CUNY PIT Pop-up Relaunches at Oculus

BARUCH COLLEGE–New York City’s public interest technology community came together on Jan. 9 at the NYC PIT Pop-Up open house and relaunch hosted by the CUNY Public Interest Technology Lab, BetaNYC and PIT-UN at the Oculus.

Students, researchers, government officials and members of the public came together to explore how technology and open data can be used to solve real-life problems in the city.

The event focused on the idea that although data already exists, most people do not have the means to use it. Public interest technology aims to bridge that gap by turning government and research data into tools that civilians can use.

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