PIT@UMass Announces 2024-2025 Faculty Fellows
Public Interest Technology (PIT) at UMass is pleased to announce nine faculty selected to be a part of the third PIT Faculty Fellows cohort.
Eight UMass Students Participate in PIT-NE Impact Technology Fellowship
It was a busy start to the summer for eight UMass Amherst undergraduates who participated in Public Interest Technology New England's (PIT-NE) innovative Impact Technology Fellowship. The full-time, six-week fellowship combined experiential learning, public interest technology skill building, mentoring, and professional development to empower a new generation of public interest technologists
Public Interest Technology New England Recognized with $200,000 Commitment During White House Event
On July 16, 2024, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy convened leaders from across the technology ecosystem to celebrate nearly $100 Million in commitments to advance Public Interest Technology. The event included speakers and panels to highlight the importance advancing technology that protects our safety, security, democratic values, and human rights.
The PIT@UMass Leadership Team is Growing!
It takes a village to create an impactful initiative and this year is an exciting time of much needed growth for Public Interest Technology at UMass! Read more about our amazing new leadership team members.
November 16 Event: How does the Design of Health Technologies Impact Pregnant People & Families Under State Surveillance?
Sponsored by the IALS Center for Personalized Health Monitoring’s Health Tech for the People (HT4P) research thrust, and grounded in principles of design justice, this monthly workshop series features voices from the community speaking to the role and impacts of health technologies and data systems. Following the listening session, attendees are invited to discuss what they’ve heard and share their own knowledge and skills, resources, and ideas for how we might work towards health justice and more ethical and accountable data landscapes and technologies. Students, staff, community members, and faculty from any & all disciplines are invited to join the conversation! A light lunch will be provided. SPEAKER: Nurse Midwife AMY WALKER of Mass General Brigham Cooley Dickinson Hospital’s New Beginnings Program. Moderated by nursing PhD candidate CORY ELLEN GATRALL WHEN: Thursday, November 16, 11:30…
December 8 Event: TechnoLegacy/AnalogWake: A Death Teach-In and Skillshare
Please join us for TechnoLegacy/AnalogWake: A Death Teach-In and Skillshare on December 8, 2023, at the Institute of Applied Life Sciences Conference Center or via Zoom from 1200-1600 ET for a transdiciplinary, multimedia learning space to explore a variety of perspectives from human-centered technologies and art to nursing and women, gender, and sexuality studies to think about something we all too often try not to think about: death and what comes next.This shared time will include community art-making, storytelling, and talks from a variety of speakers, including Tamara Kneese, who will discuss her recent book Death Glitch: How Technosolutionism Fails Us in this Life and the Beyond and end of life navigator, poet, and UMass alumna Dina Stander, who will speak to death care and community. Others will also join us. In addition to speakers,…