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Learn more Jun 10, 2024 How Effective are America’s State Legislators? Domestic Policy & Politics Political Science The Center for Effective Lawmaking has compiled a massive database to measure the effectiveness of nearly every state legislator in the U.S. Based on the center's trusted methodology developed a decade ago to rank the effectiveness of members of Congress, the project is the first to collect this kind of data at the state level in a comprehensive fashion. Learn more Jun 08, 2024 Hudson Discusses Changing Face of Virginia Politics and Realities of Policy Making The national State Politics and Policy Conference kicked off last night with a dinner in the newly opened Student Health and Wellness Building, featuring Sally Hudson as the keynote speaker. Hudson is a labor economist, politician and political reformer who teaches at the Batten School and served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2020 to 2024. Outside the classroom, she consults with government agencies, NGOs and philanthropists to research and improve the delivery of public service. Learn more Jun 06, 2024 Batten Hosts Back-to-Back Political Conferences Domestic Policy & Politics The UVA Batten School is excited to co-host the national State Politics and Policy Conference this weekend, bringing together some 140 political science researchers from across the country to share their recent findings on a wide range of topics. Immediately following, Batten hosts the annual conference of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, a joint project with Vanderbilt University. Learn more May 22, 2024 Graduation is Over – Now Where To? This was our largest graduating class yet, with 186 alumni heading out into the world with the determination, empathy, integrity and leadership skills to bridge divides and solve the most pressing policy challenges of our time. Meet a few of them here. Learn more May 22, 2024 Grounds to Listen: With Dean Solomon and Mariko Silver On this special episode of "Grounds to Listen," Mariko Silver, president and CEO of the Henry Luce Foundation, joins Dean Solomon for a wide-ranging conversation on leadership. The two discuss the importance of curiosity, the challenges of leading diverse groups of people, and the value of stepping out of your comfort zone. Learn more May 21, 2024 From Roads, to Trees to Gifts: Graduation Speakers Illustrate the Diversity of Public Service Journeys After receiving their diplomas in Final Exercises on the Lawn on Saturday morning, nearly 200 Batten BA and MPP graduates gathered with their guests, and faculty and staff later in the day to celebrate. Keynote speaker Dr. Adriana Kugler, along with Ellie Stombres (BA ’24) and Collin Quigley (MPP ’24), delivered thoughtful remarks, at times somber and funny, about choosing a career in public service. Learn more May 21, 2024 Inaugural Batten Humanitarian Collaborative Fellows Named Two graduating BA’s, Emma Nardone and Sadie Rogerson, have been selected as Batten Humanitarian Collaborative Fellows for 2024. Nardone and Rogerson will work with the World Food Program USA public policy team doing analysis and advocacy with members of Congress in support of the United Nations World Food Program’s humanitarian work around the world. Learn more May 15, 2024 Policies for Conflict and Peace in Northern Ireland The Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy offers a capstone course, which includes field study in Ireland over the spring break. The course examines the development of conflict in Northern Ireland, the institutional reforms embedded in the peace process culminating in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the stability of the peace in the ensuing years, and the strains placed on the peace by the Brexit vote in 2016. Learn more May 15, 2024 Student’s Essay Leads Her to Global Symposium in Switzerland Batten graduating MPP student Khalila Karefa-Kargbo recently returned from the St. Gallen Symposium Switzerland where she was one of only 100 students from around the world qualifying through its global essay competition to participate as a "Leader of Tomorrow." Congratulations Khalila! Learn more May 14, 2024 PEGLLLLab Recognizes Local Peacekeepers for Their Service The Batten School’s PEGLLLLab held a community event to recognize local first-responders and peacekeepers for their service in the line of duty. About 60 people attended, and 24 men and women received awards for their service and sacrifice. Learn more May 08, 2024 Batten Pilot and Legacy Awards Announced As the academic year closes, the Batten community has come together to honor several exemplary students who have been nominated by peers, faculty and staff for their consistent and superior work and dedication inside and outside the classroom. These awards are based on principles and traits exemplary of and important to our founder, the late Frank Batten, Sr. 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
Jun 11, 2024 6th Annual CEL Conference on Effective Lawmaking Attendees at the 6th Annual Conference on Effective Lawmaking, hosted by the Batten School, enjoyed a day of research discussions and an evening of networking and a talk by former Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives Thomas Wickham. Learn more
Jun 10, 2024 How Effective are America’s State Legislators? Domestic Policy & Politics Political Science The Center for Effective Lawmaking has compiled a massive database to measure the effectiveness of nearly every state legislator in the U.S. Based on the center's trusted methodology developed a decade ago to rank the effectiveness of members of Congress, the project is the first to collect this kind of data at the state level in a comprehensive fashion. Learn more
Jun 08, 2024 Hudson Discusses Changing Face of Virginia Politics and Realities of Policy Making The national State Politics and Policy Conference kicked off last night with a dinner in the newly opened Student Health and Wellness Building, featuring Sally Hudson as the keynote speaker. Hudson is a labor economist, politician and political reformer who teaches at the Batten School and served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2020 to 2024. Outside the classroom, she consults with government agencies, NGOs and philanthropists to research and improve the delivery of public service. Learn more
Jun 06, 2024 Batten Hosts Back-to-Back Political Conferences Domestic Policy & Politics The UVA Batten School is excited to co-host the national State Politics and Policy Conference this weekend, bringing together some 140 political science researchers from across the country to share their recent findings on a wide range of topics. Immediately following, Batten hosts the annual conference of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, a joint project with Vanderbilt University. Learn more
May 22, 2024 Graduation is Over – Now Where To? This was our largest graduating class yet, with 186 alumni heading out into the world with the determination, empathy, integrity and leadership skills to bridge divides and solve the most pressing policy challenges of our time. Meet a few of them here. Learn more
May 22, 2024 Grounds to Listen: With Dean Solomon and Mariko Silver On this special episode of "Grounds to Listen," Mariko Silver, president and CEO of the Henry Luce Foundation, joins Dean Solomon for a wide-ranging conversation on leadership. The two discuss the importance of curiosity, the challenges of leading diverse groups of people, and the value of stepping out of your comfort zone. Learn more
May 21, 2024 From Roads, to Trees to Gifts: Graduation Speakers Illustrate the Diversity of Public Service Journeys After receiving their diplomas in Final Exercises on the Lawn on Saturday morning, nearly 200 Batten BA and MPP graduates gathered with their guests, and faculty and staff later in the day to celebrate. Keynote speaker Dr. Adriana Kugler, along with Ellie Stombres (BA ’24) and Collin Quigley (MPP ’24), delivered thoughtful remarks, at times somber and funny, about choosing a career in public service. Learn more
May 21, 2024 Inaugural Batten Humanitarian Collaborative Fellows Named Two graduating BA’s, Emma Nardone and Sadie Rogerson, have been selected as Batten Humanitarian Collaborative Fellows for 2024. Nardone and Rogerson will work with the World Food Program USA public policy team doing analysis and advocacy with members of Congress in support of the United Nations World Food Program’s humanitarian work around the world. Learn more
May 15, 2024 Policies for Conflict and Peace in Northern Ireland The Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy offers a capstone course, which includes field study in Ireland over the spring break. The course examines the development of conflict in Northern Ireland, the institutional reforms embedded in the peace process culminating in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the stability of the peace in the ensuing years, and the strains placed on the peace by the Brexit vote in 2016. Learn more
May 15, 2024 Student’s Essay Leads Her to Global Symposium in Switzerland Batten graduating MPP student Khalila Karefa-Kargbo recently returned from the St. Gallen Symposium Switzerland where she was one of only 100 students from around the world qualifying through its global essay competition to participate as a "Leader of Tomorrow." Congratulations Khalila! Learn more
May 14, 2024 PEGLLLLab Recognizes Local Peacekeepers for Their Service The Batten School’s PEGLLLLab held a community event to recognize local first-responders and peacekeepers for their service in the line of duty. About 60 people attended, and 24 men and women received awards for their service and sacrifice. Learn more
May 08, 2024 Batten Pilot and Legacy Awards Announced As the academic year closes, the Batten community has come together to honor several exemplary students who have been nominated by peers, faculty and staff for their consistent and superior work and dedication inside and outside the classroom. These awards are based on principles and traits exemplary of and important to our founder, the late Frank Batten, Sr. Learn more