27 Aug 2024 Community Anchor Program Internet2 Awarded Grant to Empower Indigenous Community Libraries in Expanding Broadband and Digital Access Institute of Museum and Library Services Funding Supports Community-Driven Digital Transformation for Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Tribal Libraries WASHINGTON, D.C., August 27, 2024 – Internet2 has been awarded a two-year $249,994 Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant to bolster the digital capabilities of Alaska… Read More
23 Aug 2024 Internet2 Announcements Cloud Echo Labs Advanced Captioning and Transcription Technology Solutions to Join Internet2 NET+ Program By Tiffany Frank Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Internet2 is excited to announce a new NET+ service offering aligned with ongoing efforts to facilitate the use of services that enhance accessibility in higher education. We have recently signed an agreement with Echo Labs to include its… Read More
23 Aug 2024 Events Cloud Discover the Power of NET+ Services By Dana Voss Estimated reading time: 6 minutes The Internet2 NET+ Community has seen a 50% increase in the number of subscribing institutions in the last four years, and we have many exciting projects on the horizon. In addition to over 1,300 NET+ agreements that… Read More
20 Aug 2024 Cloud Events Strengthening Your Head, Heart, and Hands: The Big 3 Conferences in Higher Ed Cloud By Bob Flynn Estimated reading time: 5 minutes People have long thrown around the term “The Big 3” in conversations about cloud computing in our community. In the higher ed context, however, I think they’ve got it all wrong. The Big 3 that really make a… Read More
19 Aug 2024 Events CLASS Instructor Insights: Why It’s Important to Get Ahead of the AI Learning Curve By Iain Oldman Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how higher education faculty, students, and staff conduct research, present information, and preserve data collections. To help the research and higher education community stay ahead of the curve on this new technology, Internet2’s… Read More
19 Aug 2024 InCommon Choosing the Moon: InCommon Futures2 Will Take Our Community to New Heights By Kevin Morooney Estimated reading time: 4 minutes There’s a difference between saying, “Let’s see if we can put someone on the moon,” and instead saying “We’re putting someone on the moon.” A big difference. As I thought about where InCommon has been and where we’re… Read More
14 Aug 2024 InCommon InCommon Hosts Third Annual Cybersecurity Cooperation Exercise This Fall By Kyle Lewis, Chair, Sirtfi Exercise Planning Working Group Estimated reading time: 4 minutes To continue increasing cross-federation levels of trust in cybersecurity, InCommon is hosting its third annual community Sirtfi cybersecurity exercise this fall. Sirtfi (Security Incident Response… Read More
14 Aug 2024 InCommon Let’s Check Our Credentials By Nicole Roy, Internet2 and Kevin Hickey, University of Detroit-Mercy Estimated reading time: 4 minutes New InCommon Working Group Explores Next-Generation Credentials Trust Frameworks The… Read More
13 Aug 2024 Government Relations Internet2 and The Quilt File BGP Routing Security Comments By Samuel Burns Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Internet2 and The Quilt File Joint Comments On July 17, 2024, Internet2 and The Quilt filed joint comments in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Reporting on Border… Read More
07 Aug 2024 InCommon InCommon’s 20-Year Milestone: Unparalleled Community & Indispensable Infrastructure with Jack Suess By Kevin Morooney Estimated reading time: 3 minutes We continue to celebrate InCommon’s 20th birthday with a series of forward-facing conversations featuring prominent leaders in the research and higher education (R&E) community. Today, we spotlight a conversation I had with Jack Suess, vice president of Information… Read More