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  • GPN Members Awarded PEARC Award

    GPN Members Awarded PEARC Award

    A team including three researchers from the Great Plains Network community was awarded the Phil Andrews Award at the PEARC’26 Annual Conference for the article The Cyberinfrastructure Leadership Academy: Building National Capacity for Research Computing Leadership. Henry Neeman of The University of Oklahoma, Dana Brunson of Internet2 (formerly of Oklahoma State University), and Jim Wilgenbusch…

  • GPN members win National Science Foundation Regional Engine Awards

    GPN members win National Science Foundation Regional Engine Awards

    Congratulations to GPN members Iowa State University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and University of Missouri-Kansas City for their inclusion in the National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Engine Awards. This funding aims to stimulate economic growth in technology and science sectors in traditionally underrepresented regions. For more details, check out the articles:

  • UALR Receives NSF CI PAOS Grant:  Developing a Statewide Quantum Computing Working Group

    Congratulations to the Principal Investigator Dr. Ahmed Halimeh  Director, Emerging Analytics Center University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Co-PI Tom Coffin Operations Manager, Emerging Analytics Center University of Arkansas at Little Rock! NSF CI PAOS: Developing a Statewide Quantum Computing Working Group funding began July 1, 2026, allows them to formalize a collaborative mission to…