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Their venture won the Global Research Programs of Distinction grant—which included $86,000 in seed money—from UVA’s Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation. Learn more Jul 12, 2018 Batten Professor's Expanded "Nudge" Program for Student Success Draws National Interest Ben Castleman and his colleagues have expanded the reach of their efforts to help students achieve and succeed at work with their new national program Nudges, Norms, and New Solutions. (photo by Sanjay Suchak, UVA Communications) Learn more Jul 02, 2018 The Batten School Announces Recipients of the Royster-Lawton Scholarship Fund Today, the University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy announced the 2018-19 student recipients of the Royster-Lawton Scholarship Fund. The fund, generously established in 2016 by UVA alumna Jill Royster and her husband Drew Lawton, supports students in Batten’s undergraduate and accelerated Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree programs who are pursuing work in social entrepreneurship. Learn more Jun 20, 2018 Recovery, Resolve, and Resilience: Dominica Presents Students with Unique Social Entrepreneurship Challenges "We're looking at how to reset the economy...to get people back onto the land, and create value from utilizing the land as a resource." — UVA's Bevin Etienne Learn more Jun 18, 2018 Dual Batten-Darden Graduate Recovers From Severe Injuries, Develops Medicinal Tea for Infections Ali Barta's commitment to the success of her herbal products company, Nuna Med, is deeply personal. Her first product, called Urinary Tract SupporTea, treats her own chronic urinary tract infections, caused by a workplace accident in April 2014 that nearly killed her. Learn more Jun 11, 2018 Batten's Sechser and Womack at Department of Politics Discuss Trump-Kim Summit "I want to know what the North Koreans are going to ask for. They have been very quiet about it so far, offering vague promises instead of saying what they might want. That is the big question for me." — Todd Sechser Learn more May 31, 2018 Batten's Gratz Among UVA-Record 16 Fulbright Scholars Maggie Gratz, an accelerated Master's degree graduate, will serve as an English teaching assistant in Jaffna, Sri Lanka beginning in the fall. Learn more May 31, 2018 Parks Daniel, Dual Batten-Darden Graduate, Looks Ahead to High-Impact Career With Mastercard "It’s the combination of Batten and Darden that has brought me to this place." — 2018 dual graduate Parks Daniel. Learn more May 23, 2018 Three Batten Graduates Secure Staff Positions with North Carolina General Assembly Master's degree graduates Madison Lahey, Grant Schwab, and Mary Greeson will begin work this summer in the Fiscal Research Division of the North Carolina General Assembly. Learn more May 21, 2018 Batten's 2018 Graduates Honored for Perseverance, Integrity, Leadership, and Academic Achievement More than three dozen 2018 Batten graduates received year-end recognition with an impressive range of accolades honoring intellectual curiosity, athletic success, character, service, and kindness, among other attributes. Learn more May 18, 2018 Batten's Jeff Bergner: A Professor's Advice to the 2018 Graduates "Do your best to make the world better, but don’t try to compel it to mirror your ideas in every particular. This will make you permanently unhappy." — Jeff Bergner, who teaches the Batten Capstone Seminar "War Powers." 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Jul 18, 2018 Dream Team: Batten's Mulloth Part of Duo to Produce Revolutionary Air Filters Bala Mulloth, right, and Gaurav Giri believe their innovative air filter will be both effective and affordable. Their venture won the Global Research Programs of Distinction grant—which included $86,000 in seed money—from UVA’s Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation. Learn more
Jul 12, 2018 Batten Professor's Expanded "Nudge" Program for Student Success Draws National Interest Ben Castleman and his colleagues have expanded the reach of their efforts to help students achieve and succeed at work with their new national program Nudges, Norms, and New Solutions. (photo by Sanjay Suchak, UVA Communications) Learn more
Jul 02, 2018 The Batten School Announces Recipients of the Royster-Lawton Scholarship Fund Today, the University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy announced the 2018-19 student recipients of the Royster-Lawton Scholarship Fund. The fund, generously established in 2016 by UVA alumna Jill Royster and her husband Drew Lawton, supports students in Batten’s undergraduate and accelerated Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree programs who are pursuing work in social entrepreneurship. Learn more
Jun 20, 2018 Recovery, Resolve, and Resilience: Dominica Presents Students with Unique Social Entrepreneurship Challenges "We're looking at how to reset the economy...to get people back onto the land, and create value from utilizing the land as a resource." — UVA's Bevin Etienne Learn more
Jun 18, 2018 Dual Batten-Darden Graduate Recovers From Severe Injuries, Develops Medicinal Tea for Infections Ali Barta's commitment to the success of her herbal products company, Nuna Med, is deeply personal. Her first product, called Urinary Tract SupporTea, treats her own chronic urinary tract infections, caused by a workplace accident in April 2014 that nearly killed her. Learn more
Jun 11, 2018 Batten's Sechser and Womack at Department of Politics Discuss Trump-Kim Summit "I want to know what the North Koreans are going to ask for. They have been very quiet about it so far, offering vague promises instead of saying what they might want. That is the big question for me." — Todd Sechser Learn more
May 31, 2018 Batten's Gratz Among UVA-Record 16 Fulbright Scholars Maggie Gratz, an accelerated Master's degree graduate, will serve as an English teaching assistant in Jaffna, Sri Lanka beginning in the fall. Learn more
May 31, 2018 Parks Daniel, Dual Batten-Darden Graduate, Looks Ahead to High-Impact Career With Mastercard "It’s the combination of Batten and Darden that has brought me to this place." — 2018 dual graduate Parks Daniel. Learn more
May 23, 2018 Three Batten Graduates Secure Staff Positions with North Carolina General Assembly Master's degree graduates Madison Lahey, Grant Schwab, and Mary Greeson will begin work this summer in the Fiscal Research Division of the North Carolina General Assembly. Learn more
May 21, 2018 Batten's 2018 Graduates Honored for Perseverance, Integrity, Leadership, and Academic Achievement More than three dozen 2018 Batten graduates received year-end recognition with an impressive range of accolades honoring intellectual curiosity, athletic success, character, service, and kindness, among other attributes. Learn more
May 18, 2018 Batten's Jeff Bergner: A Professor's Advice to the 2018 Graduates "Do your best to make the world better, but don’t try to compel it to mirror your ideas in every particular. This will make you permanently unhappy." — Jeff Bergner, who teaches the Batten Capstone Seminar "War Powers." Learn more