UTSA, UTHSC provide high-speed Web access for K-12 students
(July 9, 2003)--Homework for students, access to library databases and collaboration with researchers across the country may soon become easier for Texans thanks to a collaborative effort between Texas universities including The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA).
The universities, along with the University of Texas - Austin and Texas A&M University, provided the funding to make the Internet2 Abilene Network available at an affordable price to K-12 schools, colleges and universities, libraries and museums throughout Texas.
The network will allow Texas students to exchange large data files, participate in videoconferences and online courses and perform other class projects without the worry of network tie-ups or interruptions.
"Access to the Internet2 network will be a great help for UTSA as it expands its programs and moves toward premier research university status in Texas," said Jeff Noyes, chief information officer and associate vice president for information technology at UTSA. "Connection to Internet2 will be invaluable for faculty and researchers as they focus on expanding research into areas that collaborate with colleagues across the country, sharing large data files, remote online control and monitoring of expensive research equipment."
UTHSCSA and UTSA have had access to Internet2 since 2002 when the National Science Foundation awarded both universities a two-year $150,000 grant to share access with the Southwest Research Institute.
Jerome York, UTHSCSA vice president and chief executive information officer, said that in the past only a select few institutions that could afford the $200,000 membership price were involved in the network.
"We are excited that not only can the researchers and scientists at UTHSCSA and UTSA more effectively engage in collaborative grant opportunities thanks to Internet2, but that our efforts also will enable faculty and students at all Texas universities and colleges, as well as K–12 students, to have affordable access to this very robust and reliable network," York said.
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