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Rebuilding Ukraine — one university’s bold vision

Rector and AI researcher Nataliya Shakhovska tells Nature how her institution is supporting students and staff members amid the war and about her hopes for the future.
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  1. Aisling Irwin

One of Ukraine’s largest universities inaugurated its first female rector in May. Now, Nataliya Shakhovska is steering Lviv Polytechnic National University’s 35,000 students and 2,500 academic staff members through the fourth year of the Russian invasion, on top of her research on artificial intelligence.

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Nature 647, 319-320 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-03638-9

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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