31 July 2025 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – July 2025 Edition Subscribe for more like this Share 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 Second Phase of OneNet’s 400G Network Connects Oklahoma’s Research Universities Reflections from the First Cyber AI Profile Workshop Expert Interview: Sean Peisert on Cybersecurity Research Community News Recap – July 20-26 Backblaze Fuels Open Cloud Revolution with Data Region Expansion, Doubling Down on High-Performance Storage for AI, High Performance Compute, and Media Workflows OneNet’s Intern Program Expands to Community Colleges A New Version of the MANRS Community Charter is Approved NOAA N-Wave News July 2025 – A Focus on Our Foundation and Future ARE-ON Invests in Cloud Connectivity Resiliency Through Partnerships With the Great Plains Network and Internet2 Celebrating 53 Years Since the Launch of Landsat 1 CENIC Membership Enables San Joaquin Valley Library System’s Wi-Fi Revolution NOAA Research Develops an AI-Powered Sibling to Its Flagship Weather Model Empowering the Next Generation of Cyberinfrastructure Innovators Community News Recap – July 13-19 Cloudforce Joins Internet2 Community Lowden Named Ohio State’s New VP, Chief Information Officer Steve Fleagle, Longtime Chief Information Officer, to Retire From the University of Iowa Georgia Tech to Build $20M National AI Supercomputer LIGO Detects Most Massive Black Hole Merger to Date (CalTech) AI Assistant Built by Northeastern Grad Helps MassDOT Engineers Work Faster Next Steps in the MANRS Charter Review Process – Voting Through July 22 Community News Recap – July 6-12 MCNC Delivers Digital Heartbeat for Thriving North Carolina Communities Jetstream2 Used for Agriculture Research (HPCwire) Introducing Bill Poirier, University of Central Florida’s Next Chief Information Officer Applications Are Now Open for the 2025 Trusted CI Fellowship! IceCube Reaches 20-Year Milestone in Quest to Uncover the Makeup of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays IT Summit Focuses on Balancing AI Challenges and Opportunities (Harvard Gazette) Nine Years and Counting: NICE RAMPS Communities Keep Expanding Opportunities in Cybersecurity Work and Learning (NIST) Community News Recap – July 1 – 5 Connecting GLOBE with a Wider Meteorological Community Through Newly Established Connection with NOAA Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS) The National Data Platform: Enabling Researchers to Cruise Vast Oceans of Data Iowa Communications Network Taps Into Omaha IX Peering Exchange at 1623 Farnam to Boost Statewide Reach Strengthening Community and Connectivity for a Future-Ready Oregon (Link Oregon) How Educators Run the Internet (Internet Society) Send feedback and share your institution’s stories for consideration to arasche@internet2.edu. About the Author(s) View Author Articles Amber Rasche arasche@internet2.edu Senior Communications Specialist, Internet2 Amber Rasche contributes to Internet2’s strategic communications and public relations efforts. She has 10 years of experience with the research and education community, serving previous roles in both higher education information technology and government high-performance network environments.