University of Northern Iowa to buy secure computer technology with grant funding

The University of Northern Iowa will soon offer students access to secure virtual environments with the goal of allowing them to explore hands-on tools and projects simply and safely. The Cedar Falls university announced in a news release Monday it has received a $294,000 grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust — an amount matched by the university to purchase a “modern virtual machine teaching cluster.” “I’m thankful to the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust and to UNI for providing the matching funds to buy this cluster,” said principal investigator and computer science professor Sarah Diesburg in the release.

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