Public Interest Technology @ CUNY

Excited about cybersecurity? Join us for the Cybersecurity Workforce Data Initiative's Public Workshop Series! 🚀 🗓️ Tuesday, May 7, 2024 🕐 1:00-3:00 p.m. ET 🔍 Dive into Defining the Cybersecurity Workforce with experts REGISTER NOW: web.cvent.com/event/47f33877…

While also offering possibilities for creative expression and play within public interest tech projects. Register for the March 23rd, 2024 event here: nycsodata24.sched.com/event/1aiMY

The Graduate Center Digital Initiatives (GCDI) presents a panel discussion featuring uses of open data that illustrate how digital humanities approaches can challenge and enrich established data science methodologies.

Need a good read? Sponsored by HP inc., The Center for Digital Government published a new book "Embracing AI for Future Success: Practical Steps to Deploy Intelligent Technology in Government" Download the book for free: content.erepublic.com/hp-embracing-a…

NYC OpenData presents Open Data Week 2024! Check out and register for events from March 16th-24th, 2024 to participate 2024.open-data.nyc/events/list/

🚨 @NSF and its partners are launching a $16M program to make ethical and social considerations a priority in the way technologies are created and used. ReDDDoT aims to promote the public's wellbeing and mitigate potential harm across all STEM disciplines. bit.ly/3TPNHJ5

Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations:  Beyond Broadening Participation nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26803

Join PIT-UN @ the SIDGE Symposium from Jan 11-15th, 2024. Either in person or virtually, register for various sessions from the symposium that display the diverse array of scholars, data scientists, and thought leaders from PIT partners across the country cuny.edu/research/resea…

New Action Collaborative Launched to Improve Pathways for Women of Color in Tech Education and Careers nationalacademies.org/news/2023/12/n… via @theNASEM

congressionally mandated Science and Engineering Indicators suite of products on the state of the U.S. science and engineering enterprise. The reports are prepared by the U.S. NSF’s National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics #utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb202333…

In 2022, 51% of articles, of which status we know, were in open access journals compared to 23% in 2003. These and similar trends are in the Publications Output: U.S. Trends and International Comparisons report that the National Science Board published today as part of the 2024

Scientific articles that are freely available to the public grew by more than seven-fold in volume and increased in influence relative to those behind paywalls from 2003 to 2022, according to a new NSF report.

Lunch will be served. Please sign-up here so that we know you are coming: careerplan.commons.gc.cuny.edu/events/info-se…

Join Rebekah Tweed, executive director of All Tech is Human, on Wed. 12/16 to talk about how students might best connect with the organization. She’ll also speak to skills graduate students might build and questions they might consider as they start to build a career in the field

The final stretch for the 2024 Interdisciplinary Research Grant (IRG) RFP deadline is here. With the extended deadline being Mon. November 20th, 2023 5pm EST, get your RFPs in for consideration! cuny.edu/research/resea…

One of CUNY's PIT students from The College of Staten Island, Grace Anna Akparanta, had her research project selected and highlighted in the 2023 Convening in tomorrow's PIT-UN Newsletter. Check out her project, and the newsletter, here: pitcases.org/portfolio/stud…

Anticipation is building and competition is on the rise ahead of the 2024 IRG RFP deadline submission on Mon. November 20th, 2023 9am EST. Make sure to submit your teams RFP by the deadline. cuny.edu/research/resea…

📢 📢 Today, the @WhiteHouse will release its long-awaited Executive Order on #AI, marking a new milestone in the Biden Admin’s efforts to advance safe and trustworthy #ArtificialIntelligence. In advance, the White House fact sheet here 👇👇 : whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

A report highlight: A 2022national mathematics assessment captured the largest decline in scores for 9-year-olds over the past 44 years, with disproportionate drops for students who are Black, Hispanic, from low-income families, or already scoring in the lowest 10th percentile.

Read the Elementary and Secondary STEM Education 2023 report that the National Science Board. The reports are prepared by the National Science Foundation’s National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics under the Board’s guidance. #utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb202331…