The Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet), which provides technology solutions to education, government, and health care communities in Ohio, was one of five R&E Networks in the nation to initiate a 400G connection to Internet2 by the end of 2021. During 2022,...

Thanks to new connections to OneNet’s research network, smaller universities such as the University of Science & Arts in Chickasha, Okla., now have access to supercomputing resources across the state, allowing for quicker computation of data and new opportunities...

The pandemic exposed just how broadband access really is in today’s world. When lockdowns forced school districts to go remote and the term “distance learning” leapt from education jargon to commonplace and the enormity of the broadband access gap was laid bare for...

The National Science Foundation recently awarded $5 million through a two-year cooperative agreement to a multi-institutional team for the Quantum Networks to Connect Quantum Technology (QuaNeCQT) Project (NSF Award #2134891). The research team includes Edo Waks (PI,...

In July 2021, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the historic “Broadband for All” Act establishing a $6 billion effort to deploy fast, affordable Internet services for residents, businesses, and community anchor institutions. This is the largest-ever investment by...

The Utah Education and Telehealth Network (UETN), based at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, provides state-of-the-art broadband infrastructure and other services to schools, colleges, libraries, and health care communities throughout the state. “Despite the...

Since its conception, the Louisiana Optical Network Infrastructure (LONI) has been the provider of high-performance computing (HPC) resources to researchers to tackle challenging problems in science and engineering with the help of state-of-the-art computing...

The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) continues to grow its work in serving unserved and underserved communities across Pennsylvania. The nonprofit is particularly excited to work with the Office of Commonwealth Libraries to serve...

Arkansas universities are building greater research collaboration through the Arkansas Research Platform (ARP) implementation. ARP is a private research cloud that allows researchers in Arkansas to access a set of shared cyberinfrastructure resources to improve data...

Michigan’s Merit Network saw a return to its research and education roots in 2021. Implications of the digital divide, increased bandwidth needs, evolving security concerns, and a challenging cybersecurity talent pipeline were exacerbated by the ongoing pandemic....