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CENIC 2026 Christine Haska Award for Distinguished Service to UC San Diego Professor Emeritus Larry Smarr
Categories Pacific Wave Press Release
CENIC is proud to honor UC San Diego Professor Emeritus Larry Smarr with its 2026 Christine Haska Award for Distinguished Service.
CENIC AIR Pioneering Contributions Advancing Networking and AI Award for 2026 to Joy Sterling, Partner and CEO of Iron Horse Vineyards
Categories Pacific Wave Press Release
CENIC is recognizing Joy Sterling, Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Iron Horse Vineyards, with the 2026 CENIC AIR Award for Pioneering Contributions Advancing Networking and AI.
CENIC 2026 Innovations in Networking Award for Network Partner to University of Hawai’i’s David Lassner and Team
Categories Pacific Wave Press Release
CENIC is pleased to announce that David Lassner, President Emeritus of the University of Hawai’i (UH), and his team will be recognized with the CENIC 2026 Innovations in Networking Award for Network Partner.
Frank Wuerthwein & UC San Diego Team Recognized with 2026 CENIC AIR Award for Innovative Technical Design & Instructional Support
CENIC is pleased to announce that Frank Wuerthwein, Executive Director of UC San Diego’s San Diego Supercomputer Center and his team will be recognized with the 2026 CENIC AIR Award for Innovative Technical Design & Instructional Support.
Caltech’s Harvey Newman and His Team Recognized with 2026 CENIC Innovations in Network Award for Experimental Applications
CENIC is pleased to announce that Caltech Professor of Physics Harvey Newman and his team of researchers will be recognized with the 2026 CENIC Innovations in Networking Award for Experimental Applications.
Kendra Ard and Ed Clark of the California State University Chancellor's Chief Information Office Recognized with 2026 CENIC AIR Award for Engagement
Categories CSU Press Release
Tags Innovation Award
CENIC is pleased to announce that Chief Infrastructure Officer Kendra Ard and Chief Information Officer Ed Clark of the California State University (CSU) Chancellor’s Chief Information Office will be recognized with the 2026 CENIC AIR Award for Engagement.
CENIC and Iron Horse Vineyards Celebrating One-Year Anniversary Of Innovation
Tags CENIC AIR
It has been a year since leaders at CENIC and Iron Horse Vineyards first began to imagine the possibility of creating a Connectivity Test Bed at Iron Horse. To mark the anniversary, Iron Horse CEO Joy Sterling reflects on how far the project has come and how extraordinary it has already become.
Pacific Wave, Cal Poly Humboldt, and Internet2 Collaborate on Connectivity to Singapore, Guam, and Jakarta
Categories Pacific Wave Technology & Innovation
Pacific Wave today announced its successful partnership with FLAG, one of the world’s largest privately owned subsea cable networks, for new capacity on the state-of-the-art Echo subsea cable system.
A Decade of Bringing California Public Libraries State-of-the-Art Broadband on the CENIC Network
Categories Libraries Press Release Equity & Access
California’s libraries are not just places to borrow books; they are community hubs, educational anchors, and gateways to opportunity. The next decade depends on bold goals and continued investments in our libraries to ensure they remain that way.
CENIC, Juniper Networks Enable 800 Gbps Connections to California Research and Education Network for CENIC Members
Categories CSU RENS & NRENS Press Release
Tags 800G
SDSU's 800G connection to CalREN—the first native 800 Gigabit per second (Gbps) connection to a high-performance research and education network—is now active, and CENIC anticipates further interest from other member institutions.