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Research and CommentaryWhy Do Bad Policies So Often Spread But Good Ones Don’t?In their new book "Why bad policies spread (and good one’s don’t)," Batten's Craig Volden and Charles R. Shipan draw from a wide range of policy domains to examine whether states learn from another to improve the spread of good or effective policies, which policies spread for which reasons and which conditions lead to good or bad policies to spread, among other core questions.
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Cipriano Elected to Lead Worldwide Nursing AssociationPamela Cipriano, dean of the University of Virginia School of Nursing and professor of nursing and public policy at the Batten School, was elected to lead the International Council of Nurses at the group’s Council of National Nursing Association Representatives.
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Research and CommentaryBrown-Iannuzzi, Claibourn, Trawalter: ‘Confederate memorials are associated with hate’ — New UVA study shows ‘significant’ correlation between lynchings and monumentsA UVA research team, including three Batten professors, uncovered a quantifiable relationship between Confederate memorials and the explicitly racist practice of lynching.
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Research and CommentaryNew UVA Study Finds Correlation Between Lynchings and Confederate MonumentsA team of Batten and psychology researchers are bringing an empirical perspective to a national conversation.
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Racial Justice and EquityFormer Head of Belonging and Inclusion at Airbnb Joins Batten FacultyMelissa Thomas-Hunt is bringing a unique blend of scholarly and real-world expertise to her dual appointment at UVA’s Batten School and Darden School of Business.
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Faculty In ActionRestoring the BalanceHow can Congress reclaim its constitutional authority to shape foreign policy? Gerald Warburg, Batten professor of practice of public policy, offers insight in an article in the Wilson Quarterly.
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Court in Session: Washington Post Reporter Bob Barnes Breaks Down the Supreme Court’s Ambitious AgendaThe Batten School’s Virginia Policy Review hosted Washington Post Supreme Court Reporter Bob Barnes for a preview and discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court's high-profile term.
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Student StoriesSeven Batten Students Complete Public Service Internships Through the Frederic S. Bocock FellowshipThrough the generosity of Fred and Mary Buford Hitz, seven Batten students completed summer public service internships with support from the Frederic S. Bocock Fellowship.
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Research and CommentaryRobinson: In the showdown over masks in K-12 schools, who will blink first?As some states ban K-12 mask mandates, Batten Professor of Law, Education and Public Policy Kimberly Jenkins Robinson says that the federal government is responsible for protecting our most vulnerable schoolchildren.
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Student StoriesBatten Students Share How 9/11 Has Influenced Their LivesAs the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks approaches, Batten student Jane Frankel (BA '22) and alum Matt Gillam (BA '21) share their impressions of 9/11 and its lasting influences.
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Student StoriesBatten Builds: A Day in PhotographsAfter a challenging year and a half, Batten students were especially excited to serve their community in person.
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Faculty Spotlight: The Social InnovatorBatten professor Molly Lipscomb has a creative solution to a public sanitation crisis—and a new vision for the center that’s helping to address it.