About News News Subscribe Political Science Democracy Leadership Domestic Policy & Politics Ethics Racial Justice and Equity Facet Area of Focus - News Craig Volden Gerald Warburg Jennifer Lawless Allan Stam Ian H. Solomon Peter Johannessen Sally Hudson Facet People - News UVA Humanitarian Collaborative National Security Policy Center EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness Karsh Institute of Democracy Miller Center Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service School of Education and Human Development School of Law School of Nursing Social Innovation @ UVA Center for Social Innovation Darden School of Business Department of Economics School Engineering College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences McIntire School of Commerce School of Medicine (-) Center for Effective Lawmaking (-) UVA Center for Politics Facet UVA Partner - News Research and Commentary Faculty In Action Student Stories Accolades Featured Research Facet News Type - News Nov 28, 2018 Center for Effective Lawmaking Announces First Round of Grant Recipients The Batten School’s Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL), announced its first round of grant recipients. The Center, which launched in 2017, is a joint partnership between the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and Vanderbilt University and is co-directed by Batten professor, Craig Volden and Vanderbilt professor, Alan E. Wiseman. Learn more Nov 13, 2018 Post-Election Wrap Up with Craig Volden On Monday, Nov. 12, Batten students gathered in the Great Hall of Garrett Hall for a post-election wrap-up led by Batten’s Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL). This was not a typical Batten Hour with the exception that food was served. Rather, the event was reminiscent of a game of musical chairs. Every eight minutes, students moved to a new table, where CEL Director Craig Volden, Operations Director Greer Kelly, CEL researchers and interns, along with Professor of Practice of Public Policy Gerald Warburg, discussed the implications of last Tuesday's midterm election results. Learn more Nov 06, 2018 VA Film Festival: Documentary Charlottesville Premier On Saturday afternoon, Nov. 3, the Virginia Film Festival screened the documentary film Charlottesville during a premier event hosted by the Batten School and UVA Center for Politics. The film, created by the Center for Politics and Community Idea Stations, focuses on the violent white supremacist demonstrations that occurred at UVA and Charlottesville in August 2017. As part of the festival’s focus on racial conflict in America, the premier came at an apt time. Learn more Oct 30, 2018 The Batten School and Center for Politics Launch New Batten Course Taught by Center for Politics Director Larry J. Sabato The University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the UVA Center for Politics today announced a new Batten School undergraduate course that will be taught by Center for Politics Director Larry J. Sabato and Center for Politics Chief of Staff Ken Stroupe this spring. Learn more Oct 26, 2018 Global Week: Italian Ambassador Armando Varricchio to the U.S. Learn more Oct 08, 2018 The Economic Factors that Divide America Last week, the Batten School and the Center for Politics hosted an event in Garrett Hall titled “The Economic Factors that Divide America” as part of the National Symposium Series on Democracy. Learn more Oct 01, 2018 The Significance of Batten Hosting Fifth District Debate The non-partisan debate was moderated by Batten Professors Craig Volden and Gerald Warburg. Learn more Sep 06, 2018 The Center for Effective Lawmaking, College Republicans at UVA, University Democrats at UVA and Batten School to Co-Host Fifth Congressional District Debate Candidates competing to represent Virginia’s largest congressional district Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4 Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
Nov 28, 2018 Center for Effective Lawmaking Announces First Round of Grant Recipients The Batten School’s Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL), announced its first round of grant recipients. The Center, which launched in 2017, is a joint partnership between the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and Vanderbilt University and is co-directed by Batten professor, Craig Volden and Vanderbilt professor, Alan E. Wiseman. Learn more
Nov 13, 2018 Post-Election Wrap Up with Craig Volden On Monday, Nov. 12, Batten students gathered in the Great Hall of Garrett Hall for a post-election wrap-up led by Batten’s Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL). This was not a typical Batten Hour with the exception that food was served. Rather, the event was reminiscent of a game of musical chairs. Every eight minutes, students moved to a new table, where CEL Director Craig Volden, Operations Director Greer Kelly, CEL researchers and interns, along with Professor of Practice of Public Policy Gerald Warburg, discussed the implications of last Tuesday's midterm election results. Learn more
Nov 06, 2018 VA Film Festival: Documentary Charlottesville Premier On Saturday afternoon, Nov. 3, the Virginia Film Festival screened the documentary film Charlottesville during a premier event hosted by the Batten School and UVA Center for Politics. The film, created by the Center for Politics and Community Idea Stations, focuses on the violent white supremacist demonstrations that occurred at UVA and Charlottesville in August 2017. As part of the festival’s focus on racial conflict in America, the premier came at an apt time. Learn more
Oct 30, 2018 The Batten School and Center for Politics Launch New Batten Course Taught by Center for Politics Director Larry J. Sabato The University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the UVA Center for Politics today announced a new Batten School undergraduate course that will be taught by Center for Politics Director Larry J. Sabato and Center for Politics Chief of Staff Ken Stroupe this spring. Learn more
Oct 08, 2018 The Economic Factors that Divide America Last week, the Batten School and the Center for Politics hosted an event in Garrett Hall titled “The Economic Factors that Divide America” as part of the National Symposium Series on Democracy. Learn more
Oct 01, 2018 The Significance of Batten Hosting Fifth District Debate The non-partisan debate was moderated by Batten Professors Craig Volden and Gerald Warburg. Learn more
Sep 06, 2018 The Center for Effective Lawmaking, College Republicans at UVA, University Democrats at UVA and Batten School to Co-Host Fifth Congressional District Debate Candidates competing to represent Virginia’s largest congressional district Learn more