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She is a retired E-8 Master Sergeant. (photo by Dan Addison, University Communications) Learn more Apr 16, 2018 NASPAA and the Batten School Announce Global Winners of the 2018 Student Simulation Competition Today, the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) and the University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy announced the winners of the 2018 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition—the largest-ever student simulation competition in higher education. Learn more Apr 16, 2018 Citizen Leadership Medalist Cary Fowler Honored by Batten on UVA Founder's Day "Any (agricultural) system...will require genetic diversity. The best I can do right now is try to conserve that diversity.” — Morgan Carrington “Cary” Fowler Jr., known as the “father” of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications) Learn more Apr 10, 2018 Founder's Day Preview: Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medalists, Tree Planting On Friday, the University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello will present the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals as part of a series of events commemorating Jefferson’s birthday, known at UVA as Founder’s Day. The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership is sponsored by the Batten School. Dr. Cary Fowler, the 2018 Citizen Leadership medalist, will speak to Batten School students during a private luncheon on Thursday, April 12 at 12:00 p.m. Learn more Apr 10, 2018 Does It Mean Anything That Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is Apologizing—Again? "When an apology keeps being issued over and over and a transgression keeps being repeated, the apology comes to have less meaning and less impact." — Batten's Gabrielle Adams Learn more Apr 06, 2018 Q&A: Tearing Down Barriers the Key for the First Blind Climber of Mount Everest Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits, gave an inspiring talk about overcoming barriers to Batten students and others in the Dome Rome of the University of Virginia’s Rotunda. Weihenmayer was Batten's Class of 2018 spring speaker. Learn more Mar 29, 2018 Dying to Win? Batten Professor Finds Olympic Silver Medalists Live Longer Batten's Adam Leive found that Olympic track and field silver medalists lived longer than the top finishers: almost a year and a half longer, on average. (photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, from Agência Brasil Fotografias.) Learn more Mar 26, 2018 Game On: Batten Students Prepare to Save the World Led by Batten's Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming, 550 public policy students from 159 universities in 27 countries participated in dealing with a global flu pandemic exercise. (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications) Learn more Mar 21, 2018 Veteran Social Innovator and Founder of Atlas Corps Discussed Leadership in the Changing World During SE@UVA Speaker Series Scott Beale will discuss "The Role of Leadership in Changing the World" at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 22 in the Great Hall. Scott and his team have grown Atlas Corps to involve more than 600 social change leaders from 88 countries. Learn more Mar 15, 2018 Batten Speaker Dr. Lilia Abron Challenges Students to Take On Environmental Policy Issues—Now “The environment is all about clean water, clean air, clean land, and healthy communities. You have the responsibility to write public policy that ensures that and does not deviate.” — Lilia Abron Learn more Mar 14, 2018 Batten's Doleac to CNN: Opioid Overdose Antidote Policies "May be Making Things Worse" "The main takeaway is that broadening access to naloxone leads to an increase in opioid abuse." — Jennifer Doleac. (photo of naloxone kit courtesy of WikiMedia) Learn more Mar 14, 2018 The Center for Effective Lawmaking, College Republicans at UVA, and Batten School to Co-Host Senate Republican Primary Debate On Tuesday, March 27, 2018, the University of Virginia Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL), College Republicans at UVA, and the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy will co-host the U.S. Senate Republican Primary Debate in the Great Hall of Garrett Hall at 6:30 p.m. EDT. 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Apr 17, 2018 Always Faithful: Class of 2018 Batten Student—Marine and Mom—Finishes What She Started Decades Ago Marine veteran Kim Johnson will become a 2018 graduate of Batten, adding to a list of accomplishments that includes 20 years of military service, including duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. She is a retired E-8 Master Sergeant. (photo by Dan Addison, University Communications) Learn more
Apr 16, 2018 NASPAA and the Batten School Announce Global Winners of the 2018 Student Simulation Competition Today, the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) and the University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy announced the winners of the 2018 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition—the largest-ever student simulation competition in higher education. Learn more
Apr 16, 2018 Citizen Leadership Medalist Cary Fowler Honored by Batten on UVA Founder's Day "Any (agricultural) system...will require genetic diversity. The best I can do right now is try to conserve that diversity.” — Morgan Carrington “Cary” Fowler Jr., known as the “father” of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications) Learn more
Apr 10, 2018 Founder's Day Preview: Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medalists, Tree Planting On Friday, the University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello will present the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals as part of a series of events commemorating Jefferson’s birthday, known at UVA as Founder’s Day. The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership is sponsored by the Batten School. Dr. Cary Fowler, the 2018 Citizen Leadership medalist, will speak to Batten School students during a private luncheon on Thursday, April 12 at 12:00 p.m. Learn more
Apr 10, 2018 Does It Mean Anything That Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is Apologizing—Again? "When an apology keeps being issued over and over and a transgression keeps being repeated, the apology comes to have less meaning and less impact." — Batten's Gabrielle Adams Learn more
Apr 06, 2018 Q&A: Tearing Down Barriers the Key for the First Blind Climber of Mount Everest Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits, gave an inspiring talk about overcoming barriers to Batten students and others in the Dome Rome of the University of Virginia’s Rotunda. Weihenmayer was Batten's Class of 2018 spring speaker. Learn more
Mar 29, 2018 Dying to Win? Batten Professor Finds Olympic Silver Medalists Live Longer Batten's Adam Leive found that Olympic track and field silver medalists lived longer than the top finishers: almost a year and a half longer, on average. (photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, from Agência Brasil Fotografias.) Learn more
Mar 26, 2018 Game On: Batten Students Prepare to Save the World Led by Batten's Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming, 550 public policy students from 159 universities in 27 countries participated in dealing with a global flu pandemic exercise. (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications) Learn more
Mar 21, 2018 Veteran Social Innovator and Founder of Atlas Corps Discussed Leadership in the Changing World During SE@UVA Speaker Series Scott Beale will discuss "The Role of Leadership in Changing the World" at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 22 in the Great Hall. Scott and his team have grown Atlas Corps to involve more than 600 social change leaders from 88 countries. Learn more
Mar 15, 2018 Batten Speaker Dr. Lilia Abron Challenges Students to Take On Environmental Policy Issues—Now “The environment is all about clean water, clean air, clean land, and healthy communities. You have the responsibility to write public policy that ensures that and does not deviate.” — Lilia Abron Learn more
Mar 14, 2018 Batten's Doleac to CNN: Opioid Overdose Antidote Policies "May be Making Things Worse" "The main takeaway is that broadening access to naloxone leads to an increase in opioid abuse." — Jennifer Doleac. (photo of naloxone kit courtesy of WikiMedia) Learn more
Mar 14, 2018 The Center for Effective Lawmaking, College Republicans at UVA, and Batten School to Co-Host Senate Republican Primary Debate On Tuesday, March 27, 2018, the University of Virginia Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL), College Republicans at UVA, and the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy will co-host the U.S. Senate Republican Primary Debate in the Great Hall of Garrett Hall at 6:30 p.m. EDT. Learn more