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Learn more Nov 09, 2017 Batten-Sponsored Social Entrepreneurship Startup Poised for Global Impact Ashwinraj Karthikeyan's revolutionary wound-care bandage earned him a bronze medal in the Collegiate Inventors Competition. His advisor is Batten's Bala Mulloth. Learn more Nov 01, 2017 Behavioral Science is Influencing Policymaking—and Helping Parents Teach Their Kids to Read Behavioral sciences have entered the mainstream of public policy innovation, development, and implementation, writes Batten's Ben Castleman. (Primary students studying in Marseille, France. Photo from Jean-Paul Pelissier of Reuters via Quartz Media.) Learn more Oct 27, 2017 Christine Mahoney on the Benefits of Integrating Displaced People "We are a welcoming nation. We are a leading nation. We are a leading light of freedom in the world, and we should care if people are running for their lives." — Professor Christine Mahoney (Refugees arriving in Greece; photo courtesy of WikiCommons) Learn more Oct 24, 2017 Batten's United Nations Internships: "Utterly Invaluable" Experiences Abroad, and in New York United Nations Internships placed Batten students in the heart of global policy activities amid varied diplomatic crises and concerns. (photo of UNESCO interns in Paris courtesy of Isabela Medina-Maté) Learn more Oct 16, 2017 UVA Flash Funding Projects on Vinegar Hill, Other Topics to Address Racism Locally Batten's Christine Mahoney and Bevin Etienne are among those helping to use the architectural concept of design thinking to generate and refine ideas for community redevelopment. (photo of old Vinegar Hill community from the Charlottesville Housing Authority via UVA's Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities.) 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Dec 01, 2017 Caught in the coverage gap: Premiums spike in Central Virginia Carolyn Engelhard, Associate Professor at UVA and director of the Health Policy Program featured in article posted on the daily progress website Learn more
Dec 01, 2017 Unnecessary Medicine - The Trump administration isn't taking on the medical system's culture of waste Carolyn Engelhard, M.P.A, co-wrote Unnecessary Medicine with Andrew Parsons that was featured in US News Learn more
Dec 01, 2017 A Stitch in Time: Batten Student Leads Venture to Empower Women in Village in India Batten's Jane Hammaker leads a student team whose award-winning enterprise serves women in India who make pants sold in the United States. (photo by Elisabeth Fellowes) Learn more
Nov 16, 2017 Batten Students’ Experience on Capitol Hill Sheds Light on Realities in Policymaking The Washington, D.C. experience empowers "our current students to visualize how quickly they can get from the Batten School to a responsible policymaking job in Congress," said Gerald Warburg, Professor of Practice of Public Policy. (photo by Sam Levitan) Learn more
Nov 13, 2017 Vision For Medicaid On November 7, 2017 Administrator Seema Verma delivered her thoughts for the future of Medicaid. Learn more
Nov 13, 2017 Batten Students Launch Self-Sustaining Social Venture, Reinvest Savings Back Into Capstone Course Batten students created C'Full, a social venture that teaches nutrition and healthy living to students in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, in courses taught by Bala Mulloth, Assistant Professor of Public Policy. Learn more
Nov 09, 2017 Batten-Sponsored Social Entrepreneurship Startup Poised for Global Impact Ashwinraj Karthikeyan's revolutionary wound-care bandage earned him a bronze medal in the Collegiate Inventors Competition. His advisor is Batten's Bala Mulloth. Learn more
Nov 01, 2017 Behavioral Science is Influencing Policymaking—and Helping Parents Teach Their Kids to Read Behavioral sciences have entered the mainstream of public policy innovation, development, and implementation, writes Batten's Ben Castleman. (Primary students studying in Marseille, France. Photo from Jean-Paul Pelissier of Reuters via Quartz Media.) Learn more
Oct 27, 2017 Christine Mahoney on the Benefits of Integrating Displaced People "We are a welcoming nation. We are a leading nation. We are a leading light of freedom in the world, and we should care if people are running for their lives." — Professor Christine Mahoney (Refugees arriving in Greece; photo courtesy of WikiCommons) Learn more
Oct 24, 2017 Batten's United Nations Internships: "Utterly Invaluable" Experiences Abroad, and in New York United Nations Internships placed Batten students in the heart of global policy activities amid varied diplomatic crises and concerns. (photo of UNESCO interns in Paris courtesy of Isabela Medina-Maté) Learn more
Oct 16, 2017 UVA Flash Funding Projects on Vinegar Hill, Other Topics to Address Racism Locally Batten's Christine Mahoney and Bevin Etienne are among those helping to use the architectural concept of design thinking to generate and refine ideas for community redevelopment. (photo of old Vinegar Hill community from the Charlottesville Housing Authority via UVA's Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities.) Learn more
Oct 12, 2017 Making a Difference: UVA Community is Giving Back in Wake of Natural Disasters Batten School students recently raised money for ConPRmetidos, an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focusing on long-term relief and recovery efforts in Puerto Rico. Left to right: Jesse Berman, Stephen Thomson, Allison Turner, West Connors, Joe Khine, Tianwei Qu, Clara Gainey and Anna Troutman. (photo by Virginia Carter, University of Virginia) Learn more