Data Viz Championship – Big Ten’s Love Data Week
Rutgers students, faculty, and staff are invited to participate in the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Love Data Week (February 9–13, 2026). Create a compelling data visualization, compete for Rutgers’ top spot, and represent the university in the Big Ten Data Viz Championship Showcase.
Love Data Week (Feb. 9–13, 2026) is an international event bringing Big Ten partners together for virtual sessions on smarter strategy, storytelling, and decision-making. Explore themes, tools, and past recordings on the Love Data Week website. Rutgers University Libraries will also host events that week.
This year, Rutgers is joining in with a campuswide Data Viz Championship—organized by Rutgers University Libraries and the Office of Information Technology—to name two winners: one student and one faculty/staff.
Student instructions
Students are invited to submit a public, link-accessible data visualization by January 26. Full requirements are as follows:
- Students must use the provided sample dataset on college fight songs, which can be downloaded below.
- Any data visualization tool is permitted as long as the result is accessible via a public link (no login required).
- Collaboration is encouraged; all collaborators must be credited.
- If selected for the showcase, one collaborator must be designated as the presenter.
Download sample dataset: FiveThirtyEight Fight Songs
Additional information: Data Set Description
Submit your visualization: go.rutgers.edu/data-viz-submission
Faculty and staff instructions
Faculty and staff are invited to submit a public, link-accessible data visualization by January 26. Full requirements are as follows:
- The viz should be used for something related to the Big Ten (e.g., athletics, enrollment data, etc.), public research the creator is involved in, or information about the institution—be it the institution as a whole or a specific initiative/population.
- All submissions must follow the school’s institutional data policies and guidelines (i.e., please do not submit a viz with Social Security Numbers or HIPAA information).
- Any data visualization tool is permitted as long as the result is accessible via a public link (no login required).
- Faculty and staff should credit all involved as authors of the work.
- If selected for the showcase, one collaborator must be designated as the presenter.
Submit your visualization: go.rutgers.edu/data-viz-submission
