Love Data Week
What is Love Data Week?
Love Data Week is an international celebration of data, taking place every year during the week of Valentine’s Day. Originally coordinated by Heather Coates, International Love Data Week is a celebration of all things data that seeks to bring people together to share their experiences, learn best practices, and have some fun.
Each year, the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) conducts a “Love Data Week” during the week of Valentine’s Day. Northwestern and other BTAA institutions will participate in a Data Viz Championship and other events that bring together students, faculty, and staff from across our institutions to discuss data-related themes.
Love Data Week Events
Save the date! The 2026 Love Data Week will be February 9-13, 2026. Information about the Data Viz Championship and events is posted below. More information will be added as it's available.
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Northwestern Data Viz Championship Are you a data storyteller excited to show the campus community what you can do? Are you a student looking for a fun way to highlight your data viz skills? Are you a researcher interested in new and innovative ways to communicate your research? This is an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff, to showcase their data visualization skills and to compete for the title of Northwestern Data Viz Champion. |
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Big Ten Academic Alliance Data Viz Championship Each participating institution will submit one student and one faculty/staff visualization to compete for the title of Big Ten Academic Alliance Data Viz Champion. |
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Events Do you love data? Do you want to learn more about how data is used? If so, please join us for any or all Love Data Week events. The purpose of these events is to raise awareness and engage in topics related to data. |
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Additional Information
For more information about Love Data Week, feel free to email nu-love-data-week@northwestern.edu.