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Read In UVA Today May 18, 2021 One Year Later, the Class of 2020 Relishes In-Person Celebrations Education On Sunday, May 16, more than 2,800 of the graduates who gathered around screens last year massed behind the Rotunda, in person and in full color. A year in the making, Sunday’s ceremonies were full of touching moments, joyful reunions and some fun surprises, including a poem from Batten grad Hannah Semmes (BA '20). Read in UVA Today May 11, 2021 Teaching Pandemic Response Through Gamesmanship Social Psychology Domestic Policy & Politics In a case of simulation imitating life, Batten's Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming provides an opportunity for students to wrestle with a simulated pandemic online – during a worldwide pandemic. Read in UVA Today Mar 03, 2021 New Batten and School of Education Program Helps Virginia Schools Respond to the Pandemic Domestic Policy & Politics Leadership Education Students in the inaugural class of Ed Policy Associates are collaborating with Virginia policymakers on vital research, and gaining vital experience at the same time. Learn more Jan 29, 2021 Batten Faculty and Students Elevate UVA's Virtual January Term Offerings Education Leadership Batten Professor David Leblang's "Pandemics Beyond the Headlines: COVID-19" and Professor Gabrielle Adams' "Leadership in Athletics" were among the standout virtual course offerings from UVA this January. Contributions from Batten's Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming and Batten student Terrell Jana (BA '21) brought an experiential lens to some of today’s critical issues, preparing students to meet future challenges. READ IN UVA TODAY Oct 23, 2020 UVA Researchers Offer Data on One of Higher Education’s Most Dramatic Shifts Education In a new study, Batten’s Ben Castleman, along with his collaborators Gaby Lohner and Kelli Bird from the UVA School of Education and Human Development, investigated how the shift to online learning during COVID-19 has affected student success. Learn more Sep 29, 2020 Photos: Daily Academic Life at UVA in the COVID-19 Era Education University photographers take a look at in-person learning on Grounds, including Batten students and professors in the classroom, during a fall semester shaped by the ongoing pandemic. Read in UVA Today Sep 22, 2020 Learn How In-Person Instruction Is Going at the University of Virginia Education UVA unveiled a new style of classroom teaching Sept. 8. See how three professors, including Batten's Gerald Warburg, are navigating the experience. Read in UVA Today Sep 08, 2020 Holbein: Mail-In Balloting Increases Turnout, but Benefits Neither Party Political Science Democracy Voting by mail is a safe way to cast a ballot during the current pandemic, and does not benefit either political party, according to Batten's John Holbein. READ IN UVA TODAY Apr 07, 2020 The Batten School and NASPAA Announce Global Winners of the 2020 Student Simulation Competition International and Global Affairs Today, the Batten School and the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) announced the winners of the 2020 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition—the largest student simulation competition in higher education. There were 64 teams competing at seven sites around the globe, devising and implementing public transport policies in order to create improved sustainability strategies for their virtual cities. Learn more Mar 25, 2020 Q&A: Batten Professor’s 2018 Global Pandemic Simulation Becomes All Too Real Health Policy Two years ago, Noah Myung and his team designed a global pandemic simulation competition for students at 15 universities that is eerily similar to what is happening now. READ IN UVA TODAY Feb 13, 2020 Simulation Learning Takes Students Out of the Classroom and Into the Middle of Public Crises Health Policy International and Global Affairs Every year, hundreds of master’s candidates from member institutions of NASPAA — the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration — participate in the NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition, co-hosted by Batten's Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming, to see who can devise the best solutions to international crises. READ IN INSIGHT INTO DIVERSITY Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
Feb 15, 2023 Child Care Centers Are Turning Away Families Due to Teacher Turnover Education Batten School professor Daphna Bassok spoke with UVA Today about the how teacher turnover is impacting child care centers. Read In UVA Today
May 18, 2021 One Year Later, the Class of 2020 Relishes In-Person Celebrations Education On Sunday, May 16, more than 2,800 of the graduates who gathered around screens last year massed behind the Rotunda, in person and in full color. A year in the making, Sunday’s ceremonies were full of touching moments, joyful reunions and some fun surprises, including a poem from Batten grad Hannah Semmes (BA '20). Read in UVA Today
May 11, 2021 Teaching Pandemic Response Through Gamesmanship Social Psychology Domestic Policy & Politics In a case of simulation imitating life, Batten's Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming provides an opportunity for students to wrestle with a simulated pandemic online – during a worldwide pandemic. Read in UVA Today
Mar 03, 2021 New Batten and School of Education Program Helps Virginia Schools Respond to the Pandemic Domestic Policy & Politics Leadership Education Students in the inaugural class of Ed Policy Associates are collaborating with Virginia policymakers on vital research, and gaining vital experience at the same time. Learn more
Jan 29, 2021 Batten Faculty and Students Elevate UVA's Virtual January Term Offerings Education Leadership Batten Professor David Leblang's "Pandemics Beyond the Headlines: COVID-19" and Professor Gabrielle Adams' "Leadership in Athletics" were among the standout virtual course offerings from UVA this January. Contributions from Batten's Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming and Batten student Terrell Jana (BA '21) brought an experiential lens to some of today’s critical issues, preparing students to meet future challenges. READ IN UVA TODAY
Oct 23, 2020 UVA Researchers Offer Data on One of Higher Education’s Most Dramatic Shifts Education In a new study, Batten’s Ben Castleman, along with his collaborators Gaby Lohner and Kelli Bird from the UVA School of Education and Human Development, investigated how the shift to online learning during COVID-19 has affected student success. Learn more
Sep 29, 2020 Photos: Daily Academic Life at UVA in the COVID-19 Era Education University photographers take a look at in-person learning on Grounds, including Batten students and professors in the classroom, during a fall semester shaped by the ongoing pandemic. Read in UVA Today
Sep 22, 2020 Learn How In-Person Instruction Is Going at the University of Virginia Education UVA unveiled a new style of classroom teaching Sept. 8. See how three professors, including Batten's Gerald Warburg, are navigating the experience. Read in UVA Today
Sep 08, 2020 Holbein: Mail-In Balloting Increases Turnout, but Benefits Neither Party Political Science Democracy Voting by mail is a safe way to cast a ballot during the current pandemic, and does not benefit either political party, according to Batten's John Holbein. READ IN UVA TODAY
Apr 07, 2020 The Batten School and NASPAA Announce Global Winners of the 2020 Student Simulation Competition International and Global Affairs Today, the Batten School and the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) announced the winners of the 2020 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition—the largest student simulation competition in higher education. There were 64 teams competing at seven sites around the globe, devising and implementing public transport policies in order to create improved sustainability strategies for their virtual cities. Learn more
Mar 25, 2020 Q&A: Batten Professor’s 2018 Global Pandemic Simulation Becomes All Too Real Health Policy Two years ago, Noah Myung and his team designed a global pandemic simulation competition for students at 15 universities that is eerily similar to what is happening now. READ IN UVA TODAY
Feb 13, 2020 Simulation Learning Takes Students Out of the Classroom and Into the Middle of Public Crises Health Policy International and Global Affairs Every year, hundreds of master’s candidates from member institutions of NASPAA — the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration — participate in the NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition, co-hosted by Batten's Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming, to see who can devise the best solutions to international crises. READ IN INSIGHT INTO DIVERSITY