Internet2 Community News Spotlight – September 2024 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.

This Week

• CCC Q&A: A Look Into A Pilot Project to Enhance Data Access (Computing Community Consortium) (opens in a new window)
• New Connections to Major Cloud Providers Boost Performance and Value for CENIC Members (opens in a new window)
• Communities Need to Prepare for Catastrophic, Life-Threatening Inland Flooding From #Helene, Even Well After Landfall (NOAA) (opens in a new window)
• CyLab Hosts Top Cybersecurity Researchers for the 2024 NSF SaTC PI Meeting (Carnegie Mellon University) (opens in a new window)
• USGS Supercomputers Help Assess Volcanic Hazards in Support of Community Resilience (opens in a new window)

Community News Recap – September 15-21

• The Venue is the World: CENIC Helps SFJAZZ Share Music with Everyone (opens in a new window)
• Managing Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Launching a New Program at NIST (opens in a new window)
• UCLA is Set to Introduce ChatGPT Enterprise on Campus – a First for California Higher Ed (opens in a new window)
• NSF and Simons Foundation Launch 2 AI Institutes to Help Astronomers Understand the Cosmos (opens in a new window)
• Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center Agreement with Thai Partners Signals Enthusiasm for Future Collaborations (University of Wisconsin-Madison) (opens in a new window)
• NOAA, Esri Team Up to Make Ocean Data More Accessible and Actionable (opens in a new window)
• Colorado’s Quantum Hub Will Revolutionize Technology, with Colorado School of Mines Helping Lead the Way (opens in a new window)

Community News Recap – September 8-14

• University of Oklahoma Names New Chief Information Officer with Over 20 Years of Experience in IT (opens in a new window)
• Michigan State University and Merit Network Complete Statewide Broadband Infrastructure Project (PR Newswire) (opens in a new window)
• NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory Will Reveal the Faint Light From Sources of Gravitational Waves, Neutrinos, and More (opens in a new window)
• Celebrating 25 years of University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies (opens in a new window)
• John O’Keefe to Become Inaugural Executive Director of Facilities Information Technology at Princeton University (Lafayette College) (opens in a new window)
• San Diego Supercomputer Center and CENIC Work to Expand AI Education Infrastructure in California (opens in a new window)
• 30 Higher Ed IT Influencers to Follow in 2024 (EdTech) (opens in a new window)
• Help IceCube (Again!) Decode Signals From Outer Space (opens in a new window)

Community News Recap – September 1-7

• GÉANT Proudly Announces Lise Fuhr as Next CEO (opens in a new window)
• The Roadmap to Enhancing Internet Routing Security (NTIA) (opens in a new window)
• MCNC Begins Broadband Expansion in Sanford (PR Newswire) (opens in a new window)
• Learning, Sharing, and Exploring with NIST’s New Human-Centered Cybersecurity Community of Interest (opens in a new window)
• Biden-Harris Administration Invests $100 Million in a New High-Performance Computer System to Advance NOAA Research and Development (opens in a new window)
• OFFN, Supercomputers and Fast Connectivity – Making the Impossible Practical for Oklahoma’s Higher Education Institutions (OneNet) (opens in a new window)
• Beginning a New Role as President and CEO (Internet Society) (opens in a new window)

Send feedback and share your institution’s stories for consideration to arasche@internet2.edu (opens in a new window).