cities
- Computer Science Researcher Creates Game to Teach Blockchain to Children (University of Texas at San Antonio)
- Latest Tests on 6G Return Surprising Results (University of Southern California)
- Facebook, Michigan State Develop Deepfake Detection Technique (Wall Street Journal)
- Caltech Undergrad Wins Dual Computer Science Awards (Pasadena Now)
- Computers Help Researchers Find Materials to Turn Solar Power Into Hydrogen (Penn State)
- System Linked to Operational Hospitals, Shorter Lockdowns, Lives Saved (University of Texas at Austin)
- University CIO Modernizes Networking Infrastructure (Information Week)
- Project Jupyter: A Computer Code That Transformed Science (EurekAlert!)
- NTIA Creates First Interactive Map to Help Public See the Digital Divide Across the Country (BroadbandUSA)
- Richard W. Spinrad Sworn in as NOAA Administrator
Send feedback and share your institution’s stories for consideration to arasche@internet2.edu.