Overview

Overview

Save the Date! Love Data Week officially starts on February 9, 2026

Member institutions of the Big Ten Academic Alliance will host events from February 9 to 13, 2026, that bring together participants from across our institutions to discuss data-related themes. Specific details will be released in the future.  

Data Viz Championship
This is an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff at Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions to showcase their data visualization skills and compete for the Big Ten Academic Alliance Data Viz Champion title.  Students will be given a data set and asked to produce a data viz for submission, while faculty/staff may submit an existing viz that highlights their institution or one of its projects. 

Themes/Dataset:

Please feel free to share the dataset information broadly with students, advisors, faculty, and others.

  • Student Theme: Fight Songs. Here is the dataset: FiveThirtyEight Fight Songs.
  • Faculty Theme: Public research that they are involved in at their home university, or use the Big Ten theme. 

Help Build Love Data Week 2026

We’re inviting your input to help us brainstorm compelling session topics and recommend inspiring speakers. Your ideas will play a key role in creating a meaningful and engaging experience for the entire Big Ten community.

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