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Learn more Oct 08, 2015 Student Profile: Jasmine Burton Racial Justice and Equity I am extremely interested in poverty in relation to demographics, and specifically in areas where black Americans have migrated in order to start and build families that have been torn down by police. Learn more Oct 08, 2015 Professor Chou Studies the Psychological Power of the Signature Education Domestic Policy & Politics “We asked, ‘How do people perceive electronic signatures, how do people feel when they sign electronic signatures, and how would that impact their subsequent behaviors?’” Read in UVA Today Oct 04, 2015 Stam: Simulating leadership to forge better leaders Leadership Ethics How can we better prepare our leaders? Americans need to re-imagine our approach. Learn more Sep 30, 2015 What’s in a Name? The Toll E-signatures Take Domestic Policy & Politics Labor Electronic signatures have become more and more prevalent in our technological world. Learn more Sep 30, 2015 Resilience and Character: MPP Students Recall Peace Corps Experience Leadership For two incoming MPP students and returned Peace Corps volunteers it was an experience that has positively shaped who they are today. Learn more Sep 21, 2015 Batten professor gives keynote at the Latin American Environmental and Energy Economics workshop Leadership Batten School professor Jay Shimshack gave the keynote presentation at the Latin American Environmental and Energy Economics workshop. Learn more Sep 21, 2015 Castleman Examines Behavioral Insights to Improve College Access in New Book Education Domestic Policy & Politics Each year, many students fail to enroll in college, enroll in institutions where they are not positioned for success or drop out before earning a degree. Learn more Sep 17, 2015 The Retailing of American Medicine Health Policy Democracy American medical care may be helpful much of the time, but rarely is it timely or convenient. 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Oct 08, 2015 Student Profile: James Cathro Leadership Education Batten has given me the analytical tools to test and prove facts that were previously only hunches—and disprove many more. Learn more
Oct 08, 2015 Student Profile: Jasmine Burton Racial Justice and Equity I am extremely interested in poverty in relation to demographics, and specifically in areas where black Americans have migrated in order to start and build families that have been torn down by police. Learn more
Oct 08, 2015 Professor Chou Studies the Psychological Power of the Signature Education Domestic Policy & Politics “We asked, ‘How do people perceive electronic signatures, how do people feel when they sign electronic signatures, and how would that impact their subsequent behaviors?’” Read in UVA Today
Oct 04, 2015 Stam: Simulating leadership to forge better leaders Leadership Ethics How can we better prepare our leaders? Americans need to re-imagine our approach. Learn more
Sep 30, 2015 What’s in a Name? The Toll E-signatures Take Domestic Policy & Politics Labor Electronic signatures have become more and more prevalent in our technological world. Learn more
Sep 30, 2015 Resilience and Character: MPP Students Recall Peace Corps Experience Leadership For two incoming MPP students and returned Peace Corps volunteers it was an experience that has positively shaped who they are today. Learn more
Sep 21, 2015 Batten professor gives keynote at the Latin American Environmental and Energy Economics workshop Leadership Batten School professor Jay Shimshack gave the keynote presentation at the Latin American Environmental and Energy Economics workshop. Learn more
Sep 21, 2015 Castleman Examines Behavioral Insights to Improve College Access in New Book Education Domestic Policy & Politics Each year, many students fail to enroll in college, enroll in institutions where they are not positioned for success or drop out before earning a degree. Learn more
Sep 17, 2015 The Retailing of American Medicine Health Policy Democracy American medical care may be helpful much of the time, but rarely is it timely or convenient. Read in The Hill
Sep 16, 2015 More Than a Game: Batten Simulation Center Puts Ideas to Real-World Tests Education Democracy The Batten School’s recently unveiled Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming prepares students for public life by allowing them to test real-world solutions in a virtual environment. Read in UVAToday
Sep 15, 2015 Ruhm Speaks at Department of Labor Symposium Democracy Advocacy Professor Christopher Ruhm presented his research at the Paid Family and Medical Leave Findings Symposium, hosted by the Department of Labor. Learn more
Sep 10, 2015 Batten Student Returns to Ghana to Make a Difference Leadership Democracy Working with a team of colleagues, 4th-year Batten student Emmanuel Agyemang-Dua established the 21st Century Citizens Initiative (21st CCI), whose aim it is to help Ghanaian youth embrace technology and become more involved in local policy issues and their creation. Learn more