Kevin Morooney kmorooney@internet2.edu Vice President of Trust and Identity and NET+, Internet2 Kevin Morooney currently leads the Trust and Identity and NET+ divisions at Internet2. Prior to coming to Internet2, Kevin was the chief information officer at Penn State. His interests include identity, cloud, privacy, security, and research computing. He was deeply involved with other community members in the development of InCommon. 19 Aug 2024 InCommon Choosing the Moon: InCommon Futures2 Will Take Our Community to New Heights Estimated reading time: 4 minutes There’s a difference between saying, “Let’s see if we can put someone on the moon,” and instead saying “We’re putting someone on the moon.” A big difference. As I thought about where InCommon has been and where we’re… Read More 07 Aug 2024 InCommon InCommon’s 20-Year Milestone: Unparalleled Community & Indispensable Infrastructure with Jack Suess Estimated reading time: 3 minutes We continue to celebrate InCommon’s 20th birthday with a series of forward-facing conversations featuring prominent leaders in the research and higher education (R&E) community. Today, we spotlight a conversation I had with Jack Suess, vice president of Information… Read More 10 Jul 2024 InCommon InCommon’s 20-Year Milestone: How InCommon Facilitates Conversations and Collaboration in Research with Lois Brooks Estimated reading time: 3 minutes As we continue to celebrate InCommon’s 20th birthday this year, we can focus on its continued impact on the research and higher education (R&E) community. To discuss how InCommon has impacted researchers on campus,… Read More 10 Jun 2024 InCommon InCommon’s 20-Year Milestone: Maturity of Identity Federations & Elevating the Global Community with Klaas Wierenga Estimated reading time: 3 minutes As InCommon celebrates its 20th birthday, it’s an ideal time to reflect on the progress we’ve made and look forward to exciting developments in the future. To gain perspective on this milestone, I recently spoke with Klaas Wierenga,… Read More 01 Mar 2024 InCommon Learning from the Past While Looking to the Future InCommon 2023 Year in Review Available Now The past is kind enough to give you lessons. The present is kind enough to give you opportunities. The future is kind enough to give you both. —Matshona Dhliwayo Zimbabwean-born and Canadian-based philosopher Matshona Dhliwayo’s keen observation about the interrelationship between the past,… Read More 20 Feb 2024 InCommon Happy Birthday to Us! InCommon Turns 20 in May Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Kevin Morooney, vice president of Trust and Identity and NET+, Internet2 For most of us, our perspective on birthdays changes over time and with life experiences. When I was a boy, say 10 years old or so,… Read More 27 Nov 2023 InCommon Keeping the Music Playing: IAM Today and Tomorrow Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Friedrich Nietzsche: “Notice that autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.” Ka’ala, @alohakaala: “Autumn teaches us the beauty of letting go. Growth requires release—it’s what the trees do.” Ernest Hemingway: “You expected to be… Read More 21 Jul 2023 InCommon InCommon for All Seasons, But Especially Christmas in July Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I am fortunate to live in a place where I experience all four seasons. It is summer where I live. I’ve come to enjoy anticipating the changes in the upcoming season and reflecting on the opportunities the past… Read More 13 Apr 2023 InCommon Community News Our Year of Getting on the Road Again Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 2022 InCommon Accomplishments Report Available Now “On the road again/Just can’t wait to get on the road again/The life I love is making music with my friends.”—Willie Nelson This iconic musical refrain aptly sums up our 2022. When… Read More 22 Mar 2023 InCommon Events Paper Airplanes and TechEX23 The Call for Proposals for CAMP is open until April 7. Please consider submitting a proposal for a talk, tutorial, or working meeting! I love music. Everything about it. Listening to it, making it (I’m infinitely better at listening than making – infinitely), listening and making it together, watching… Read More 19 Dec 2022 Events TechEX No Such Thing as TMI: Too Much Internet2 – What I Saw and Heard at TechEX22 Estimated reading time: 4 minutes As I sit down to write this, even after being home for a week, I find myself still in TechEX recuperation mode. I had all of the best intentions for the plane ride home from Denver, when thoughts… Read More 24 Oct 2022 InCommon Events Getting the Band Back Together at TechEX Estimated reading time: 4 minutes As I’ve navigated the fall of 2022, I’m struck that it has an exciting familiarity to it. “Exciting” and “familiarity” don’t often go together, so I got to wondering why I was feeling excited about something that wasn’t new… Read More 22 Jun 2022 InCommon Learn. Share. Belong. Building Better Connections at BaseCAMP 2022 Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Kevin Morooney Learn. Share. Belong. This has become the theme of InCommon BaseCAMP since we started it four years ago. And it makes sense because these verbs have been the cornerstone for over 20… Read More Get the news you need delivered to your inbox Sign up for a newsletter to read about the impact our community is making on the future of Higher Ed, Cloud, Research and more. From Advanced Networks news to the latest events, we've got you covered. Email Δ
19 Aug 2024 InCommon Choosing the Moon: InCommon Futures2 Will Take Our Community to New Heights Estimated reading time: 4 minutes There’s a difference between saying, “Let’s see if we can put someone on the moon,” and instead saying “We’re putting someone on the moon.” A big difference. As I thought about where InCommon has been and where we’re… Read More
07 Aug 2024 InCommon InCommon’s 20-Year Milestone: Unparalleled Community & Indispensable Infrastructure with Jack Suess Estimated reading time: 3 minutes We continue to celebrate InCommon’s 20th birthday with a series of forward-facing conversations featuring prominent leaders in the research and higher education (R&E) community. Today, we spotlight a conversation I had with Jack Suess, vice president of Information… Read More
10 Jul 2024 InCommon InCommon’s 20-Year Milestone: How InCommon Facilitates Conversations and Collaboration in Research with Lois Brooks Estimated reading time: 3 minutes As we continue to celebrate InCommon’s 20th birthday this year, we can focus on its continued impact on the research and higher education (R&E) community. To discuss how InCommon has impacted researchers on campus,… Read More
10 Jun 2024 InCommon InCommon’s 20-Year Milestone: Maturity of Identity Federations & Elevating the Global Community with Klaas Wierenga Estimated reading time: 3 minutes As InCommon celebrates its 20th birthday, it’s an ideal time to reflect on the progress we’ve made and look forward to exciting developments in the future. To gain perspective on this milestone, I recently spoke with Klaas Wierenga,… Read More
01 Mar 2024 InCommon Learning from the Past While Looking to the Future InCommon 2023 Year in Review Available Now The past is kind enough to give you lessons. The present is kind enough to give you opportunities. The future is kind enough to give you both. —Matshona Dhliwayo Zimbabwean-born and Canadian-based philosopher Matshona Dhliwayo’s keen observation about the interrelationship between the past,… Read More
20 Feb 2024 InCommon Happy Birthday to Us! InCommon Turns 20 in May Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Kevin Morooney, vice president of Trust and Identity and NET+, Internet2 For most of us, our perspective on birthdays changes over time and with life experiences. When I was a boy, say 10 years old or so,… Read More
27 Nov 2023 InCommon Keeping the Music Playing: IAM Today and Tomorrow Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Friedrich Nietzsche: “Notice that autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.” Ka’ala, @alohakaala: “Autumn teaches us the beauty of letting go. Growth requires release—it’s what the trees do.” Ernest Hemingway: “You expected to be… Read More
21 Jul 2023 InCommon InCommon for All Seasons, But Especially Christmas in July Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I am fortunate to live in a place where I experience all four seasons. It is summer where I live. I’ve come to enjoy anticipating the changes in the upcoming season and reflecting on the opportunities the past… Read More
13 Apr 2023 InCommon Community News Our Year of Getting on the Road Again Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 2022 InCommon Accomplishments Report Available Now “On the road again/Just can’t wait to get on the road again/The life I love is making music with my friends.”—Willie Nelson This iconic musical refrain aptly sums up our 2022. When… Read More
22 Mar 2023 InCommon Events Paper Airplanes and TechEX23 The Call for Proposals for CAMP is open until April 7. Please consider submitting a proposal for a talk, tutorial, or working meeting! I love music. Everything about it. Listening to it, making it (I’m infinitely better at listening than making – infinitely), listening and making it together, watching… Read More
19 Dec 2022 Events TechEX No Such Thing as TMI: Too Much Internet2 – What I Saw and Heard at TechEX22 Estimated reading time: 4 minutes As I sit down to write this, even after being home for a week, I find myself still in TechEX recuperation mode. I had all of the best intentions for the plane ride home from Denver, when thoughts… Read More
24 Oct 2022 InCommon Events Getting the Band Back Together at TechEX Estimated reading time: 4 minutes As I’ve navigated the fall of 2022, I’m struck that it has an exciting familiarity to it. “Exciting” and “familiarity” don’t often go together, so I got to wondering why I was feeling excited about something that wasn’t new… Read More
22 Jun 2022 InCommon Learn. Share. Belong. Building Better Connections at BaseCAMP 2022 Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Kevin Morooney Learn. Share. Belong. This has become the theme of InCommon BaseCAMP since we started it four years ago. And it makes sense because these verbs have been the cornerstone for over 20… Read More