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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 Oct 12, 2017 In-Kind Donations Collected at UVA for Hurricane Relief in Antigua and Barbuda “When I used to be deployed on the ground right after an emergency, you’re really trying to support who’s been injured in the emergency, and, in the early days, you’re trying to make sure there aren’t additional casualties from the crisis." — Batten's Kirsten Gelsdorf (photo courtesy of The Cavalier Daily.) Learn more Oct 04, 2017 Redistricting Reform Within Reach, Advocate Tells Batten Students "We're pretty close to winning sufficient support for future redistricting,” said Brian Cannon, executive director of the redistricting reform group OneVirginia2021. Learn more Oct 03, 2017 Batten's Potter Interviewed on Trump and Counter-Terrorism, Sixteen Years After 9/11 "During the campaign and early in the administration, I think there were a lot of indications that the war against terrorism—or the continuation of that idea—would be the driving motivation of Trump foreign policy." — Phil Potter (photo of 9/11 Memorial courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Learn more Sep 28, 2017 This Isn't About Party Politics; It's About Representation “This isn’t just about party politics, it’s about lack of representation. In the 2015 elections, only one of the two major parties bothered to field a candidate in 71 percent of House of Delegates districts. 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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
Oct 12, 2017 In-Kind Donations Collected at UVA for Hurricane Relief in Antigua and Barbuda “When I used to be deployed on the ground right after an emergency, you’re really trying to support who’s been injured in the emergency, and, in the early days, you’re trying to make sure there aren’t additional casualties from the crisis." — Batten's Kirsten Gelsdorf (photo courtesy of The Cavalier Daily.) Learn more
Oct 04, 2017 Redistricting Reform Within Reach, Advocate Tells Batten Students "We're pretty close to winning sufficient support for future redistricting,” said Brian Cannon, executive director of the redistricting reform group OneVirginia2021. Learn more
Oct 03, 2017 Batten's Potter Interviewed on Trump and Counter-Terrorism, Sixteen Years After 9/11 "During the campaign and early in the administration, I think there were a lot of indications that the war against terrorism—or the continuation of that idea—would be the driving motivation of Trump foreign policy." — Phil Potter (photo of 9/11 Memorial courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Learn more
Sep 28, 2017 This Isn't About Party Politics; It's About Representation “This isn’t just about party politics, it’s about lack of representation. In the 2015 elections, only one of the two major parties bothered to field a candidate in 71 percent of House of Delegates districts. Only half of the State Senate districts saw a real race.” — Batten student Mary Peyton Baskin and University of Richmond professor Stephen Nash (photos courtesy of Baskin and Nash) Learn more