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Starting in the fall of 2024, for the first time, PiTech has extended its support beyond its 12-week-long summer Siegel Fellowship through the launch of the Rubinstein Fellowship — an academic-year track that deepens student engagement and strengthens long-term partnerships with public interest organizations across New York City.
One of the most compelling collaborations to emerge from this expanded model is between Tobias Weinberg (Tobi), a Cornell Tech Ph.D. candidate and user of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) tools, and YAI (Young Adult Institute), a New York-based nonprofit that supports people with disabilities. Together, they have explored how communication technologies can be redesigned to reflect the full spectrum of human expression, including humor, timing, and subtle social cues.