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OhioLINK libraries have reached an extraordinary milestone with the successful upgrade of shared system software to support teaching, learning, and research for Ohio higher education. The on-time and on-budget project was the culmination of more than two years of planning and collaboration, encompassing the migration of more than a million titles.
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Small colleges across America may be best known for their liberal arts curricula, but a growing number rely on high performance computing (HPC) resources to support the burgeoning research endeavors of their faculty and students.
At the Research Computing at... Read more A study from The Ohio State University is challenging how researchers measure the link between physical activity and memory—revealing that the tools used to track activity may matter just as much as the activity itself.
... Read more The Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC)’s 2024-2025 Research Report highlights the Center’s upgraded high performance computing (HPC) infrastructure, its support... Read more
Researchers at The Ohio State University recently demonstrated quantum key distribution (QKD) between two separate buildings on the Columbus campus for the first time using in-ground optical fiber. This represents a major milestone for cybersecurity enabled by quantum information science and engineering at the university. ... Read more
OARnet hosted its semi-annual Member Meeting on May 14 in conjunction with the Ohio Higher Education Computing Council (OHECC) annual conference held at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to providing major operational,... Read more
Panya Bhinder’s love for science and technology began as a high school student at Columbus Academy, where physics and its processes captivated her. Like many high school students, she was unsure of how to translate her interests into a potential... Read more
The Global Open OnDemand (GOOD) conference attracted 170 attendees from 10 countries during its inaugural event March 17-20, 2025, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. More than 50 high performance computing (HPC) professionals, developers and researchers gave talks about how they have used and... Read more
To support tourism and economic development, OARnet has collaborated with public and private partners to enhance connectivity at more than 100 lodges and campgrounds across Ohio.
... Read more On a rainy Friday last October, 14 Ohio University Digital Art and Technology students arrived at the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) in Columbus, eager to take on a one-of-a-kind challenge. Their task: design the endcap for OSC’s newest high performance computing (HPC) cluster,... Read more
