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Empowering educators: How Innovation Sandbox on AWS accelerates learning objectives through secure, cost-effective, and recyclable sandbox management

In this blog, we will explore how customers can use Innovation Sandbox on AWS to transform the management of temporary sandbox environments, so that they can focus on driving innovation, skill building, and developing the next big technological breakthrough.

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Kansas State University modernizes geospatial research with Geocat on AWS

Kansas State University (K-State)—In collaboration with AWS and AWS Partner, ROK Technologies—is developing Geocat: a scalable, cloud-native ArcGIS Enterprise platform. Designed to serve students, faculty, and extension professionals, Geocat is advancing K-State’s land-grant mission by making cutting-edge geospatial infrastructure accessible across the university and beyond.

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Modernizing research and clinical infrastructure: How the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine migrated its LIMS to AWS

Read this post to learn how Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Sequencing Center migrated its Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to a secure, hybrid cloud environment in collaboration with AWS. The migration strengthened the system’s reliability, improved security, lowered costs—all while laying the groundwork for future growth.

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Simplify AWS health notifications management for higher education

University central IT teams serve as the backbone of campus-wide technology operations, managing critical infrastructure, services, and security that power both academic and administrative functions. These teams are responsible for orchestrating complex cloud environments across multiple AWS accounts, making sure they meet institutional standards while enabling innovation across the campus community.

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UC Merced automates document data extraction to support research using Amazon Bedrock LLMs

In the rapidly evolving landscape of academic research, cloud computing and advanced digital services have revolutionized the way scientists collaborate, analyze data, and disseminate findings. AWS is partnering with higher education institutions to revolutionize how research is conducted.

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Highlights from the 2025 AWS Imagine Education, State, and Local Government keynote

The eighth annual AWS Imagine conference for education, state, and local government leaders kicked off in Chicago today. Taking place in the Windy City for the first time, attendees will partake in a day-and-a-half of programming that explores how education and government customers can innovate on behalf of those they serve. Kim Majerus, AWS Vice President of Global Education and US State and Local Government, delivered the keynote address, which focused on how AWS is helping reframe, retrain, and reenergize public sector organizations. Read this post to learn more about some of the highlights from today’s keynote.

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Claude for Education now available in AWS Marketplace

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.

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Celebrating the 2025 AWS Champions: Visionaries transforming government and education

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.

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Vanderbilt University launches Cloud Innovation Lab in collaboration with AWS

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.

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New global study from Hyperion Research explores how cloud computing is transforming open science research

In an era where scientific discovery transcends borders, cloud computing is helping advance how researchers collaborate and innovate across the globe. Now available for download, The Value of Utilizing Cloud Service Providers for Open Science Research report—produced by Hyperion Research and sponsored by AWS— explores how and why researchers use cloud to accelerate open science research. Read this post to learn more.