Past Events

Batten and One for the World will co-host a livestream watch party featuring an inspiring lecture on effective altruism by Princeton University Professor Peter Singer. Attendees will learn more about One for the World and how to join global efforts to eliminate extreme poverty. Pizza will be provided.

Please join us for our Transfer Open House, which will feature a transfer admission session, a tour of Grounds, and individual school sessions sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the McIntire School of Commerce, the School of Architecture, the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, the School of Nursing and the Curry School of Education.

Hosted by current students and Admissions staff, this is your chance to learn more about our degree programs and the application process, and ask questions about anything and everything related to admissions and the Batten experience. You will also hear from Curry students about their experiences with the Youth and Social Innovation major.

Her Excellency Emily Haber, Ambassador of Germany to the United States, will speak from 4:00-5:15 p.m. on November 12 in the University of Virginia Rotunda Dome Room. Significant time will be dedicated to questions from the audience. This event is a part of the UVA Center for Politics Ambassador Series in partnership with the UVA Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs, Center for German Studies, European Studies Program, and the UVA College of Arts and Sciences Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures. 

Interested in learning about exciting sustainable economic development taking place in your own backyard? Come learn more about SE@UVA’s new January term course: Impact Investing in Action: Appalachia. Thanks to the generous and transformative gift of Richard and Donna Tadler, SE@UVA will now offer a deeply-immersive J-term course in Appalachia and Southwest Virginia. The course is open to UVA students minoring in social entrepreneurship who now have the opportunity to experience first-hand the challenges facing this region and the role impact investing can play in its impact rebirth.