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Learn more Aug 29, 2016 How Effective Is Your Member of Congress? How can legislative staffs help their members of Congress become effective lawmakers? One way is by checking his or her Legislative Effectiveness Score. Learn more Aug 19, 2016 Ruhm: Opioid Epidemic is Even Worse Than We Thought In the last two decades, drug overdoses have slowly overtaken motor vehicle fatalities as the leading cause of death in the United States. In Virginia alone, the Office of the Attorney General estimates that more than 900 residents died from overdoses of heroin or prescription drugs in 2015. Learn more Aug 16, 2016 Doleac: DNA Databases Deter Crime In a study recently accepted by the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, I consider the effects of DNA databases on criminal behavior and crime rates in the United States. Learn more Aug 15, 2016 A Virginia Success Story There is a revolution under way in state support for research in higher education. It is a revolution with substantial casualties. Learn more Aug 12, 2016 Batten Welcomes New Faculty Members This fall, the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy welcomes five new professors to its faculty. Their combined education, experience and expertise will contribute to the school's course offerings and research output. Learn more Aug 10, 2016 New Book Plots a Better Path for Refugees As of earlier this year, 65 million people around the globe have been displaced by violent conflict. That’s the highest number since World War II. This isn’t a new problem, but heavy media coverage of the crisis in Syria has forced the world to pay more attention to refugees of all nations. Learn more Aug 10, 2016 In Dominica, No Business Is an Island In May, the University of Virginia’s Batten Global Policy Center and the Social Entrepreneurship at UVA program sponsored the University’s first study-abroad course in the Caribbean country of Dominica, giving students hands-on social entrepreneurship experience in a small, developing island-state where start-ups are crucial to the economy. Learn more Aug 08, 2016 State Department Official to Speak with Incoming MPP Students On August 18, 2016, new Master of Public Policy students will learn about the Batten School and hear from a leading U.S. State Department official. Learn more Aug 04, 2016 Supercenters May be Supersizing Americans Health professionals have spent years trying to pinpoint the sources of America’s rising obesity levels, but research by University of Virginia Professor Christopher Ruhm suggests it might be time to look beyond the usual suspects. 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Sep 02, 2016 Castleman Named One of Most Innovative People in Higher Education Benjamin Castleman, assistant professor at EdPolicyWorks, is named in the top 16 most innovative people in higher education by Washington Monthly. Learn more
Aug 29, 2016 How Effective Is Your Member of Congress? How can legislative staffs help their members of Congress become effective lawmakers? One way is by checking his or her Legislative Effectiveness Score. Learn more
Aug 19, 2016 Ruhm: Opioid Epidemic is Even Worse Than We Thought In the last two decades, drug overdoses have slowly overtaken motor vehicle fatalities as the leading cause of death in the United States. In Virginia alone, the Office of the Attorney General estimates that more than 900 residents died from overdoses of heroin or prescription drugs in 2015. Learn more
Aug 16, 2016 Doleac: DNA Databases Deter Crime In a study recently accepted by the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, I consider the effects of DNA databases on criminal behavior and crime rates in the United States. Learn more
Aug 15, 2016 A Virginia Success Story There is a revolution under way in state support for research in higher education. It is a revolution with substantial casualties. Learn more
Aug 12, 2016 Batten Welcomes New Faculty Members This fall, the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy welcomes five new professors to its faculty. Their combined education, experience and expertise will contribute to the school's course offerings and research output. Learn more
Aug 10, 2016 New Book Plots a Better Path for Refugees As of earlier this year, 65 million people around the globe have been displaced by violent conflict. That’s the highest number since World War II. This isn’t a new problem, but heavy media coverage of the crisis in Syria has forced the world to pay more attention to refugees of all nations. Learn more
Aug 10, 2016 In Dominica, No Business Is an Island In May, the University of Virginia’s Batten Global Policy Center and the Social Entrepreneurship at UVA program sponsored the University’s first study-abroad course in the Caribbean country of Dominica, giving students hands-on social entrepreneurship experience in a small, developing island-state where start-ups are crucial to the economy. Learn more
Aug 08, 2016 State Department Official to Speak with Incoming MPP Students On August 18, 2016, new Master of Public Policy students will learn about the Batten School and hear from a leading U.S. State Department official. Learn more
Aug 04, 2016 Supercenters May be Supersizing Americans Health professionals have spent years trying to pinpoint the sources of America’s rising obesity levels, but research by University of Virginia Professor Christopher Ruhm suggests it might be time to look beyond the usual suspects. Learn more
Aug 01, 2016 Dean Stam and Professor Warburg: America's exceptional nationalism The tumult in global markets caused by the Brexit vote and the overheated rhetoric coming from the U.S. presidential campaign obliges a reassessment of the role nationalism should play in the 21st century. Learn more
Jul 25, 2016 Batten Alumna Moves Policy Forward at OMB After meeting many of the Batten students, I realized that I wouldn’t just be learning from my professors, but my peers as well. The school has an inspiring student body who are passionate about making a difference in the world. Learn more