Internet2 Community News Spotlight – June 2021 Edition

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. 

• 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.