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Monday, October 12
No-Cost Cloud Resources Your Faculty Should Know About
By Daphne McCanse, Strategic Research Communications Consultant Many faculty, researchers, and students desire to use cloud resources but often lack funding to access them. Here is what they may not know: There are federally funded options available at no cost. The National Science Foundation and its partners support…
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Tuesday, September 29
Internet2 Community News Spotlight – September 2026 Edition
This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members and collaborators, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. This Week Community News Recap – Sept. 20-26 Community News Recap –…
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Monday, September 28
Government Relations Update — September 2026: Funding Forecast, AI Legislation, and the Midterm Elections
This update covers the latest developments in the federal appropriations process, plans for bipartisan federal AI legislation, plus a preview of midterm elections and their potential impact on R&E. In this September 2026 update, we will answer the following questions: The Status of Federal Science Funding in FY2027…
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Friday, September 25
InCommon Round-Up: 3 Things You May Have Missed in August 2026
Summary New NET+ Persona Service Provides Identity Proofing Solution Working Group Recommends Continued InCommon Investment in OpenID Federation AI is Already in IAM Operations New NET+ Persona Service Provides Identity Proofing Solution In 2027, the National Institutes of Health will require institutions whose…
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Tuesday, September 22
Internet2 and Cisco Add AI Capacity to the National Research Platform
New AI PODs at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Sacramento State Expand Shared Capacity for Research and Education WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2026 — Internet2 is expanding its contributions to the National Research Platform (NRP) through its strategic relationship with Cisco, supporting the deployment of new Cisco AI…
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Monday, September 21
Scalable Identity Proofing and International Federations: A Preview of Identity and Access Management Topics at TechEX26
3 Questions for Kyle Lewis, RDCT, and Pål Axelsson, Sunet Next month, the global research and education (R&E) technical community will convene in Minneapolis, Minn., for the 2026 Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX26). The mission? Solve current (and future) real-world challenges through the collective strength of…
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Wednesday, September 16
Advocating Together: How the Internet2 NET+ Community is Driving Action Following the Instructure Security Incident
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Navigating a complex cybersecurity event is never easy, but one of the Internet2 NET+ program’s greatest strengths is bringing institutions together at scale. Through the program’s advisory groups, the 186 institutions participating in the NET+ Instructure Canvas program have a collective voice as…
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Tuesday, September 15
Internet2 Convenes Research and Higher Education Community for 2026 Technology Exchange
Leading Annual Technical Event Addresses AI, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Modernization, Quantum Technologies, and Workforce Pipeline Challenges MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 15, 2026 — Internet2 today announced the program for the 2026 Internet2 Technology Exchange (TechEX26), Oct. 26-30 in Minneapolis, Minn. Technology…
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Monday, September 14
Internet2 Announces New NET+ Persona Service for Identity Proofing Solutions
NET+ Persona Helps Meet Institution-Wide Identity Verification and Federal Mandates U.S. research and higher education (R&E) institutions routinely face pressure to strengthen their identity proofing standards. Identity proofing is the organizational process of confirming that individuals are who they claim to be…
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Tuesday, September 8
Listening to the Community: The Origins of the Secure Research Environments Series
The Internet2 CLASS Secure Research Environments series was born from recurring questions in the research and higher education (R&E) community: Why is it so hard to build a secure environment for regulated research, and why does so much of the hard part have almost nothing to do with technology? For years, those…
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Monday, August 31
AIOps, Workforce Pipelines, and the Value of Unplanned Conversations: A Preview of Advanced Networking Topics at TechEX26
3 Questions for Frank Seesink, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Who better to shape the program for the global research and education (R&E) community’s leading technical event than the innovators and practitioners solving its biggest challenges every day? That’s why, ahead of the 2026 Internet2 Technology…
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