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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 20, 2020 Two UVA professors developed an innovative new air-filtration venture. Then the pandemic hit. Social Entrepreneurship In the latest installment of Batten’s expert chat series, Batten professor Bala Mulloth and Gaurav Giri, a professor in the department of chemical engineering, discussed how they’re pivoting their business venture to address the crisis. Learn more Feb 18, 2020 Batten’s Bala Mulloth Awarded $100,000 to Empower Students to Solve Global Problems in Air Pollution International and Global Affairs Social Entrepreneurship Batten Professor Bala Mulloth and UVA Engineering Professor Gaurav Giri have been awarded $100,000 for their work to mobilize students to learn about and help address the global air pollution crisis. Learn more 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 Feb 14, 2019 Professor Spotlight: Bala Mulloth Social Entrepreneurship Batten Professor Bala Mulloth thrives in different cultures. “I was born and raised in Mumbai, studied in New York City, then worked in Budapest, Hungary, and for the past four years, I have lived in Charlottesville,” said the professor of Social Entrepreneurship. Learn more Jan 31, 2019 Professor Spotlight: Andy Pennock Advocacy Education Andy Pennock is not your typical breed of professor. The father of four young boys (two sets of fraternal twin boys, aged three and five), teaches five courses per year and yet somehow finds the time and energy to publish a leading textbook on writing for public policy and an op-ed on education policy. Learn more April 13, 2016 Applying Social Entrepreneurship Theory to the Real World Social Entrepreneurship Professor Bala Mulloth launched Developing a New Social Venture, a capstone course offered to fourth-years in Batten’s undergraduate program. Part of the suite of SE@UVA social entrepreneurship classes, the three-credit course, originally taught by Professor Mulloth to MBA students at Central European University Business School in Budapest, takes students “out of the classroom and into the marketplace.” Throughout the semester, students have the opportunity to explore entrepreneurship by building a business from the ground up. Student self-organize in teams and work with Professor Mulloth and local entrepreneurs to take their ideas from concept to launch, culminating in a final assessment of the venture’s viability. Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
Jun 10, 2020 Batten Hosts Candidate Forum with Democratic Contenders for Virginia’s 5th District Seat Political Science Democracy Earlier this week, Batten professors moderated a discussion between the four candidates on issues ranging from racial justice to gun control. Learn more
May 27, 2020 “When do you know that you know enough?” Three Batten alums on policymaking in the age of COVID-19 Political Science Leadership Batten professor Andy Pennock spoke with a panel of alums representing federal, state, and local government for last week’s edition of Batten’s Expert Chat Series. 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 20, 2020 Two UVA professors developed an innovative new air-filtration venture. Then the pandemic hit. Social Entrepreneurship In the latest installment of Batten’s expert chat series, Batten professor Bala Mulloth and Gaurav Giri, a professor in the department of chemical engineering, discussed how they’re pivoting their business venture to address the crisis. Learn more
Feb 18, 2020 Batten’s Bala Mulloth Awarded $100,000 to Empower Students to Solve Global Problems in Air Pollution International and Global Affairs Social Entrepreneurship Batten Professor Bala Mulloth and UVA Engineering Professor Gaurav Giri have been awarded $100,000 for their work to mobilize students to learn about and help address the global air pollution crisis. Learn more
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
Feb 14, 2019 Professor Spotlight: Bala Mulloth Social Entrepreneurship Batten Professor Bala Mulloth thrives in different cultures. “I was born and raised in Mumbai, studied in New York City, then worked in Budapest, Hungary, and for the past four years, I have lived in Charlottesville,” said the professor of Social Entrepreneurship. Learn more
Jan 31, 2019 Professor Spotlight: Andy Pennock Advocacy Education Andy Pennock is not your typical breed of professor. The father of four young boys (two sets of fraternal twin boys, aged three and five), teaches five courses per year and yet somehow finds the time and energy to publish a leading textbook on writing for public policy and an op-ed on education policy. Learn more
April 13, 2016 Applying Social Entrepreneurship Theory to the Real World Social Entrepreneurship Professor Bala Mulloth launched Developing a New Social Venture, a capstone course offered to fourth-years in Batten’s undergraduate program. Part of the suite of SE@UVA social entrepreneurship classes, the three-credit course, originally taught by Professor Mulloth to MBA students at Central European University Business School in Budapest, takes students “out of the classroom and into the marketplace.” Throughout the semester, students have the opportunity to explore entrepreneurship by building a business from the ground up. Student self-organize in teams and work with Professor Mulloth and local entrepreneurs to take their ideas from concept to launch, culminating in a final assessment of the venture’s viability. Learn more