Ana Preston has been named Internet2's new Executive Director for Member Relations and Communications (MRC). In this role, Preston will manage the organization's member engagement and communications activities, evaluate and promote advanced cyberinfrastructure services and initiatives, and work with executive and governance teams to coordinate member outreach and communications. ...more

The focus is on state-of-the-art cyberinfrastructure as Internet2 participates in the 23rd Supercomputing Conference in Portland, Oregon. At SC09, Internet2 hosts four ongoing demonstrations (booth #1355) highlighting the new Internet2 ION dynamic circuit network service, breakthrough tools for the diagnosis of end-to-end network performance issues, and pioneering network research. The services are also key enablers of SCinet, the massive network built each year to support conference exhibitors and attendees. ...more

The Internet2 Governance and Nominations Committee (GNC) is pleased to announce the call for nominations for open positions on the Internet2 Advisory Councils. The open call for nominations for the Advisory Councils and GNC runs from 11 November to 4 December 2009. The GNC will finalize the Advisory Council ballot in January and the election will open on or about 1 February 2010. Additional information and links to the nominations forms are available at internet2.edu/elections. ...more

EchoDamp is a multi-channel audio mixer and echo controller designed  for high-bandwidth, musical videoteleconferences, that is now available free for educational use. It was created by Dr. Brian K. Shepard of the USC Thornton School of Music, a pioneer, and one of the earliest proponents of high-bandwidth videoteleconferencing for musical purposes. Unlike other echo cancelers, EchoDamp maintains the full frequency spectrum of the audio hardware used to capture the sound, and echo is damped without interfering with the desired audio.
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Internet2 is pleased to announce our newest international partnership with the Nepal Research and Education Network (NREN). NREN was established as a knowledge center to support advanced research and education in Nepal. The network covers challenging terrain and extreme temperatures, and is already assisting in research such as the monitoring of glacial lakes and altitude sickness.  We look forward to future collaborations between our organizations! ...more