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AI in Climate Forecasting map of United States
May 12, 2026

How AI Is Changing Climate Science

UVA researcher uses explainable AI to improve seasonal precipitation forecasting and better understand climate patterns driving droughts and floods.

Artificial Intelligence Environment Research
Claudia Scholz
April 30, 2026

Claudia Scholz Receives Mentoring Award from NORDP

Claudia Scholz earns NORDP Mentoring Award for advancing inclusive mentorship and supporting professional growth in research development nationwide.

Research Staff
A smiling man in a gray suit stands outdoors with lush green trees in the background.
April 27, 2026

Prince Afriyie Delivers Last Lecture on the Power of the “Smallest Data Point” 

Afriyie’s Last Lecture highlights how focusing on the smallest data points shaped his life, offering a powerful message on impact, perspective, and purpose.

Academics Faculty Guest Speaker Society and Culture Student Life
Paul Cherukuri speaking at the University of Virginia with a UVA Futures Initiative banner behind him.
April 27, 2026

The Centrifuge Spins Up Over $100K in Futures Grants

UVA's Centrifuge program awarded over $100,000 in Futures Grants to two projects: affordable PFAS testing and AI-powered extended reality training.

Artificial Intelligence Environment Faculty Health and Medicine Research Society and Culture
Peter Alonzi
April 27, 2026

Peter Alonzi Recognized with 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Peter Alonzi, UVA Data Science assistant professor, earns the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics as part of the global Muon g-2 collaboration.

Faculty Research
Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi looks off in the foreground of an image with Dr. Robby in the background.
April 24, 2026

The Rise of AI Scribes in Healthcare Raises New Ethical Questions

The Pitt highlights AI in emergency care. We explore its benefits, risks, and impact on patient data and trust with professor Tom Hartvigsen.

Artificial Intelligence Data Ethics Faculty Health and Medicine Research Society and Culture
Chirag Agarwal
April 23, 2026

UVA School of Data Science Names Chirag Agarwal as Baugh Family Fellow

UVA data scientist Chirag Agarwal named Baugh Family Fellow for AI safety research on monitoring reasoning in large language models and advancing trustworthy AI.

Artificial Intelligence Data Ethics Deep Learning Faculty Machine Learning Research
Illustration of a wrecked car with smoke coming out of the hood and a robotic arm pointing to a bewildered man standing next to it.
April 22, 2026

Q&A: Who’s responsible when AI makes mistakes?

From self-driving cars to medical tools, AI advances are raising ethical and legal concerns. UVA professor David Danks speaks to what happens when AI fails.

Artificial Intelligence Faculty Health and Medicine Society and Culture
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April 20, 2026

How AI Is Changing the Way Humans Grieve

UVA experts examine how AI grief technologies may reshape mourning, raising ethical, legal and mental health questions about memory, loss and human connection.

Artificial Intelligence Data Ethics Psychology Society and Culture
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April 20, 2026

Is Beauty in the Eye of the Biased Machine?

M.S. in Data Science students used their final project in an introductory machine learning course to explore the Golden Ratio and machine bias.

Academics Admissions Artificial Intelligence Data Ethics Machine Learning MSDS Research Society and Culture
Stephen Turner speaking at a podium in the Newcomb Ballroom at the University of Virginia.
April 17, 2026

UVA's Cancer-Data Science Alliance Sparks Discovery

UVA's first Cancer Research and Data Science Symposium opened the door to a powerful collaboration between cancer researchers and data scientists.

Biology Collaboratory Faculty Health and Medicine Research
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April 10, 2026

From Orbit to Open Source: How Wikipedia Shapes Scientific Progress

Lane Rasberry discusses the significance of astronaut Christina Koch editing Wikipedia in space for the first time in the platform's history.

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