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Love Data Week at UMD

Feb 8-12, 2027 | College Park, MD

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DELIVERY NOTICE

TRACKING NUMBER:

UMD-LDW27-FEB-08-12-2027

STATUS:

In Transit

DELIVERY DATE:

February 8-12, 2027

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SHIPMENT MANIFEST

ITEM ITEM DESCRIPTION
[01] Sessions & Presentations: From UMD's data experts
[02] BTAA Data Viz Championship: Shoot your shot for UMD
[03] Games & Activities: Training your data skills

HANDLE WITH CARE: Contains valuable insights.

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Love Data Week 2027 at UMD

International Love Data Week is an annual, worldwide celebration of data held during the week of Valentine's Day. To share in this passion, UMD launched its own campus tradition in 2023 to promote data literacy, strengthen privacy and stewardship, and enrich our collective data culture.

Throughout the week, a campus-wide partnership—including IRPA, DIT, the College of Information, STAMP, the University Career Center, and the University Libraries—hosts a series of engaging events highlighting how data shapes and supports our university community.
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Love Data:
Handle with Care

The theme for Love Data Week 2027 is Love Data: Handle with Care. Loving your data means protecting it at every stage of the journey, from securing privacy and documenting workflows to ensuring long-term reproducibility and ethical use.

Learn more about this year's theme
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COMPETE

THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS BACK!

UMD is once again competing in the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Data Viz Championship, and we want your best work on the board. Open to all UMD students, faculty, and staff, this is your chance to turn data into a compelling story and help put UMD at the top of the leaderboard.

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LDW26 Recap

2026 marked the fourth year of Love Data Week celebrations at UMD! The theme for 2026 was "Where's the data?" With data all around us, we were encouraged to use Love Data Week 2026 to think about from where and how we get data, where we keep them, and how we keep them safe.

By The Numbers

We couldn't help but share some of our own data! The numbers are clear, the data community at UMD is buzzing and growing stronger every year!

Love Data Week has become a must-attend event, bringing together data fans from all over campus. It's a fantastic opportunity to showcase the amazing data projects happening here and spark new ideas and collaborations. As our data community grows, it's clear that UMD is all about using data to make a real impact.

17+

sessions & activities hosted by UMD

200+

unique session attendees

79%

first-time attendees

59

participant badge recipients
Word cloud of the themes from Love Data Week 2026 sessions

THEMES

Data at the Heart

Love Data Week 2026 marked the fourth annual celebration at UMD, reminding us that behind every statistic lies a human story. Throughout the week, our community came together to explore everything from AI ethics, privacy, and governance to the craft of visualization, qualitative analysis, and data literacy. Beyond the technical deep dives, each session reflected a shared commitment to curiosity, empathy, and meaningful impact—always with data at the heart.
Catch up on LDW26 session recordings
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