14 March 2025 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – March 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 CENIC on the Path to a Native 800 Gbps California Research and Education Network Backbone Trusted CI 2024 Summit Report Now Available NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Installs LSST Camera on Telescope (AURA) FARMing with Data: OpenET Launches New Tool for Farmers and Ranchers (USGS) Community News Recap – March 1-8 Building a Data Superhighway: How UMass Amherst is Expanding Research Capabilities through Network Upgrades CEN Announces Public Review of Program Guidance for $10M Community Wireless (Wi-Fi) Grant Program ICN Completes Southern Tier Network Upgrade in Iowa (Broadband Community) Three Ways NOAA Research Works to Improve Our Weather Forecast Researchers Use Computer Science To Save Bees (Carnegie Mellon University) 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.