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Elizabeth Miller poses on the second place podium step with other swimmers.

June 2, 2025

Ph.D. Student Discovers Her Best Ideas Surface in the Pool

Ph.D. student Elizabeth Miller shares how returning to competitive swimming with UVA’s club team helped her find balance, focus, and joy in grad school and in life.

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Assistant Professor Natalie Kupperman speaks to attendees at the UVA Sports Research and Innovation Summit.

May 23, 2025

UVA Launches Inaugural Sports Research and Technology Innovation Summit

The event gathered researchers and industry leaders to explore cutting-edge innovations in athlete performance, injury prevention, and sports data science.

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May 20, 2025

UVA’s School of Data Science Celebrates 2025 Graduates in Heartfelt Ceremony

UVA’s School of Data Science celebrates the Class of 2025 with heartfelt speeches, honors, and reflections on community, purpose, and a future of impact.

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Dr. Jade Preston with two CBS19 anchors at a news desk.

May 2, 2025

Jade Preston Discusses Hyperspectral Imaging and Remote Sensing on CBS19 for ‘Inside The Numbers’

Ph.D. candidate Jade Preston discusses her research in hyperspectral imaging and remote sensing on this month's "Inside the Numbers."

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From left: Kaleigh O'Hara, Navya Annapareddy, Jade Preston, and Zoë Gray.

April 11, 2025

WiDS Lightning Talks Highlight the Innovative Research of Female Data Scientists

Four Ph.D students shared their current research in seven-minute lightning talks with the aim of communicating complex methodologies to general audiences.

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Photo of attendees at the WiDS Charlottesville 2025 event.

April 9, 2025

'Your Perspective is Your Superpower': Takeaways from WiDS 2025

The annual event, featuring and uplifting outstanding women doing outstanding work, marked the first WiDS held at the new School of Data Science building.

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February 28, 2025

FAIR Symposium Tackles Online Toxicity, AI in Recruiting

The 2025 FAIR Symposium featured Mona Sloane and Tom Hartvigsen presenting recent research on their respective topics of AI in recruiting and online toxicity.

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February 27, 2025

Ph.D. Student Profile: Zack Gottesman

A Seattle native, Zack Gottesman chose UVA's Data Science Ph.D. for its supportive environment. He is currently researching NLP/AI for social impact with applications in health and sports.

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February 26, 2025

Ph.D. Student Profile: Eileanor LaRocco

Eileanor LaRocco hopes to combine her biology background with AI to improve medical research. She’s passionate about ethical AI and machine learning explainability—and she’s even assisted in porcupine surgery.

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January 29, 2025

Ph.D. Student Navya Annapareddy Named 2025 COVES Policy Fellow

Navya Annapareddy, a Ph.D. student at the University of Virginia School of Data Science, has been awarded a 2025 COVES Fellowship.

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January 23, 2025

Ph.D. Student Gia Smith Awarded a 2025 GEM Fellowship

Gia Smith, a third-year Ph.D. student at the University of Virginia School of Data Science, has been awarded a 2025 GEM Fellowship.

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December 6, 2024

Ph.D. Student Profile: Marco Gutierrez

Originally from Lima, Peru, Ph.D. student Marco Gutierrez is interested in using natural language processing to improve public policy and exploring the field of language-to-vision and computer vision.

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