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In an article for The Conversation, Batten's Raymond Scheppach explains why the disaster never happened. Read in The Conversation Apr 09, 2021 Mahoney: Let’s put our money where our values are Social Entrepreneurship Economics What if you could grow your money by investing in companies whose missions align with your own? In an op-ed for Charlottesville Tomorrow, Batten's Christine Mahoney outlines how socially conscious investors could make a big impact in Virginia. Read in Charlottesville Tomorrow Apr 05, 2021 Class of 2021: Batten Student Aims to Use Her Policy Prowess Back Home Leadership Economics Domestic Policy & Politics Tatenda Mabikacheche (MPP ’21) grew up in Zimbabwe during a period of incredible economic instability. What she’s learned during her time at Batten, she said, can help her country rebuild. Learn more Apr 01, 2021 Looking Back and Looking Forward: 10 Years of Social Entrepreneurship at SE@UVA Social Entrepreneurship Leadership Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Virginia (SE@UVA), a Batten School initiative, is marking its 10-year anniversary with a renewed commitment to educate the next generation of social innovation leaders. Learn more Mar 01, 2021 Why Using Reconciliation to Pass Biden’s COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Violates the Original Purpose of the Process Political Science Economics In 1974, Congress invented the reconciliation process to reduce deficits. More recently, reconciliation has been used in ways that increase the deficit. Batten’s Ray Scheppach spoke with The Conversation to explain the process. Read in The Conversation Jan 08, 2021 Armed with Humor, Batten Student Named Among Nation's Top Four Army ROTC Cadets Leadership Economics The Navy Federal Credit Union has selected Batten student Jacob Shapero (MPP '21) as one of four Army ROTC All-Americans nationwide. READ IN UVA TODAY Jan 04, 2021 Key justices seem inclined to uphold the Affordable Care Act. But uncertainty remains. Economics Health Policy In the latest edition of Batten Expert Chats, Batten professor and health economist Sebastian Tello-Trillo discussed the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on the healthcare law, as well as its policy implications. Learn more Dec 15, 2020 Shimshack and co-authors find EPA used dubious methodology to justify weakening the Clean Water Act Environmental Policy Economics The Trump administration’s decision to remove federal Clean Water Act protections from millions of acres of wetlands and millions of miles of streams is based on dubious methodology and flawed logic, according to a new report by Batten professor Jay Shimshack and environmental economists from leading research institutions across the U.S. Learn more Dec 10, 2020 Castleman and Colleague Shed Light on Rewards of 'Credential Stacking' Education Economics The impact of “credential stacking” among community college students had long been of interest to Batten’s Ben Castleman and his colleague Katharine Meyer, but they became even more curious about it during the pandemic. READ IN UVA TODAY Oct 27, 2020 The Virginia Impact Investing Ecosystem Mapping Social Entrepreneurship A new report from the Virginia Impact Investing Forum, housed within Batten’s SE@UVA, found $19 billion in Virginia impact capital but tens of billions more on the sidelines that could be unlocked with more convening, training, and sharing of success stories. Christine Mahoney, director of SE@UVA explains how universities can connect the dots between impact investors and social entrepreneurs and do it in a cost-efficient way. Read In Impact Alpha Oct 16, 2020 Q&A: Do Work Requirements Aid Those on Public Assistance? Batten Professor Says No. Economics Health Policy Adam Leive, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the Batten School, questions the effectiveness of work requirements in public assistance. 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May 03, 2021 Federal Opioid Grant Funding Favors Least Populous States, Not Those With the Greatest Need Economics Health Policy In a new paper published in the journal Health Affairs, Batten’s Christopher J. Ruhm and co-author Bradley A. Katcher find that the federal government’s opioid grant funding structure favors the least populous states, which are not always the states with greatest need. Learn more
Apr 30, 2021 Why States Didn’t Go Broke From the Pandemic Economics Political Science The headlines were inescapable: States faced a financial disaster of epic proportions because of COVID-19. But, the predictions were wrong. In an article for The Conversation, Batten's Raymond Scheppach explains why the disaster never happened. Read in The Conversation
Apr 09, 2021 Mahoney: Let’s put our money where our values are Social Entrepreneurship Economics What if you could grow your money by investing in companies whose missions align with your own? In an op-ed for Charlottesville Tomorrow, Batten's Christine Mahoney outlines how socially conscious investors could make a big impact in Virginia. Read in Charlottesville Tomorrow
Apr 05, 2021 Class of 2021: Batten Student Aims to Use Her Policy Prowess Back Home Leadership Economics Domestic Policy & Politics Tatenda Mabikacheche (MPP ’21) grew up in Zimbabwe during a period of incredible economic instability. What she’s learned during her time at Batten, she said, can help her country rebuild. Learn more
Apr 01, 2021 Looking Back and Looking Forward: 10 Years of Social Entrepreneurship at SE@UVA Social Entrepreneurship Leadership Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Virginia (SE@UVA), a Batten School initiative, is marking its 10-year anniversary with a renewed commitment to educate the next generation of social innovation leaders. Learn more
Mar 01, 2021 Why Using Reconciliation to Pass Biden’s COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Violates the Original Purpose of the Process Political Science Economics In 1974, Congress invented the reconciliation process to reduce deficits. More recently, reconciliation has been used in ways that increase the deficit. Batten’s Ray Scheppach spoke with The Conversation to explain the process. Read in The Conversation
Jan 08, 2021 Armed with Humor, Batten Student Named Among Nation's Top Four Army ROTC Cadets Leadership Economics The Navy Federal Credit Union has selected Batten student Jacob Shapero (MPP '21) as one of four Army ROTC All-Americans nationwide. READ IN UVA TODAY
Jan 04, 2021 Key justices seem inclined to uphold the Affordable Care Act. But uncertainty remains. Economics Health Policy In the latest edition of Batten Expert Chats, Batten professor and health economist Sebastian Tello-Trillo discussed the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on the healthcare law, as well as its policy implications. Learn more
Dec 15, 2020 Shimshack and co-authors find EPA used dubious methodology to justify weakening the Clean Water Act Environmental Policy Economics The Trump administration’s decision to remove federal Clean Water Act protections from millions of acres of wetlands and millions of miles of streams is based on dubious methodology and flawed logic, according to a new report by Batten professor Jay Shimshack and environmental economists from leading research institutions across the U.S. Learn more
Dec 10, 2020 Castleman and Colleague Shed Light on Rewards of 'Credential Stacking' Education Economics The impact of “credential stacking” among community college students had long been of interest to Batten’s Ben Castleman and his colleague Katharine Meyer, but they became even more curious about it during the pandemic. READ IN UVA TODAY
Oct 27, 2020 The Virginia Impact Investing Ecosystem Mapping Social Entrepreneurship A new report from the Virginia Impact Investing Forum, housed within Batten’s SE@UVA, found $19 billion in Virginia impact capital but tens of billions more on the sidelines that could be unlocked with more convening, training, and sharing of success stories. Christine Mahoney, director of SE@UVA explains how universities can connect the dots between impact investors and social entrepreneurs and do it in a cost-efficient way. Read In Impact Alpha
Oct 16, 2020 Q&A: Do Work Requirements Aid Those on Public Assistance? Batten Professor Says No. Economics Health Policy Adam Leive, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the Batten School, questions the effectiveness of work requirements in public assistance. READ IN UVA TODAY