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OARnet holds fall 2023 Member Meeting in conjunction with national meetings of The Quilt, National Science Foundation (Sep 29, 2023)
Thirty-fifth anniversary celebration caps biannual meeting to discuss progress of broadband, security and shared services initiatives. COLUMBUS, Ohio (Sep 29, 2023) — 

The Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet) held its fall 2023 Member Meeting in conjunction with the national meetings of The Quilt and the National Science Foundation’s Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*) program, held in downtown Columbus on Sept. 26.

Pankaj Shah,... Read more

National Science Foundation grant will support long-term sustainability plan for OSC's Open OnDemand (Sep 27, 2023)
New project advances high performance computing web portal deployed at hundreds of sites around the world. COLUMBUS, Ohio (Sep 28, 2023) — 

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) $1.5 million in funding to create a new governance organization for Open OnDemand, a web portal that provides easy access to high performance computing (HPC) resources, to ensure the long-term sustainability of... Read more

5G-OH and OARnet internship program invests in the future broadband workforce (Sep 25, 2023)
Ohio State initiative collaborates with OARnet to establish broadband internship that provides future network professionals with real-world experience today.COLUMBUS, Ohio (Sep 26, 2023) — 

To support workforce development for the ever-increasing broadband and wireless technology industry, the 5G and Broadband Connectivity Center (5G-OH) at The Ohio State University has partnered with OARnet to create an internship program that provides... Read more

North Dakota State University deployed Open OnDemand, improving HPC features, access and education (Sep 15, 2023)
The university’s Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology helps prepare researchers for an increasingly computational environmentCOLUMBUS, Ohio (Oct 5, 2023) — 

The Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology (CCAST) at the North Dakota State University (NDSU) provides high performance computing (HPC) resources to NDSU and various other institutions within North Dakota. With more than 12,000 CPU cores and... Read more

Open OnDemand aids engineering school’s supercomputing curriculum (Sep 5, 2023)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Oct 19, 2023) — 

In 2019, the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) unveiled a major addition to its campus: the Dwight and Dian Diercks Computational Science Hall, featuring Rosie the supercomputer. The facility opened in the wake of the launch of MSOE’s bachelor’s degree in computer science, with a curriculum focused on the growing field of artificial intelligence.

Alumnus Dwight Diercks, who along with his wife... Read more

University of Maine scientist relies on OSC resources for data-intensive research on pathogen infections in wildlife (Aug 30, 2023)
Special partnership provides University of Maine faculty, staff and students with OSC’s computing powerCOLUMBUS, Ohio (Nov 7, 2023) — 

University of Maine scientist Pauline Kamath conducts research on the dynamics of infectious diseases that can spread among wildlife, with the use of the high performance computing (HPC) resources at the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC). Kamath, an associate professor of animal health, analyzes genetic,... Read more

Idaho National Laboratory study demonstrates the impact of incorporating Open OnDemand into an HPC environment (Aug 29, 2023)
Idaho National Laboratory adopted Open OnDemand as a high performance computing web portal over several years, documenting the process to illustrate the benefits of science gateways.COLUMBUS, Ohio (Sep 12, 2023) — 

The Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) developed the Open OnDemand platform with the aim of making high performance computing (HPC) easier for anyone needing to do data-intensive work. After adopting the platform on their systems,... Read more

Karyopharm Therapeutics scientists search for biomarkers to yield targeted patient treatments (Aug 25, 2023)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Oct 31, 2023) — 

A drug designed to treat a certain type of cancerous tumor might work well in some patients but not others. To determine why, scientists can study whether specific genetic mutations may impact the therapy’s effectiveness.

Karyopharm Therapeutics, a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company pioneering novel cancer therapies, is taking a closer look at these unique molecular characteristics of different... Read more

Researchers use deep neural networks to predict transcription factor binding (Aug 17, 2023)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Aug 24, 2023) — 

Emily Miraldi, assistant professor in the Divisions of Immunobiology and Biomedical Informatics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics at University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, leads an “immune-engineering” research group that uses mathematical modeling of the immune system to predict immune responses and understand disease.

Dr.... Read more
OhioLINK selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo as next library services platform (Aug 15, 2023)
The cloud-based SaaS has demonstrated successes with complex consortial systems and will achieve OhioLINK’s user-centered visionAug 16, 2023

OhioLINK, Ohio’s academic library consortium, announces the selection of Ex Libris Alma, part of Clarivate™ (NYSE: CLVT), as the consortium’s next shared library services platform. The new cloud-based platform will enhance library user experiences and services, improve efficiencies for day-to-day operations, and streamline... Read more

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