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It's Not Despair “This is an extremely serious crisis,” said Batten's Christopher Ruhm. “We need a comprehensive strategy to alert people to the risks of these drugs, in much the same way we have done with the dangers of smoking.” (photo by Dan Addison, University Communications) Learn more Jan 23, 2018 Spring 2018 State of the School Address by Batten School Dean Allan C. Stam, January 22, 2018 "We are building a community that is tolerant and compassionate, that celebrates diversity, that is gritty, curious and resilient." — Batten School Dean Allan C. Stam, Spring 2018 State of the School Address Learn more Jan 19, 2018 Q&A With Philip Potter, Batten's National Security Policy Center Director "This has been an important time in national security, and there has been a lot of rethinking going on in the context of the Trump administration in terms of what the U.S.’s posture should look like, what our strategy should look like, where we should be making investments, and all those sorts of things." — Philip Potter, Director of Batten's National Security Policy Center Learn more Jan 18, 2018 Batten Student Draws National Attention to Pay-For-Success Affordable Housing Solutions "We need to understand affordable housing as nothing less than a human and civil rights issue." — Stefano Rumi, fourth-year student minoring in Social Entrepreneurship and a Senior Research Fellow at Batten's Pay for Success Innovation Lab. Learn more Jan 12, 2018 Did Americans Turn to Opioids Out of Despair—or Just Because They Were There? Batten's Chris Ruhm shows that the opioid epidemic in the United States more likely has been driven by drug availability than by the despair of people using the drugs. (map courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Learn more Jan 12, 2018 On the Eve of Gov.-Elect Northam's Inauguration, Batten Students Assist in the Transition Batten students helped Gov.-Elect Dr. Ralph Northam in his transition to Virginia's highest office. "...that work from the time (when a candidate is) elected to the time that they’re inaugurated…is critical to getting off on the right foot," said Ray Scheppach, Professor of Public Policy. Learn more Jan 08, 2018 Can Washington Be Automated? Batten's Jennifer Doleac "is one of the handful of social scientists in the United States closely studying the practical and ethical questions of extending automation into public decision-making." (photo illustration courtesy of Justin Metz) Learn more Jan 05, 2018 Volden's Work Has Washington Wondering: Will Orrin Hatch's Retirement Mean Further Decline in Senate Effectiveness? Batten's Craig Volden, co-director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, has shown a significant drop in the number of truly effective Senate lawmakers. The departure of Senator Orrin Hatch furthers that decline. (photo courtesy of office of Sen. Hatch) Learn more Dec 18, 2017 First Batten/Curry Double-Major to Graduate This Spring Diane D’Costa will graduate in the spring as the first student to double-major in the Batten School and the Curry School of Education, studying both Leadership and Public Policy and Youth and Social Innovation. Learn more Dec 12, 2017 Scaling Mt. Everest: Resilience as a Team Exercise "Resilience is an essential element of leadership, and it’s a critical skill for students to develop at UVA." — UVA President Teresa Sullivan Learn more Dec 05, 2017 Batten's Williams to CNN: How the CVS-Aetna Merger Could Change Your Health Care "I think that we're going to see the growth of more and more clinics where health services are being provided in the CVS footprint geographically." — Dr. Michael Williams, Director of the UVA Center for Health Policy, a joint program of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences. Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Current page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Next page Next › Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
Jan 26, 2018 Professor's Research Traces Primary Cause of Opioid Epidemic. It's Not Despair “This is an extremely serious crisis,” said Batten's Christopher Ruhm. “We need a comprehensive strategy to alert people to the risks of these drugs, in much the same way we have done with the dangers of smoking.” (photo by Dan Addison, University Communications) Learn more
Jan 23, 2018 Spring 2018 State of the School Address by Batten School Dean Allan C. Stam, January 22, 2018 "We are building a community that is tolerant and compassionate, that celebrates diversity, that is gritty, curious and resilient." — Batten School Dean Allan C. Stam, Spring 2018 State of the School Address Learn more
Jan 19, 2018 Q&A With Philip Potter, Batten's National Security Policy Center Director "This has been an important time in national security, and there has been a lot of rethinking going on in the context of the Trump administration in terms of what the U.S.’s posture should look like, what our strategy should look like, where we should be making investments, and all those sorts of things." — Philip Potter, Director of Batten's National Security Policy Center Learn more
Jan 18, 2018 Batten Student Draws National Attention to Pay-For-Success Affordable Housing Solutions "We need to understand affordable housing as nothing less than a human and civil rights issue." — Stefano Rumi, fourth-year student minoring in Social Entrepreneurship and a Senior Research Fellow at Batten's Pay for Success Innovation Lab. Learn more
Jan 12, 2018 Did Americans Turn to Opioids Out of Despair—or Just Because They Were There? Batten's Chris Ruhm shows that the opioid epidemic in the United States more likely has been driven by drug availability than by the despair of people using the drugs. (map courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Learn more
Jan 12, 2018 On the Eve of Gov.-Elect Northam's Inauguration, Batten Students Assist in the Transition Batten students helped Gov.-Elect Dr. Ralph Northam in his transition to Virginia's highest office. "...that work from the time (when a candidate is) elected to the time that they’re inaugurated…is critical to getting off on the right foot," said Ray Scheppach, Professor of Public Policy. Learn more
Jan 08, 2018 Can Washington Be Automated? Batten's Jennifer Doleac "is one of the handful of social scientists in the United States closely studying the practical and ethical questions of extending automation into public decision-making." (photo illustration courtesy of Justin Metz) Learn more
Jan 05, 2018 Volden's Work Has Washington Wondering: Will Orrin Hatch's Retirement Mean Further Decline in Senate Effectiveness? Batten's Craig Volden, co-director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, has shown a significant drop in the number of truly effective Senate lawmakers. The departure of Senator Orrin Hatch furthers that decline. (photo courtesy of office of Sen. Hatch) Learn more
Dec 18, 2017 First Batten/Curry Double-Major to Graduate This Spring Diane D’Costa will graduate in the spring as the first student to double-major in the Batten School and the Curry School of Education, studying both Leadership and Public Policy and Youth and Social Innovation. Learn more
Dec 12, 2017 Scaling Mt. Everest: Resilience as a Team Exercise "Resilience is an essential element of leadership, and it’s a critical skill for students to develop at UVA." — UVA President Teresa Sullivan Learn more
Dec 05, 2017 Batten's Williams to CNN: How the CVS-Aetna Merger Could Change Your Health Care "I think that we're going to see the growth of more and more clinics where health services are being provided in the CVS footprint geographically." — Dr. Michael Williams, Director of the UVA Center for Health Policy, a joint program of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences. Learn more