Kim Lyons
The Florida Phoenix
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Looking to raise awareness, Fetterman asks supporters to donate to mental health organizations
PITTSBURGH — Since his office announced late last week that he was seeking treatment for clinical depression, there’s been a flood of public support for freshman Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., for making his condition and treatment public. President Joe Biden tweeted a message of support on Friday: “Millions of people struggle with depression every day, often in private. Getting the care […] → Read More
AI for good? Why CMU’s Block Center funds research into responsible use of the tech
From improving Wikipedia content moderation to better understanding the skill sets of Appalachians, Dean Ramayya Krishnan says there's plenty to explore about how artificial intelligence can advance society. → Read More
‘Built to last’: How can Pittsburgh support its biggest homegrown tech companies?
The city is home to a cluster of growth-stage companies. While moving out of the early-stage is a mark of progress, it brings a different set of needs to scale. → Read More
Technical.ly Pittsburgh Why Pittsburgh's Black Tech Nation is expanding into the VC space
Kelauni Jasmyn, along with two partners, has launched Black Tech Nation Ventures, a $50 million fund that will support startups led by marginalized groups: "There is intentionality in the tech space and in the venture space that we’ve not seen before." → Read More
Technical.ly Pittsburgh Pittsburgh has long been a life sciences engine. Now it's at the forefront of COVID-19 vaccine efforts
In the 1950s, Jonas Salk made history by developing the polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh. Researchers are building on that work to treat COVID-19. "We’re standing on the shoulders of giants," said Dr. Louis Falo. → Read More
3 technologists' hopes for a more open Pittsburgh
What's next for civic tech in the region? Trustworthiness as a goal, looking to models in other cities and above all, accessibility. → Read More
How to build a civic tech community, according to Pittsburgh leaders
Plus, you gotta read Open Data PGH event attendees' responses to prompts such as "I wish civic tech could be more ..." and "The future of civic tech is ..." → Read More
Pittsburgh's 412 Food Rescue: 'Born digital' and growing
Product Manager Anthony Levin-Decanini shares how the nonprofit's tech has evolved and how it plans to scale to fight food insecurity in other cities. → Read More
In Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Philly, Code4PA takes aim at the opioid crisis
The second annual hackathon invites volunteers to parse the public datasets related to opioid use and abuse at four sites across the Keystone State this Sept. 21 and 22. → Read More
Fighting fire fatalities with data in Allegheny County
In 2016 alone, 22 residents died in fires. Here's how CountyStat created a picture of the houses most at risk for being without working smoke detectors — and plans to act on it to save lives. → Read More
Why this Pitt humanities prof incorporates data lessons into his media classes
Matthew Lavin on teaching non-technologist college students to use open data: "A humanities mind wants to start seeing the code as something they can engage with not just a stream of letters and numbers happening in the background that they can't touch." → Read More
Innovation Works' 20 years of supporting Pittsburgh startups: 'We're not resting on our laurels'
Those startups include several civic-minded companies, such as Thread International, Flexable Care and Civic Science. President and CEO Rich Lunak reflects on the seed investment engine's past and looks ahead to its future. → Read More
The latest iteration of Code for Pittsburgh is building a more collaborative community of civic technologists
The local Code for America brigade is celebrating National Day of Civic Hacking by crowdsourcing web mapping services for disaster response. Here's how the group has changed since its 2014 founding. → Read More
WPRDC's summer interns are both writers, not technologists — or are they?
"A lot of people think the humanities and technical-related stuff are on two different ends of the spectrum but it’s really not true," said one of the two English writing majors working at Pittsburgh's open data hub. → Read More
A native son returns to Wilkinsburg to collect data for its future
As the David M. Rubenstein Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program, Andre Perry is researching the differences in public fiscal commitments between majority-black cities like Wilkinsburg and majority-white cities. → Read More
Art as civic data science: Q&A with Pittsburgh painter Ashley Cecil
Her latest exhibit, Edged Out, includes works that visualizes scientific research as it pertains to amphibian conservation efforts and their ecology. Think of it as data viz for the art world. → Read More
How to consider the unintended consequences of civic data use
Context matters, as does an awareness of structural racism and inequity. And remember: “Just because you can do something with data doesn’t always mean you should do it.” → Read More
3 big tech ideas from the third annual TEDxPittsburgh
Presenters shared ideas on the impact of cyberbullying, the humanity needed in autonomous vehicle development and using AI to help prevent opioid relapses. → Read More
Pittsburgh's UpPrize just funded these 3 idea-stage startups for social good
The competition that connects technologists with communities in need announced its 2018 Great Ideas winners, which are trying to solve problems relating to nonprofit measurement, blight and language access. → Read More
Startups and the city: Why PGH Lab connects civic-minded companies with local gov
The goal is to make municipal government more efficient, transparent and sustainable while giving startups a short-term test bed. → Read More