News & Events
Feature articles, media, and Lectures highlighting the work of UMass Amherst public interest technologists.
October 10 Event: Is The Web Eating Itself? Futures Of The Internet In The Wake Of Generative AI
A decade from now, will we still be browsing the internet by visiting multiple sites? Or will we encounter the internet via our own personal
September 27 Event: Insolvent: How to Reorient Computing for Just Sustainabilty
How can we enact meaningful change in competing to meet the urgent need for sustainability and justice? The deep entanglement of information technology within our
PIT-UN Advocates for Informed Investments and Training in Emerging Technologies: A Proposal to Guide $24 Billion NSF Funding Allocation
Representatives from the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN), including UMass Amherst PIT Director and Professor Dr. Francine Berman, recently submitted a comprehensive set of recommendations
Dr. Timnit Gebru Featured on Reimagining the Internet Podcast
UMass Amherst PIT Research Director and Associate Professor Dr. Ethan Zuckerman hosts Dr. Timnit Gebru, founder of the Distributed AI Research Institute and co-founder of
Dr. Francine Berman Provides Insight on Impact of ChatGPT and Teaching
In an article featured last month in OpenAI, UMass Amherst PIT Director and Professor Dr. Francine Berman discussed her experience when integrating ChatGPT into her teaching
Call for Student Papers @ PIT-UN Convening Conference
Boston University and Howard University are seeking paper proposals from undergraduate and graduate students part of American educational institutions and from any disciplines for consideration