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Mar 27, 2025 UVA Students Visit Norway to Learn Better Approaches to Incarceration Twenty UVA students and staff traveled to Norway over spring break for an immersive study abroad experience to learn about alternative systems for incarceration. It was part of the UVA Batten course, LPPS 5670: Education in the U.S. and International Prison Systems. Learn more
Feb 13, 2024 Advocating for a Better Justice System in America Education Racial Justice and Equity Domestic Policy & Politics Gerard Robinson, who joined the Batten School in the fall of 2023 as a professor of practice in public policy and law, has an understanding of America’s penal systems that is historical, encyclopedic, peppered with factual evidence and flavored with his own philosophical musings. Learn more
Nov 10, 2023 A Second Chance: The Promise of the Prison-to-Education Pipeline Gerard Robinson, Batten professor of practice, engaged a rapt audience at Batten Hour on the inextricable dynamics of education and incarceration in the U.S. Learn more
Sep 22, 2023 Guest Column | Back to School is More Than Back to Partying Each fall, 21,000 UVA students return to Grounds, meaning longer lines at restaurants, more traffic, etc -- but it also means the return of an annual tradition in UVA's spirt of service. Batten professor of practice Gerard Robinson pens a lovely tribute in the Daily Progress to the students who volunteer with area nonprofits. Learn more
Dec 05, 2022 Batten Faculty Member Tapped to Lead Outreach at Penn State Larry D. Terry II, executive director of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and faculty member at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, has been selected as the vice president for outreach at Penn State University. Learn more
Jun 10, 2020 Governor Northam Appoints Larry Terry to State Crime Commission Crime and Justice Racial Justice and Equity On Tuesday afternoon, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam appointed Larry Terry – who holds an appointment in UVA’s Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy – to a two-year term on the Virginia State Crime Commission. READ IN UVA TODAY
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