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Sunoo Park with her PhD student, Mallory Knodel, in November 2024

Exploring the Nexus of Technology and Ethics: Dr. Sunoo Park’s Vision for Public Interest Technology Education

  • September 23, 2025

Explore Dr. Sunoo Park's approach to Public Interest Technology education, where students tackle real-world challenges through dynamic, project-based learning and impactful collaborations.

READ MORE ...Exploring the Nexus of Technology and Ethics: Dr. Sunoo Park’s Vision for Public Interest Technology Education
Woman standing in front of a vibrantly colored painting of a face

Beyond Big Data: How FAIR2 Puts People Back Into Analytics

  • August 21, 2025

FAIR2 reimagines data science by embedding community voices into analytics, ensuring social data reflects lived experiences, not just numbers, and shaping more just, accountable tech-driven social policies.

READ MORE ...Beyond Big Data: How FAIR2 Puts People Back Into Analytics
A man speaking to a group; a poster behind him is titled TOGETHER and a slide reads Responsible Tech Mixer

Challenging Silicon Valley’s Tech Determinism: How ‘All Tech Is Human’ Rewrites the Rules

  • August 5, 2025

'All Tech Is Human' challenges the myth of inevitable tech progress by centering human agency, inclusivity, and cross-sector collaboration to shape a more ethical tech future.

READ MORE ...Challenging Silicon Valley’s Tech Determinism: How ‘All Tech Is Human’ Rewrites the Rules
Toussaint Nothias hosted an Edit-a-thon in collaboration with Wikimedia Rwanda and NYU AD students in January 2025

Digital Power Dynamics: Colonial Legacies in Today’s Tech World

  • April 9, 2025

Dr. Nothias reveals how Big Tech's expansion in the Global South mirrors colonial patterns and urges transparency, regulation, and collaboration with communities to rethink the global digital power.

READ MORE ...Digital Power Dynamics: Colonial Legacies in Today’s Tech World
Manny Patole at a lectern in front of a small classroom

Ethics in STEM Education: A Conversation with Manny Patole

  • March 3, 2025

"Ethics must be central to STEM," says Manny Patole of NYU CUSP. He urges students to ask the right questions, challenges data exploitation, and calls for "fair trade data" to empower communities.

READ MORE ...Ethics in STEM Education: A Conversation with Manny Patole

Spotlight on Impact: PIT Innovators at NYU

Spotlight on Impact is a series of editorials highlighting the trans­formative work of NYU faculty and community members who are leading initiatives at the inter­section of technology and the public good, spanning disciplines such as urban design, sustain­ability, education and healthcare. These stories celebrate trailblazers who are shaping equitable solutions to society’s most pressing challenges as well as advancing teaching, research and innovation to further the mission of Public Interest Technology.

About the Author

Mythili Sampathkumar is a New York–based journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Fortune, NBC News, The Nation, Teen Vogue and other leading outlets. She covers a range of topics includ­ing politics, culture, educa­tion, climate change and tech.

Recent editorials

Exploring the Nexus of Technology and Ethics: Dr. Sunoo Park’s Vision for Public Interest Technology Education

Beyond Big Data: How FAIR2 Puts People Back Into Analytics

Challenging Silicon Valley’s Tech Determinism: How ‘All Tech Is Human’ Rewrites the Rules

Digital Power Dynamics: Colonial Legacies in Today’s Tech World

Ethics in STEM Education: A Conversation with Manny Patole

NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology

NYU and the NYU Alliance for PIT are proud members of New America’s Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN)

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