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Carolina Rossini, professor of practice at the School of Public Policy and director of Public Interest Technology programs, will co-lead Think (T20) South Africa Taskforce Two on Digital Transformation. The taskforce will focus on areas such as connectivity and digital government, including e-government and digital public infrastructure.

Tessa Masis, a fourth year Computer Science PhD student from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, was selected as one of ten 2024 New England Computing & Data Science Rising Stars.

The Office of Faculty Development (OFD) has announced six UMass Amherst faculty members as Chancellor’s Leadership Fellows for 2024-25. Michelle Trim will support campus efforts to adopt the responsible use of artificial intelligence tools through developing training materials, public website content, recommendations, and best practices.

Carolina Rossini, Director of Public Interest Technology (PIT) programs and faculty at the School of Public Policy (SPP), recently published two policy briefs on the growth and regulation of artificial intelligence via Think 20, the think tank and academic engagement arm of the G20.

Public Interest Technology (PIT) at UMass is pleased to announce nine faculty selected to be a part of the third PIT Faculty Fellows cohort.

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