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AccoladesVolden Wins Honor for Paper That Highlights How Women Policymakers ThriveBatten's Craig Volden and co-author Rachel Augustine Potter were recognized for their research exploring the effectiveness of female agency leaders. They discuss the "glass walls" effect and the potential implications of their findings.
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Research and CommentaryEnhancing educators’ skills for quality preprimary education in BangladeshIn a study for World Bank, Batten's Lucy Bassett and co-author share findings about teacher preparedness in Bangladesh's pre-primary education programs.
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Research and CommentaryWe May Not Have Been as Anxious, Depressed in Pandemic’s First Year as Once ThoughtFindings from the Batten School's Christopher Ruhm and colleagues at Harvard question the accuracy of the CDC’s Household Pulse survey on mental health.
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AccoladesBatten Faculty Recognized for Excellence in Teaching, Service, Research and EngagementThis academic year, Batten School professors won a slew of internal and external recognitions for excellence in teaching, service, research and engagement.
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Alum in ActionNora Neus: Alumna’s Journalism Reaches National AudienceNora Neus (MPP '16), a Batten alumna and Emmy-nominated producer and journalist at CNN, conducted a haunting interview with a student survivor of the Uvalde massacre that made its way into the national debate.
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Research and CommentaryKirsten Gelsdorf: Examining Today’s Humanitarian Crises and OrganizationsFrank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy professor Kirsten Gelsdorf spoke to UVA Lifetime Learning's podcast about the current state of worldwide humanitarian crises and organizations poised to address them.
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Research and CommentaryTo Run or Not to Run? Not Enough Women Consider Political Office in the First Place.A new report by Batten School Professor Jennifer Lawless highlights the gender gap in political ambition. The research declares that “politics remains a game for men.”
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Research and CommentaryChildcare is a critical need for women refugees. It must be made a priority
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Student StoriesCelebrating Batten’s Class of 2022From Valedictory Exercises Friday afternoon to Batten’s signature Academic Regalia Ceremony on Saturday and Final Exercises on Sunday, this weekend marked the first return to the full custom of in-person UVA graduation since 2019.
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Research and CommentaryChildcare: An overlooked response to emergenciesProviding childcare in humanitarian emergencies is a win-win strategy for women and children. It’s time to make it a reality for more families.
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Student StoriesThe Batten School Announces Class of 2022 Pilot and Legacy Award WinnersThe Pilot and Legacy Awards, named in honor of the Batten School’s late founder, Frank Batten, Sr., are the most prestigious student-nominated awards for graduating Master of Public Policy students and students graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and Leadership.
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Batten Announces General Paul M. Nakasone, Director of the National Security Agency, as 2022 Commencement SpeakerGeneral Nakasone will deliver the commencement address during the school’s first in-person Academic Regalia Ceremony since 2019, set to take place at James Monroe’s Highland on Saturday, May 21, at 5:30 p.m.