17 June 2025 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – June 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. This Week A Decade of Bringing California Public Libraries High-Speed Broadband (CENIC) Ever-changing Universe Revealed in First Imagery From NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Community News Recap – June 15-21 Gaspare LoDuca Named VP for Information Systems and Technology and CIO (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Florida State University Information Technology Wins National Award for Excellence in Risk Management How Nonprofits Run the Internet (Internet Society) Community News Recap – June 8-14 Cosmic Dawn: The Untold Story of the James Webb Space Telescope (NASA) Mark Your Calendars! NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Will Unveil First Look Images on 23 June 2025 (AURA) Network to Code Launches AI Assistant for Enterprise Network Teams (Campus Technology) New Triple-Observatory Network Completes First Winter of Work (University of Alaska – Fairbanks) Northwestern Network for Collaborative Intelligence to Empower University-wide Use of Data Science and AI No Research, No Internet (Internet Society) Bringing Meaning Into Technology Deployment (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) GPN Networking Equipment Upgrade The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Cybersecurity Workforce (NIST) Now Open – 2025 NSF Cybersecurity Summit Call for Participation (Trusted CI) FiberConnect25: Tracy Doaks, CEO of MCNC, on Why America Must Invest in Middle Mile Networks (NextGenInfra) Community News Recap – June 1-7 Rubin Observatory to Detect Millions of New Solar System Objects in Vivid Detail, Simulations Suggest (Phys.org) George Mason University Launches Grand Challenge Initiative to Secure Sustainable, Prosperous Future (PR Newswire) Kansas to Break Ground on $43M Middle-Mile Broadband Network (Government Technology) Expanding Internet Access in Rural Latin America, One Course at a Time (Internet Society) San Diego Supercomputer Center Launches Societal Computing and Innovation Lab CENIC and its Members Help Prepare for, Recover from, and Respond to Disasters University of Pittsburgh Will Co-Host Global Innovation and Competitiveness Forum in October 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.