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Batten School professor Kirsten Gelsdorf and Humanitarian Collaborative practitioner fellow Adrienne Ghaly created a book club that might save the world. Learn more Nov 09, 2022 Stop Quiet Quitters From Sabotaging Your Company Economics Speaking with Investor's Business Daily, Batten School professor Jim Detert offers tips for identifying “quiet quitters” who are no longer as engaged with their employer’s mission. Learn more Oct 11, 2022 Quiet quitting and the great resignation have a common cause – dissatisfied workers feel they can’t speak up in the workplace Economics James Detert, Professor of Business Administration and faculty affiliate of the Batten School, explains "organizational silence" in an article for The Conversation. Workers stand up against inappropriate behavior roughly one-third of the time. There are four common fears that keep people from speaking up. Learn more Jul 13, 2022 A Global Approach to Improving Outcomes for Teen Mothers and Their Babies Humanitarian Policy Batten professor Lucy Bassett brought researchers from around the world together to tackle an issue that spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the UVA Humanitarian Collaborative, Bassett organized a workshop focused on how more support can be brought to adolescent mothers and young children. Learn more Jul 05, 2022 Enhancing educators’ skills for quality preprimary education in Bangladesh Education Humanitarian Policy In a study for World Bank, Batten's Lucy Bassett and co-author share findings about teacher preparedness in Bangladesh's pre-primary education programs. Learn more Jun 06, 2022 Kirsten Gelsdorf: Examining Today’s Humanitarian Crises and Organizations Humanitarian Policy Global Politics & International Relations International and Global Affairs Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy professor Kirsten Gelsdorf spoke to UVA Lifetime Learning's podcast about the current state of worldwide humanitarian crises and organizations poised to address them. Learn more May 24, 2022 Childcare is a critical need for women refugees. It must be made a priority International and Global Affairs Humanitarian Policy Learn more Apr 18, 2022 Health insurance coverage for kids through Medicaid and CHIP helps their moms too Health Policy Economics Batten professor Sebastian Tello-Trillo shares new research suggesting that health insurance coverage for kids through Medicaid and CHIP helps their moms. Learn more Apr 01, 2022 Alum in Action: Curbing the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic Through Data Economics International and Global Affairs Aaron Chafetz (MPP ’13) is a senior economist in the Office of HIV/AIDS at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), where he has risen in the ranks over the past decade. Learn more Mar 31, 2022 Sesame Workshop President is 2022 Jefferson Medalist in Citizen Leadership Education Leadership Humanitarian Policy Sherrie Rollins Westin, president of Sesame Workshop and a 1980 graduate of UVA, has been named this year’s recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership, an award selected by the Batten School. Learn more Mar 30, 2022 Alumna Outlines Child Care Policy in National Publication Education Economics Batten alum Maureen Coffey (MPP '21), a policy analyst on the early childhood policy team at Center for American Progress, says that lack of affordable child care costs families, employers and the entire economy. In an op-ed for MarketWatch, Coffey and co-author Hailey Gibbs outline how a comprehensive national approach could solve the problem. Learn more Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page Next › Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
May 11, 2023 Jefferson Scholars Foundation Honors Six Outstanding UVA Faculty Members Economics Education Batten Professor of economics, education and public policy Sarah Turner was selected as this year's recipient of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Faculty Prize. Learn more
Dec 01, 2022 Want To Help Save the World? This New Book Club Offers a Novel Approach Humanitarian Policy News and facts about humanitarian crises don't drive people to action, but a good fiction book might. Batten School professor Kirsten Gelsdorf and Humanitarian Collaborative practitioner fellow Adrienne Ghaly created a book club that might save the world. Learn more
Nov 09, 2022 Stop Quiet Quitters From Sabotaging Your Company Economics Speaking with Investor's Business Daily, Batten School professor Jim Detert offers tips for identifying “quiet quitters” who are no longer as engaged with their employer’s mission. Learn more
Oct 11, 2022 Quiet quitting and the great resignation have a common cause – dissatisfied workers feel they can’t speak up in the workplace Economics James Detert, Professor of Business Administration and faculty affiliate of the Batten School, explains "organizational silence" in an article for The Conversation. Workers stand up against inappropriate behavior roughly one-third of the time. There are four common fears that keep people from speaking up. Learn more
Jul 13, 2022 A Global Approach to Improving Outcomes for Teen Mothers and Their Babies Humanitarian Policy Batten professor Lucy Bassett brought researchers from around the world together to tackle an issue that spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the UVA Humanitarian Collaborative, Bassett organized a workshop focused on how more support can be brought to adolescent mothers and young children. Learn more
Jul 05, 2022 Enhancing educators’ skills for quality preprimary education in Bangladesh Education Humanitarian Policy In a study for World Bank, Batten's Lucy Bassett and co-author share findings about teacher preparedness in Bangladesh's pre-primary education programs. Learn more
Jun 06, 2022 Kirsten Gelsdorf: Examining Today’s Humanitarian Crises and Organizations Humanitarian Policy Global Politics & International Relations International and Global Affairs Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy professor Kirsten Gelsdorf spoke to UVA Lifetime Learning's podcast about the current state of worldwide humanitarian crises and organizations poised to address them. Learn more
May 24, 2022 Childcare is a critical need for women refugees. It must be made a priority International and Global Affairs Humanitarian Policy Learn more
Apr 18, 2022 Health insurance coverage for kids through Medicaid and CHIP helps their moms too Health Policy Economics Batten professor Sebastian Tello-Trillo shares new research suggesting that health insurance coverage for kids through Medicaid and CHIP helps their moms. Learn more
Apr 01, 2022 Alum in Action: Curbing the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic Through Data Economics International and Global Affairs Aaron Chafetz (MPP ’13) is a senior economist in the Office of HIV/AIDS at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), where he has risen in the ranks over the past decade. Learn more
Mar 31, 2022 Sesame Workshop President is 2022 Jefferson Medalist in Citizen Leadership Education Leadership Humanitarian Policy Sherrie Rollins Westin, president of Sesame Workshop and a 1980 graduate of UVA, has been named this year’s recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership, an award selected by the Batten School. Learn more
Mar 30, 2022 Alumna Outlines Child Care Policy in National Publication Education Economics Batten alum Maureen Coffey (MPP '21), a policy analyst on the early childhood policy team at Center for American Progress, says that lack of affordable child care costs families, employers and the entire economy. In an op-ed for MarketWatch, Coffey and co-author Hailey Gibbs outline how a comprehensive national approach could solve the problem. Learn more