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Peer Mentoring Improves College Success for Lower-Income StudentsIn a research update brief, Batten Associate Professor Ben Castleman and colleagues show a sustained positive effect of peer mentoring on college persistence for lower-income students.
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Faculty In ActionEileen Chou New Associate Dean for Academic AffairsThe Batten School is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Eileen Chou as associate dean for academic affairs, effective July 1, 2023.
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Faculty In ActionBatten Welcomes Four Scholars to the FacultyBatten is pleased to welcome four outstanding scholars who will join our faculty this fall.
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Student ExperienceStudents from Batten Course Score High in Bain CompetitionCongratulations to the 10 UVA students who won first- and third-place in the prestigious 7th annual Bain & Co. Women’s Case Competition -- including several students who took a Batten course offering in management consulting and strategic decision making.
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ResearchBipartisanship the “secret sauce” for effective lawmaking, despite rising polarization in CongressDespite perceptions that Congress is dominated by partisan interests, a new study from the Center for Effective Lawmaking -- co-directed by Batten professor Craig Volden -- finds that legislators who draw in cosponsors from both sides of the aisle are more effective.
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Faculty In ActionJohn Holbein Among UVA’s Inaugural Shannon FellowsBatten professor Holbein is one of 15 faculty members chosen for a new UVA fellowship program recognizing groundbreaking research and commitment to service at UVA.
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Student ExperienceBatten Student Advises Policymakers on Security IssuesMaggie Sparling spent part of her spring in Fiji, working on national security and having experts listen to her insights. Sparling, who graduated this spring with majors in history and economics, is in the public policy master’s program at Batten.
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AccoladesJefferson Scholars Foundation Honors Six Outstanding UVA Faculty MembersBatten Professor of economics, education and public policy Sarah Turner was selected as this year's recipient of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Faculty Prize.
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AccoladesBatten Professor Andy Pennock has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awardBatten Professor Andy Pennock has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in leadership education to Slovenia for the 2023-2024 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
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Research and CommentaryWhy Americans Feel More PainMillions of Americans are suffering from chronic pain linked to troubled childhoods, loneliness, and a host of other pressures on working families. Economic insecurity is also associated with more pain, according to a study by Batten Professor Eileen Chou cited in a New York Times series exploring the interrelated crisis impacting working-class America.
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AccoladesBatten Professor Peter Johannessen wins UVA All-University Teaching AwardTeaching awards presented annually at the University of Virginia honor dedicated, passionate faculty members who contribute to an environment of excellence, rigor and academic growth for students.
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Washington Post Journalist Jason Rezaian honored at Founder’s DayAward-winning writer and former Washington Post bureau chief Jason Rezaian was officially awarded the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership, the university’s highest external honor, on Thursday. The medal honors those whose work exemplifies Thomas Jefferson’s commitment to the duty and virtue of public service.