Tag: announcements

Imagine equipping every student with an adaptive study companion, faculty with an AI assistant for creating engaging teaching materials, and staff with an AI collaborator for tracking and analyzing student progress—that’s what Anthropic is offering with Claude for Education. Universities can now equip their academic community with this educational version of Claude while benefiting from the streamlined procurement and billing benefits of AWS. Read this post to learn more.

The Center for Digital Government and the Center for Digital Education (CDG/CDE) and AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector. Curated by the CDG/CDE, this annual awards program recognizes visionary public and private sector organizations across state and local government (SLG), K–12, and higher education that are using the power of cloud computing to deliver better, faster, and more inclusive services.

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.

Instructure, a leading education technology (EdTech) company, has announced the release of IgniteAI, a new suite of generative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions designed to simplify classroom administration. Developed in close collaboration with AWS and built on Amazon Bedrock, IgniteAI and its agentic AI feature, IgniteAgent, are deeply integrated into Canvas, Instructure’s learning management system (LMS) used by over 2.4 million teachers worldwide. This blog post explores how the collaboration between AWS and Instructure is redefining instructional support and taking education technology to the next level.

In this post, we explore some of the stories shared by public sector innovators at the AWS Imagine for Nonprofits conferences in London and Sydney, which illustrate the transformative power of cloud technology when applied thoughtfully to address significant challenges and advance mission delivery.

To help IT leaders get started with generative AI, we’re launching a new content hub featuring AWS technology partner solutions designed specifically for public sector IT leaders. Read this post to learn more.

Through the AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program, customers are making over 300 PB of high-value, cloud-optimized data available for public use. All publicly available datasets can be found in the Registry of Open Data on AWS and are now also discoverable on Exchange. This quarter, AWS released 66 new or updated datasets. Read this post to learn more.

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.

The post-secondary education sector is about to experience a seismic shift in how it manages data. In a landmark announcement, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and MortarCAPS have revealed a strategic partnership that promises to transform the way that tertiary education institutions handle information, support students, and drive innovation.

Recently, the AWS Large Language Model (LLM) League took center stage at the AWS Summit Washington, DC 2025, captivating attendees with its hands-on approach to fine-tuning large language models (LLMs). Read this post to learn more.