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April 15, 2020 By Chris Hyzer, University of Pennsylvania There have been exciting advancements in the Grouper project recently, most notably with the release of Grouper v.2.5. Grouper is the enterprise group and access management system that is part of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform. If you haven’t yet…
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April 15, 2020 Given the uncertainties over the COVID-19 outbreak and for the safety of our community and staff, InCommon will hold BaseCAMP as a virtual meeting. Originally scheduled for June in Milwaukee, BaseCAMP will now take place July 20-24 (roughly four hours each day). Details of the program and…
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Apr.
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April 15, 2020 Just three weeks ago, the international science community asked for help. Schools and research organizations could make it easier for researchers and scientists to join global collaborations formed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a matter of an identity provider releasing a few pieces of…
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Apr.
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April 15, 2020 By Nicholas Roy Everyone in the InCommon Participant community has been affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic. One of the best things about this community is how it responds to shared challenges, divides up the problem space, and offers solutions rapidly. A recent example is quickly changing…
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April 1, 2020 As with most organizations, InCommon has adjusted its operations to ensure continuity of critical infrastructure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have accelerated the timing for a planned change in the way we sign metadata. Currently, two people need to physically be in our Ann…
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2020
March 26, 2020 If your institution runs an InCommon Identity Provider, the international science community needs your help in connecting your researchers and scientists to collaborations that are rapidly forming in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. How can you help them? Make it easier for your researchers, scientists, faculty, and…
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2020
Estimated reading time: 1 minute InCommon Academy: Virtual COmanage Training Workshop Posted March 24, 2020 May 19 – 20, 202010:00 am – 6:00 pm (ET)Register today! This two-day virtual session will focus on the InCommon Trusted Access Platform packaged COmanage…
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Estimated reading time: 1 minute March 24, 2020 At our committee meetings over the last few weeks, both InCommon staff and our community volunteers have found a lot of value in talking about the challenges that our member campuses are facing with this…
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2020
Estimated reading time: 1 minute March 18, 2020 In light of the current circumstances related to the rapidly evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, InCommon made the difficult decision to cancel our face-to-face workshops this spring. The safety and well-being of our community colleagues, members,…
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2020
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes March 18, 2020 New InCommon Participants As of March 16, 2020, InCommon had 1,012 participants. Here are the new participants since the last update in February 2020: Higher EducationMiddlebury College InCommon Certificate Service Subscribers As of March 16,…
