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Launched in the summer of 2018, the seminar which is an initiative of the Office of the Provost grew out of a desire to deepen faculty’s understanding of the University’s and greater Charlottesville’s complicated history with race. Learn more Jul 10, 2019 How to Make the Criminal Justice System Work Better Democracy Crime and Justice Affiliated Batten faculty member, Larry Terry, who is the executive director of the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service discusses the best practices and strategies for criminal justice reform. Q&A: HOW TO MAKE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WORK BETTER May 31, 2019 21st Century Challenges: Climate, Immigration, and Terror Democracy Ethics Last week, the Miller Center and UVA’s Democracy Initiative kicked off the Presidential Ideas Festival (PrezFest), a three-day festival examining the state of democracy through the lens of the presidency. As part of PrezFest, Batten professor David Leblang moderated a discussion examining the role of the president in relation to 21st century challenges of climate, migration, and national security. The panelists included Rosa Brooks, Georgetown professor of law; Deborah Lawrence, UVA professor of environmental sciences; and Todd Sechser, Batten professor of politics and public policy and UVA professor of politics. Learn more Jan 24, 2019 585 Students Around the World Compete in Host Nations: A Refugee Simulation Advocacy Economics Domestic Policy & Politics Leadership On February 23, the third annual NASPPA-Batten Student Simulation Competition will take place, bringing together a record 585 graduate students from around the globe to tackle policy issues associated with forced migration through computer-based simulated gameplay. Learn more Sep 13, 2018 Batten’s Shimshack Explains If (and Why) People Wait Too Long to Stock Up to Prepare for Hurricanes Economics Environmental Policy Social Psychology Is it the “ostrich effect?” Misguided optimism? Ease of shopping during normal times? Or a distrust of government warnings? Learn more Oct 20, 2015 U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson speaks at the Batten School Democracy Leadership U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson spoke at the Batten School on in October on “The Challenges of Policy Change: US-Cuba Relations as a Case Study.” Learn more Oct 15, 2015 Congressman Bobby Scott Speaks at the Batten School Democracy Ethics In October, Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA), discussed critical issues in Congress, including reforming our nation’s criminal justice system, improving access to a quality higher education and updating the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Learn more Sep 17, 2015 The Retailing of American Medicine Health Policy Democracy American medical care may be helpful much of the time, but rarely is it timely or convenient. Read in The Hill Sep 16, 2015 More Than a Game: Batten Simulation Center Puts Ideas to Real-World Tests Education Democracy The Batten School’s recently unveiled Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming prepares students for public life by allowing them to test real-world solutions in a virtual environment. Read in UVAToday Sep 15, 2015 Ruhm Speaks at Department of Labor Symposium Democracy Advocacy Professor Christopher Ruhm presented his research at the Paid Family and Medical Leave Findings Symposium, hosted by the Department of Labor. Learn more Sep 10, 2015 Batten Student Returns to Ghana to Make a Difference Leadership Democracy Working with a team of colleagues, 4th-year Batten student Emmanuel Agyemang-Dua established the 21st Century Citizens Initiative (21st CCI), whose aim it is to help Ghanaian youth embrace technology and become more involved in local policy issues and their creation. Learn more Aug 30, 2015 Warburg: Don't tread on public service Democracy Ethics Hyper-partisanship and the politics of personal destruction are plagues of our time. So, too, is the pervasive distrust of institutions citizens have built up and looked to for generations. Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Current page 6 Page 7 Next page Next › Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
Aug 21, 2019 University Faculty Learn How to Live More Connected Lives by Confronting Difficult Past Democracy Racial Justice and Equity This past June, Batten professors Lucy Bassett and Andrew Pennock participated in the University’s Teaching Race at UVA seminar. Launched in the summer of 2018, the seminar which is an initiative of the Office of the Provost grew out of a desire to deepen faculty’s understanding of the University’s and greater Charlottesville’s complicated history with race. Learn more
Jul 10, 2019 How to Make the Criminal Justice System Work Better Democracy Crime and Justice Affiliated Batten faculty member, Larry Terry, who is the executive director of the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service discusses the best practices and strategies for criminal justice reform. Q&A: HOW TO MAKE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WORK BETTER
May 31, 2019 21st Century Challenges: Climate, Immigration, and Terror Democracy Ethics Last week, the Miller Center and UVA’s Democracy Initiative kicked off the Presidential Ideas Festival (PrezFest), a three-day festival examining the state of democracy through the lens of the presidency. As part of PrezFest, Batten professor David Leblang moderated a discussion examining the role of the president in relation to 21st century challenges of climate, migration, and national security. The panelists included Rosa Brooks, Georgetown professor of law; Deborah Lawrence, UVA professor of environmental sciences; and Todd Sechser, Batten professor of politics and public policy and UVA professor of politics. Learn more
Jan 24, 2019 585 Students Around the World Compete in Host Nations: A Refugee Simulation Advocacy Economics Domestic Policy & Politics Leadership On February 23, the third annual NASPPA-Batten Student Simulation Competition will take place, bringing together a record 585 graduate students from around the globe to tackle policy issues associated with forced migration through computer-based simulated gameplay. Learn more
Sep 13, 2018 Batten’s Shimshack Explains If (and Why) People Wait Too Long to Stock Up to Prepare for Hurricanes Economics Environmental Policy Social Psychology Is it the “ostrich effect?” Misguided optimism? Ease of shopping during normal times? Or a distrust of government warnings? Learn more
Oct 20, 2015 U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson speaks at the Batten School Democracy Leadership U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson spoke at the Batten School on in October on “The Challenges of Policy Change: US-Cuba Relations as a Case Study.” Learn more
Oct 15, 2015 Congressman Bobby Scott Speaks at the Batten School Democracy Ethics In October, Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA), discussed critical issues in Congress, including reforming our nation’s criminal justice system, improving access to a quality higher education and updating the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Learn more
Sep 17, 2015 The Retailing of American Medicine Health Policy Democracy American medical care may be helpful much of the time, but rarely is it timely or convenient. Read in The Hill
Sep 16, 2015 More Than a Game: Batten Simulation Center Puts Ideas to Real-World Tests Education Democracy The Batten School’s recently unveiled Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming prepares students for public life by allowing them to test real-world solutions in a virtual environment. Read in UVAToday
Sep 15, 2015 Ruhm Speaks at Department of Labor Symposium Democracy Advocacy Professor Christopher Ruhm presented his research at the Paid Family and Medical Leave Findings Symposium, hosted by the Department of Labor. Learn more
Sep 10, 2015 Batten Student Returns to Ghana to Make a Difference Leadership Democracy Working with a team of colleagues, 4th-year Batten student Emmanuel Agyemang-Dua established the 21st Century Citizens Initiative (21st CCI), whose aim it is to help Ghanaian youth embrace technology and become more involved in local policy issues and their creation. Learn more
Aug 30, 2015 Warburg: Don't tread on public service Democracy Ethics Hyper-partisanship and the politics of personal destruction are plagues of our time. So, too, is the pervasive distrust of institutions citizens have built up and looked to for generations. Learn more