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PIT UNiverse January Issue: 2021 Year in Review
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Happy New Year!
 

As the new year begins, we take a moment to celebrate our achievement and growth as a community and prepare for the year ahead. To that end, I want to introduce PIT-UN's new program manager, Brenda Perea. With her coordination and guidance, our growing network will continue to build and shape the field of PIT and increase its impact on those we serve both on and off our campuses.

Through the generosity and stewardship of our donors, we added six new 2021 Network Challenge grantees to the fold. This group of now 37 grantees' projects affirm our commitment to seed and scale models that protect and nurture the most vulnerable in our communities.

As we contemplate and reflect on the progress we have made in just over three years, it's gratifying to look back at the key moments that defined our work together.

By supporting and nurturing students' desires to create impactful careers and labor, developing their institutions' capacity to work across disciplinary silos, and engaging their community through partnerships and collaborations, PIT-UN members offer compelling models of effective PIT in action. In its 4th year, the network seeks to institutionalize and scale PIT efforts that will anchor students, faculty, and community members working to build this new ecosystem.

 
 
 
MOST READ PIT-UN
STORIES FROM 2021


Discover the most popular stories from the PIT UNiverse throughout the past year.

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6 NEW NETWORK CHALLENGE GRANTEES ANNOUNCED

Learn more about the six new projects, which were added to the 2021 grantee cohort.

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CONVENING COUNTDOWN
Join us at the 2022 PIT-UN Convening hosted by The City University of New York
The convening will be held at two CUNY locations next Oct. 28 and 29 and draw educators, researchers and activists from across the country who are working to bring social and environmental justice, racial equity and community empowerment to the global tech world.

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BOOKS & RESOURCES
Power to the Public (Book by Tara Dawson McGuinness and Hana Schank)

We the Possibility (Book by Mitchell Weiss)

PITCases.org, a PIT case study resource platform.

Case Studies in Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (Massachusetts Institute of Technology resource)

NEW DEGREES
An interdisciplinary undergraduate major in data science and social systems at Stanford University, beginning in Sept. 2022, will equip the next generation to work at the intersection of statistics, computation, and the social sciences.

A professional master of engineering degree in engineering, law and policy, housed in the Penn State School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs, will launch in spring 2022.

CONFERENCES & WEBINARS
Challenges and Opportunities for BIPOC Public Interest Technology (PIT) Entrepreneurs (University of Michigan). Panelists representing various perspectives in public interest technology ecosystem provide an overview of what a “PIT entrepreneur” is, and discuss the challenges faced by BIPOC PIT entrepreneurs.

The Refusal Conference
 
 
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