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January 22, 2026

UVA Launches Collaboratory on Data, AI, and Health

UVA launches the Collaboratory on Data, AI, and Health, uniting six schools and UVA Health to turn data and AI into better care and healthier communities.

Artificial Intelligence Collaboratory Health and Medicine Research
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January 21, 2026

Tom Hartvigsen Receives $1M NIH Grant for Multimodal AI

Tom Hartvigsen and his colleagues were awarded a $1 million NIH grant to develop a new participatory approach to multimodal AI systems in dermatology.

Artificial Intelligence Faculty Health and Medicine Research
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January 16, 2026

Sheng Li Appointed Senior Member of the Association for the Advancement of AI

Sheng Li received senior member status from AAAI in recognition of his significant accomplishments in the field of artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence Faculty Research
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December 17, 2025

M.S. in Data Science Students Showcase Predictive Modeling Projects

UVA M.S. in Data Science students showcased predictive modeling projects across sports, health, policy, and the environment in Machine Learning I.

Academics Admissions Artificial Intelligence MSDS
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December 10, 2025

The Dangers of Not Teaching Students How to Use AI Responsibly

PhD candidate Bryan Christ discusses why it is more harmful than effective to take away students' ability to use tools like ChatGPT.

Academics Artificial Intelligence PhD Research
2025 pilot research award recipients
December 9, 2025

Pilot Research Award Program Launched with Four Faculty Recipients

Four Data Science faculty receive inaugural Pilot Research Awards, gaining resources to accelerate innovative projects and build stronger research foundations.

Artificial Intelligence Deep Learning Faculty Health and Medicine Research Sports
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December 3, 2025

Ph.D. Student Profile: Siwan Kim

UVA Ph.D. student Siwan Kim reflects on her path from UX to data science and how research connects people, systems, and insight across disciplines worldwide.

Academics Admissions Artificial Intelligence Careers Research
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December 3, 2025

Biased Music Reviews Give AI an Edge in Genre Prediction

UVA students trained a model on data from Spotify and Pitchfork, allowing AI to predict an album's genre by uncovering trends in biased music reviews.

Academics Artificial Intelligence MSDS
The talent acquisition and recruiting AI (TARAI) Index
October 31, 2025

New Public Database Brings Transparency to AI Tools Used in Hiring

UVA’s Mona Sloane launches the TARAI Index, a first-of-its-kind public database revealing how AI shapes hiring tools and recruiting technologies.

Artificial Intelligence Faculty Research Society and Culture
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October 27, 2025

UVA Data Points Podcast: Extreme Physics

Extreme physics - what is it and how does it impact you?

Artificial Intelligence Environment PhD Research Sports
Chirag Agarwal and Sheng Li
October 22, 2025

Sheng Li and Chirag Agarwal Named 2025–2027 Capital One Fellowship Awardees

Professors Sheng Li and Chirag Agarwal earn 2025–2027 Capital One Fellowships, supporting PhD research in trustworthy AI and data science for financial applications.

Artificial Intelligence Faculty Industry Partner PhD Research
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October 22, 2025

Paul Perrin Receives 2025 Guerrant Global Health Equity Professor Award

Professor Paul Perrin receives the 2025 Dick & Nancy Guerrant Global Health Equity Professorship Award to advance data-driven research in health equity.

Faculty Health and Medicine Psychology Research