Author: AWS Public Sector Blog Team

Libraries are a treasure trove of knowledge, but finding what you need—especially in vast digital collections like the ones housed at Northwestern University Libraries (NUL)—isn’t always straightforward. That’s why the university chose AWS to help them build a new, multilingual, generative artificial intelligence (AI) powered search tool—one that makes its expansive collections more accessible, intuitive, and inclusive for all.

In this post, we explore how TalkingPoints partnered with AWS and Ednition to build a real-time, scalable infrastructure that powers more proactive communication between schools and families.

QS Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)—a global leader in higher education analytics, insights, and services—unveiled a groundbreaking prototype called “Project Cerebrum” at the annual “Back to School” Summit in New York. Built in collaboration with AWS, Project Cerebrum introduces a new frontier in AI-powered knowledge management: a self-sustaining, agentic knowledge ecosystem that learns, adapts, and grows with the global higher education and workforce landscape.

For students to succeed, they need to feel safe, supported, and ready to learn. Yet many schools still rely on fragmented or outdated processes to support student health and safety. Kokomo24/7, an education technology (EdTech) company, provides wrap-around health and safety platforms powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that meet the needs of an individual school or an entire school district. Read this post to learn more.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Vanderbilt University are excited to announce the launch of the Vanderbilt Cloud Innovation Lab (CIL) for Libraries and Applied Digital Preservation, powered by AWS. This new creative collaboration marks a significant milestone in the advancement of digital preservation technologies and cloud-based solutions.

To support a student population that includes many nontraditional learners, such as working adults, caregivers, and first-generation learners, the University of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical College (UA-PTC) needed a faster and more intuitive way to deliver campus information. UA-PTC worked with Modo Labs, an AWS Partner, to launch MyAgent, a generative artificial intelligence agent built on AWS that delivers real-time, verified answers to conversational student questions directly within the college’s Modo-powered app.

During the 2025 AWS Summit in Washington, DC keynote address, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Pearson showcased the strength of their expanded collaboration to accelerate the development of AI-powered, personalized learning solutions.

Macquarie University today announced a significant advancement in its digital transformation journey, partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to create a modern, cloud-first environment that will revolutionize its technology infrastructure and services delivery.

In this post, we explore how The Chronicle of Higher Education harnessed the power of generative AI and Amazon Bedrock to build Chron: a search assistant that unlocks the full value of The Chronicle’s rich archive for educators, administrators, and all higher-education professionals.

With over a decade of experience supporting more than 2,000 school districts across North America, Panorama Education had already built powerful tools for integrating academic, attendance, behavior, and life skills into one unified view of student progress. To unlock the value of that data securely, Panorama built Solara, a generative AI platform built on AWS. Solara is designed to help educators make sense of student data faster, design personalized student improvement plans, and reduce administrative burden while maintaining trust and data privacy at scale.