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2022 Recipients of PIT-UN Grants

Sylvanna Falcón, associate professor of Latin American and Latino Studies and director of the Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas, is the successful recipient of the award and will work with a team of researchers to evaluate and instruct around environmental crimes, which disproportionately affect marginalized communities in Latin America. Read more >>

Sylvanna Falcón, associate professor of Latin American and Latino Studies and founder and director of the Human Rights Investigations Lab.

Lead PI: Sylvanna Falcón, Latin American & Latino Studies

Human Rights Investigations Lab

Sylvanna Falcón and her team will be contributing to a relatively new research project that’s already generating global impact. Their PIT-UN funding, with added support from the Division of Graduate Studies and The Humanities Institute, will bring in more experts to mentor students across fields ranging from digital verification to cybersecurity to law, depending on the needs of a particular investigation. The PIT-UN grant will further enrich the tech proficiency students gain through the program, which has served them well not only in their human rights investigations, but also in the job market and everyday life.

Learn more about the Human Rights Investigation Lab >>


    2021 Recipients of PIT-UN Grants

    David Lee, assistant professor of computational media at UC Santa Cruz, has received funding through the Public Interest Technology University Network  for a program to provide community-engaged experiential learning for students. Read more >>

    David Lee

    Lead PI: David Lee, Computational Media 

    Human Rights Investigations Lab

    Lee leads Tech4Good Lab at UCSC’s Baskin School of Engineering, builds on a successful pilot program he led last spring with 130 students in his Business Strategy and Information Systems class. Working with the Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, the class delivered a large strategic assessment and design exploration consulting project.

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      2020 Recipients of PIT-UN Grants

      Two UC Santa Cruz programs win funding for Public Interest Technology

      The Human Rights Investigations Lab and Everett Program at UC Santa Cruz received grant funding through the Public Interest Technology University Network. Read more >>

      Sylvanna Falcon

      Lead PI: Sylvanna Falcón, Latin American & Latino Studies 

      Tech4Good Lab

      We are working in the area of public interest technology to conduct open source investigations into alleged human rights abuses with non-STEM majors. Along with our partner lab at the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley, students who have joined our labs are majority women, predominantly identifying as bilingual/multilingual, immigrant, first- generation, and/or women of color. As we teach, train, and mentor these student researchers, we are preparing women to enter career paths in journalism, law, academia, and human rights advocacy with digital verification skills that depend on the use of new technologies.

      Learn more about the Tech4Good Lab >>

        Juhee Kang

        Lead PI: Juhee Kang, Sociology 

        Heads, Hands and Hearts: An online resource guide for experiential learning in technology and social change

        The proposed project aims to develop an online resource guide for creating experiential learning opportunities for technology and social change, with an easy to navigate set of curricula, practical how-to guides, case studies and teaching resources developed by the Everett Program at UCSC.

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