Internet2 Community News Spotlight – May 2023 Edition

By Amber Rasche - Senior Communications Specialist, Internet2

Estimated reading time: 3 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 – May 21-31

• LIGO Ready to Explore Secrets of the Universe (Caltech)
• Roger Blake Selected as Merit Network President and CEO
• Mapping Out Our Destination: Responsible Innovation Via the NIST Identity Roadmap
• Virginia Tech Partners with Micron Technology Inc., National Science Foundation, and 10 Other Universities to Develop Semiconductor Talent in U.S. and Japan
• Early Frontier Users Seize Exascale Advantage, Grapple With Grand Scientific Challenges

Community News Recap – May 14-20

• Widening the Pipeline for Women in Network Engineering (Indiana University)
• NSF-NOAA Partner to Promote the Creation of Centers for Modeling Catastrophic Impacts and Risk Assessment of Climate Change
• Research Team Receives Grant to Launch ‘Just Dis Tech’ Project (Virginia Tech)
• Unicon President and Co-Founder Chris Franz Retires After 30 Years of Transforming Education Technology
• Georgia Tech Dean of the College of Computing, Dr. Charles Isbell, Honored With the 2023 Richard Tapia Achievement Award
• Seeing Electron Orbital Signatures (TACC)
• Composers Created Music Inspired by Seismic Readings From Yellowstone National Park (NPR)

Community News Recap – May 7-13

• Commerce has Reaped Benefits From Network Consolidation, Says CIO Andre Mendes (FedScoop)
• NSF Announces 7 New AI Research Institutes at Universities Nationwide (Campus Technology)
• Carnegie Mellon University Hacking Team Defends Title at MITRE Cybersecurity Competition
• IceCube Measurement of Atmospheric Neutrino Mixing Using Improved DeepCore Calibration, Data Processing
• OARnet Hosts Spring 2023 Member Meeting in Conjunction With OHECC
• University of New Mexico Receives $1.5 Million to Support Computational Workforce Development
• National Cyberinfrastructure Prototype Moves into Full System Operation (San Diego Supercomputer Center)
• Apply for an ARIN Community Grant (Deadline is June 2, 2023!)
• Desert Research Institute Aims to Increase Scientific Access to Earth Monitoring Data With Re-Launch of ClimateEngine.Org

Community News Recap – May 1-6

• Will Yellowstone’s Geology Produce Rock Music? (Anglia Ruskin University)
• NSF Announces Seven New National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes
• Julie Myers named 2023 Technology Woman of the Year (University of Rochester)
• Global Big-Data Collaboration Gets Easier With Two New 100 Gbps Connections to CENIC and Pacific Wave for ESnet
• Where RENs Fit in the Broadband Landscape (OneNet)
• A National Inflection Point: The Intersection of Research & Education Networks and Sustainable Digitial Equity Initiatives – May 25 Webinar (Marconi Society)
• NOAA N-Wave Publishes May 2023 Newsletter
• The National Center for Women & Information Technology Announces Partnership With Arizona State University’s AZNext Program (Newswire)
• Sparking Growth and Development Through Technology Transformation (Edge)
• Internet Inventors Cerf and Kahn to Join President Chiang for September Presidential Lecture Series Event, Marking Purdue Computer Science’s 60th Anniversary

Send feedback and share your institution’s stories for consideration to arasche@internet2.edu.