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Of those seeking positions, 99% of graduates from Batten’s Bachelor of Arts degree program and 96% of those who graduated from the Master of Public Policy degree program secured a career destination within six months of graduating. Learn more Apr 29, 2020 Class of 2020: Future ‘Double-Hoo’ Hitting Her Own High Notes at UVA, Beyond Leadership Music has always been at the core of Chloe Cohen, who will become a “Double-Hoo” after earning her master’s degree from the Batten School next month. READ IN UVA TODAY Apr 26, 2020 Health and Wealth: UVA Economists Examine COVID-19’s Impact Economics Health Policy As the economy experiences a steep recession, a panel of UVA economists including Batten's Sarah Turner and David Bradford examined the implications for the nation’s material and physical health. READ IN UVA TODAY Apr 22, 2020 Class of 2020: ‘Harry Potter of Batten’ Has Left an Indelible Mark Leadership From celebrating last season’s UVA’s basketball championship with friends to starting a network for Hispanic and Latinx students at Batten, Brian Zuluaga says he’ll never forget his time as a UVA student. READ IN UVA TODAY Apr 21, 2020 Batten's Jocelyn Willoughby Ready for Next Phase of Her Journey Leadership For the past four years, no one at UVA has embodied the student-athlete ideal more than Jocelyn Willoughby. An All-ACC performer in basketball, she needed only three years to earn a bachelor’s degree, after which she entered Batten's Master of Public Policy program. The ACC’s leading scorer this season, Willoughby became the first Cavalier selected in the WNBA draft since 2010. READ IN UVA TODAY Apr 16, 2020 Social Entrepreneurship at UVA Receives Award as Global Leader in Social Entrepreneurship Education Social Entrepreneurship Leadership Bestowed by AshokaU, a worldwide leader in social innovation education, the award recognizes the extraordinary impact of SE@UVA’s Changemaker Labs. Learn more Apr 13, 2020 Plummeting Tax Revenues Will Put Governors in Tough Budget Situations Economics According to Batten's Ray Scheppach, the magnitude of the coronavirus fiscal crisis that governors and their states will have to face is just starting to emerge. And that crisis will affect states’ abilities to do everything from paying teachers to paving roads to providing social services. Read in The Conversation Apr 10, 2020 Batten's Paul Martin Receives All-University Teaching Award Leadership Martin, who came to UVA as a visiting professor in 2004 in the Department of Politics, then joined the Miller Center of Public Affairs, and became a member of the start-up team when the Batten School was created in 2008, has been lauded for his unrelenting commitment to cultivating his students to be thoughtful citizen-leaders. READ IN UVA TODAY Apr 09, 2020 How Might the COVID-19 Recession Affect Your Health? An Economist Explains. Economics Health Policy Recessions may be good for overall physical health, but this one could be different. Batten professor Chris Ruhm presented an online talk Wednesday offering an economist’s view of the overall health effects of the COVID-19 recession. His talk was the school’s third installment of its expert chat series about COVID-19. Learn more Apr 03, 2020 Governors Take Charge of Response to the Coronavirus Leadership Political Science Batten’s Ray Scheppach, who served as the executive director of the National Governors Association from 1983 to 2011, on why the nation’s governors are prepared to take quick and aggressive action during a crisis and how they have exercised leadership in their states to limit the spread of COVID-19. Read in The Conversation Apr 02, 2020 The Batten School Honors Dr. Rajiv J. Shah with 2020 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership Leadership Dr. Rajiv J. Shah is president of The Rockefeller Foundation, a global philanthropic organization that harnesses advances in data, science and technology to help the world’s most vulnerable. Learn more Mar 27, 2020 The Essential Role of Resilience During Crisis Leadership Health Policy Social Psychology For the first event in Batten's digital expert chat series, Professor Tim Davis spoke about the importance of “emotional fortitude” during the current health crisis. Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Current page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Next page Next › Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
May 01, 2020 The Batten School Announces Employment Outcomes for 2019 Graduates Leadership Recent Batten alums are making their mark across the sectors and around the globe. Of those seeking positions, 99% of graduates from Batten’s Bachelor of Arts degree program and 96% of those who graduated from the Master of Public Policy degree program secured a career destination within six months of graduating. Learn more
Apr 29, 2020 Class of 2020: Future ‘Double-Hoo’ Hitting Her Own High Notes at UVA, Beyond Leadership Music has always been at the core of Chloe Cohen, who will become a “Double-Hoo” after earning her master’s degree from the Batten School next month. READ IN UVA TODAY
Apr 26, 2020 Health and Wealth: UVA Economists Examine COVID-19’s Impact Economics Health Policy As the economy experiences a steep recession, a panel of UVA economists including Batten's Sarah Turner and David Bradford examined the implications for the nation’s material and physical health. READ IN UVA TODAY
Apr 22, 2020 Class of 2020: ‘Harry Potter of Batten’ Has Left an Indelible Mark Leadership From celebrating last season’s UVA’s basketball championship with friends to starting a network for Hispanic and Latinx students at Batten, Brian Zuluaga says he’ll never forget his time as a UVA student. READ IN UVA TODAY
Apr 21, 2020 Batten's Jocelyn Willoughby Ready for Next Phase of Her Journey Leadership For the past four years, no one at UVA has embodied the student-athlete ideal more than Jocelyn Willoughby. An All-ACC performer in basketball, she needed only three years to earn a bachelor’s degree, after which she entered Batten's Master of Public Policy program. The ACC’s leading scorer this season, Willoughby became the first Cavalier selected in the WNBA draft since 2010. READ IN UVA TODAY
Apr 16, 2020 Social Entrepreneurship at UVA Receives Award as Global Leader in Social Entrepreneurship Education Social Entrepreneurship Leadership Bestowed by AshokaU, a worldwide leader in social innovation education, the award recognizes the extraordinary impact of SE@UVA’s Changemaker Labs. Learn more
Apr 13, 2020 Plummeting Tax Revenues Will Put Governors in Tough Budget Situations Economics According to Batten's Ray Scheppach, the magnitude of the coronavirus fiscal crisis that governors and their states will have to face is just starting to emerge. And that crisis will affect states’ abilities to do everything from paying teachers to paving roads to providing social services. Read in The Conversation
Apr 10, 2020 Batten's Paul Martin Receives All-University Teaching Award Leadership Martin, who came to UVA as a visiting professor in 2004 in the Department of Politics, then joined the Miller Center of Public Affairs, and became a member of the start-up team when the Batten School was created in 2008, has been lauded for his unrelenting commitment to cultivating his students to be thoughtful citizen-leaders. READ IN UVA TODAY
Apr 09, 2020 How Might the COVID-19 Recession Affect Your Health? An Economist Explains. Economics Health Policy Recessions may be good for overall physical health, but this one could be different. Batten professor Chris Ruhm presented an online talk Wednesday offering an economist’s view of the overall health effects of the COVID-19 recession. His talk was the school’s third installment of its expert chat series about COVID-19. Learn more
Apr 03, 2020 Governors Take Charge of Response to the Coronavirus Leadership Political Science Batten’s Ray Scheppach, who served as the executive director of the National Governors Association from 1983 to 2011, on why the nation’s governors are prepared to take quick and aggressive action during a crisis and how they have exercised leadership in their states to limit the spread of COVID-19. Read in The Conversation
Apr 02, 2020 The Batten School Honors Dr. Rajiv J. Shah with 2020 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership Leadership Dr. Rajiv J. Shah is president of The Rockefeller Foundation, a global philanthropic organization that harnesses advances in data, science and technology to help the world’s most vulnerable. Learn more
Mar 27, 2020 The Essential Role of Resilience During Crisis Leadership Health Policy Social Psychology For the first event in Batten's digital expert chat series, Professor Tim Davis spoke about the importance of “emotional fortitude” during the current health crisis. Learn more