About News News Subscribe Leadership Education Domestic Policy & Politics Racial Justice and Equity Democracy International and Global Affairs Political Science Health Policy Economics Advocacy Ethics National Security Social Entrepreneurship Social Equity Social Psychology Crime and Justice Environmental Policy Humanitarian Policy International Development Global Politics & International Relations Research and Commentary Immigration Migration Labor Housing Virginia Politics & Policy Facet Area of Focus - News Ian H. Solomon Craig Volden Brian N. Williams Christine Mahoney Benjamin Castleman Kirsten Gelsdorf Gerald Warburg Gabrielle Adams Philip Potter Daphna Bassok Jay Shimshack Lucy Bassett Andrew S. Pennock John Holbein David Leblang Allan Stam Raymond C. Scheppach Sarah Turner Sophie Trawalter Christopher J. Ruhm Timothy L. Davis Bala Mulloth Benjamin Converse Sebastian Tello Trillo Eileen Chou Jeanine Braithwaite Jennifer Lawless Jill Rockwell Todd S. Sechser Alexander Bick James H. Wyckoff Paul S. Martin Peter Johannessen Steve Hiss Daniel W. Player Gerard Robinson Laura Toscano Michael D. Williams Molly Lipscomb Noah Myung William Shobe Brooke Lehmann Harry Harding James R. Detert Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi Jeff Chidester Kyle S. H. Dobson Larry Terry Margaret Foster Riley Tim Layton Abigail Scholer Adam Leive Allison Atteberry Andrew Simon Brad Carson Brendan J. Boler Derek Wu Frederick P. Hitz Galen Fountain Gerald Higginbotham Isaac Mbiti Melanie Anne Egorin Michele Claibourn Sally Hudson Xiao Wang Adam Roux Amanda Crombie Andrew J Wilson Andy Ortiz Ashley Jardina Ben Goehring Brooke Ray Charles J. Rush Charles J. Rush Diane Biesecker George Foresman Jenna Anders Jieun Pai Justin H. Kirkland Kimberly Jenkins Robinson Melanie Anne Egorin Melissa Thomas-Hunt Pam Cipriano Paul Becker SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor Facet People - News Center for Effective Lawmaking UVA Humanitarian Collaborative National Security Policy Center EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness UVA Center for Politics Karsh Institute of Democracy Miller Center Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service School of Education and Human Development School of Law School of Nursing Social Innovation @ UVA Center for Social Innovation Darden School of Business Department of Economics School Engineering College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences McIntire School of Commerce School of Medicine Facet UVA Partner - News Research and Commentary Student Stories Alum in Action Racial Justice and Equity Faculty In Action Accolades Profiles In Public Service Batten 15th Anniversary Featured Research Facet News Type - News Aug 21, 2025 UVA Batten welcomes cohort of new faculty Joining the award-winning faculty of the UVA Batten School this fall, five new faculty members bring diverse research portfolios and substantial policy experience to enrich Batten’s growing community. Learn more Aug 12, 2025 Student leaders welcome first-years during orientation Two UVA students entering Batten's bachelor's program this fall — Owen Andrews and Kayla Kline-Polio — signed up to be orientation leaders over the summer to help make incoming first-year and transfer Hoos feel welcomed into the University community. Learn more Aug 12, 2025 Tadler family gift catalyzes a two-way path of learning and giving in Appalachia Thanks to generous giving from UVA alumni Richard and Donna Tadler over the past five years, more than 175 UVA Batten students have traveled to Southwest Virginia and engaged directly with community partners to understand, research, and design policy solutions to bolster economic and community development in the struggling region. Learn more Aug 12, 2025 Kevin Heaney: Alumni wins national CyberScoop 50 Award Heaney (MPP '22) is a cyber operations planner with the U.S. Department of Energy. Nominated by his superiors at the agency, he has received a CyberScoop 50 Award in the Most Inspiring Up and Comers category, which recognizes “information security trailblazers early in their careers who are on track to be leaders of tomorrow in cybersecurity.” Learn more Jul 30, 2025 Lipscomb co-edits a review of sanitation research Molly Lipscomb, associate professor of public policy and economics at UVA Batten, has been invited by VoxDev to serve as a senior editor for a review of research around the world on sanitation infrastructure. Learn more Jul 22, 2025 Layton’s research published in multiple journals UVA Batten associate professor of public policy and economics Tim Layton, an expert on the economics of health insurance markets, has published several research papers this summer. Learn more Jul 16, 2025 Batten raftin’: Graduate students take on the New River Gorge A group of more than 15 UVA Batten rising second-year graduate students and friends ventured to the New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia this summer for a weekend of camping, rafting, and cementing their camaraderie. Said one: "I know the cohort has my back. I hope that the cohort knows I have theirs.” Learn more Jun 25, 2025 Sarah Alexander: Batten Alumna Takes Charge Sarah Alexander (BA ’19) is the incoming president of the Batten Alumni Advisory Board (BAAB). A native of New Orleans, La., she grew up understanding how offshore energy development and coastal environmental restoration are intertwined, and has pursued that interest through her career in Congress and most recently with a D.C. public policy firm. Learn more June 24, 2025 Grounds to Listen: With Dean Solomon and Brendan Tuohey On this episode of "Grounds to Listen," Brendan Tuohey, co-founder and president of PeacePlayers, talks with UVA Batten dean Ian H. Solomon about how the organization is bringing people together across divides in the Middle East, South Africa, Northern Ireland, and the United States through sports. Learn more Jun 18, 2025 Nationally Recognized Health Policy Expert Melanie Anne Egorin Joins UVA Batten as Professor of Practice Health policy expert Melanie Anne Egorin will join the faculty at the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy this fall. Egorin comes to the school with more than 20 years of experience in federal service. Learn more Jun 16, 2025 UVA Batten Helps Students Take Top Honors in Prestigious Competitions For the third year in a row, students enrolled in UVA Batten’s experiential course, Introduction to Management Consulting and Strategic Decision Making, have won top honors in the Bain & Company Women’s Case Competition at UVA. Participants from the course have also won, for the second year in a row, the 2025 Deloitte Undergraduate Case Competition. Learn more Jun 10, 2025 Pennock Wins All-University Teaching Award UVA Batten associate professor of public policy Andrew Pennock has received the 2025 All-University Teaching Award from the University of Virginia. The annual awards honor UVA faculty members who demonstrate exceptional dedication, passion, creativity, and equity in their contributions to the University’s teaching mission. Learn more Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Next page Next › Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
Aug 21, 2025 UVA Batten welcomes cohort of new faculty Joining the award-winning faculty of the UVA Batten School this fall, five new faculty members bring diverse research portfolios and substantial policy experience to enrich Batten’s growing community. Learn more
Aug 12, 2025 Student leaders welcome first-years during orientation Two UVA students entering Batten's bachelor's program this fall — Owen Andrews and Kayla Kline-Polio — signed up to be orientation leaders over the summer to help make incoming first-year and transfer Hoos feel welcomed into the University community. Learn more
Aug 12, 2025 Tadler family gift catalyzes a two-way path of learning and giving in Appalachia Thanks to generous giving from UVA alumni Richard and Donna Tadler over the past five years, more than 175 UVA Batten students have traveled to Southwest Virginia and engaged directly with community partners to understand, research, and design policy solutions to bolster economic and community development in the struggling region. Learn more
Aug 12, 2025 Kevin Heaney: Alumni wins national CyberScoop 50 Award Heaney (MPP '22) is a cyber operations planner with the U.S. Department of Energy. Nominated by his superiors at the agency, he has received a CyberScoop 50 Award in the Most Inspiring Up and Comers category, which recognizes “information security trailblazers early in their careers who are on track to be leaders of tomorrow in cybersecurity.” Learn more
Jul 30, 2025 Lipscomb co-edits a review of sanitation research Molly Lipscomb, associate professor of public policy and economics at UVA Batten, has been invited by VoxDev to serve as a senior editor for a review of research around the world on sanitation infrastructure. Learn more
Jul 22, 2025 Layton’s research published in multiple journals UVA Batten associate professor of public policy and economics Tim Layton, an expert on the economics of health insurance markets, has published several research papers this summer. Learn more
Jul 16, 2025 Batten raftin’: Graduate students take on the New River Gorge A group of more than 15 UVA Batten rising second-year graduate students and friends ventured to the New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia this summer for a weekend of camping, rafting, and cementing their camaraderie. Said one: "I know the cohort has my back. I hope that the cohort knows I have theirs.” Learn more
Jun 25, 2025 Sarah Alexander: Batten Alumna Takes Charge Sarah Alexander (BA ’19) is the incoming president of the Batten Alumni Advisory Board (BAAB). A native of New Orleans, La., she grew up understanding how offshore energy development and coastal environmental restoration are intertwined, and has pursued that interest through her career in Congress and most recently with a D.C. public policy firm. Learn more
June 24, 2025 Grounds to Listen: With Dean Solomon and Brendan Tuohey On this episode of "Grounds to Listen," Brendan Tuohey, co-founder and president of PeacePlayers, talks with UVA Batten dean Ian H. Solomon about how the organization is bringing people together across divides in the Middle East, South Africa, Northern Ireland, and the United States through sports. Learn more
Jun 18, 2025 Nationally Recognized Health Policy Expert Melanie Anne Egorin Joins UVA Batten as Professor of Practice Health policy expert Melanie Anne Egorin will join the faculty at the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy this fall. Egorin comes to the school with more than 20 years of experience in federal service. Learn more
Jun 16, 2025 UVA Batten Helps Students Take Top Honors in Prestigious Competitions For the third year in a row, students enrolled in UVA Batten’s experiential course, Introduction to Management Consulting and Strategic Decision Making, have won top honors in the Bain & Company Women’s Case Competition at UVA. Participants from the course have also won, for the second year in a row, the 2025 Deloitte Undergraduate Case Competition. Learn more
Jun 10, 2025 Pennock Wins All-University Teaching Award UVA Batten associate professor of public policy Andrew Pennock has received the 2025 All-University Teaching Award from the University of Virginia. The annual awards honor UVA faculty members who demonstrate exceptional dedication, passion, creativity, and equity in their contributions to the University’s teaching mission. Learn more