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UC Tech Lifetime Impact Award Honoree Jim Madden Reflects on 50 Years at UC San Diego

Jim Madden at UC Tech 2023 receiving the Lifetime Impact Award

By Mark Hersberger. In September 1972, Jim Madden moved his wife and three-month-old baby halfway across the country to take a new position at UC San Diego. He admits being too naive to have had any long-term plan for how…
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CENIC Announces New and Diverse Fiber Route from Sacramento to Northern California

CENIC CalREN map

CENIC has built a new and diverse fiber path between Sacramento and northern California, adding to its inland route. The new path creates a diverse 260-mile regional loop from Sacramento and back, traveling through Colusa, Corning, Palo Cedro, and Chico….
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Call for Proposals for CENIC Annual Conference

The Right Connection: CENIC 2020 logo

CENIC is now accepting presentation proposals for its annual conference, The Right Connection: CENIC 2020. Proposals are due December 2, 2019. Session presentations should highlight innovative uses of CENIC’s CalRen to support California research and education communities. Presenters…
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California’s Research Network Connects Science and Community

Louis Fox, CENIC CEO

By Susan Rambo. CENIC — the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California — wants to connect the state of California into one giant wireless mesh network. With 20 million users, non-profit network operator CENIC (pronounced “scenic”) may be in a good position…
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