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August 5, 2025

Advice from an alum: balancing work, social life, and self-care after graduation

MSDS alum Chaitali Harge gives advice on maintaining work-life balance after graduation through community, self-care, and more.

Admissions Alumni Careers MSDS Student Spotlight
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August 5, 2025

MSDS Online Alumni Profile: Travis Vitello

Travis Vitello shares how UVA’s MSDS program helped him transition into data science and advance his career at Siemens Energy.

Admissions Alumni Careers MSDS Student Spotlight
UVA Data Science MSDS alumni Michael Vaden smiling headshot in a suit and tie against dark background
July 16, 2025

MSDS Alumni Profile: Michael Vaden

MSDS alumni Michael Vaden shares how UVA shaped his data science journey from teamwork and capstone lessons to meaningful work at JPMorganChase Institute.

Admissions Alumni Careers MSDS Student Spotlight
UVA Data Science alumni jake weinberg in blue oxford standing in front of columns outdoors
July 9, 2025

MSDS Alumni Profile: Jake Weinberg

Alumni Jake Weinberg used UVA's MSDS program to pivot from consulting to data leadership—now he’s leading a team and driving strategy through analytics.

Admissions Alumni Careers MSDS
UVA Data Science MSDS Alumni Grace Davenport professional headshot
June 20, 2025

MSDS Alumni Profile: Grace Davenport

Grace Davenport, MSDS ’24, shares how the School of Data Science prepared her for a career supporting the DoD—and her future plans that may include a Ph.D. and environmental consulting.

Admissions Alumni Biology Careers Student Affairs Student Spotlight
UVA MSDS Student Hannah Valenty and fellow Capstone teammates
June 9, 2025

MSDS Capstone: Digitizing Care for Global Health

As part of their capstone project, MSDS students used computer vision to digitize surgical records—advancing global healthcare in low-resource settings.

Admissions Alumni MSDS Research Student Spotlight
Five UVA Data Science graduates in cap and gown on the Lawn during Final Exercises
June 4, 2025

Final Thoughts, New Beginnings: Reflections from the MSDS Class of 2025

Class of 2025 graduates share what they learned, their advice for incoming students, and their plans after having completed the UVA M.S in Data Science program.

Admissions Careers Graduation MSDS Research Student Spotlight
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.

Artificial Intelligence Biomedical Engineering Careers Machine Learning Research Sports
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April 30, 2025

PyData Virginia 2025 Spotlights UVA and Charlottesville

The two-day conference spotlighted Charlottesville as an emerging technology hub and featured UVA students, faculty, and alumni as speakers.

Alumni Artificial Intelligence Research
Two character in "Under the Influencer" in a tense confrontation under blue lighting. One individual holds a sharp object close to the other's hand.
April 7, 2025

Award-Winning Alum Discusses Her Feature Film and Ethical Uses of AI in Filmmaking

Online MSDS alum Lauren Neal talks about her award-winning film, "Under the Influencer," and how she believes the film industry can ethically use AI.

Admissions Alumni Artificial Intelligence Careers MSDS
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March 24, 2025

UVA Data Points Podcast: The Transformative Role of AI in the Credit Industry

In this episode, we hear from two UVA Data Science alumni who put their degrees to work using data to provide insights to clients in banking and legal services.

Alumni Artificial Intelligence Media Room MSDS
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March 20, 2025

Latest Modeling Your Future Event Connects Industry Professionals with MSDS Students

The March 6 installment of the biweekly series for MSDS Residential students featured a roundtable lunch where they could connect with industry leaders.

Admissions Alumni Careers MSDS Student Affairs