Initiatives

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Grief to Action

Grief to Action (G2A), is an incubator for student-driven, community-co-created
data science for social justice (“DS4SJ”) projects.

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DS4SJ Ecosystem

This project proposes a novel infrastructure to deepen Pitt’s impact in DS4SJ, improving connections across units and providing workplace-relevant student training in multidisciplinary teamwork.

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Public Interest Technology Class

This GSPIA class is designed to equip students passionate about social justice issues to work with public interest technologies and civic data.

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Research Projects

CAASI has conducted several research projects that explore social issues in the Pittsburgh area through Data Science.