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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 LifeSeven 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 LifeBatten 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 LifeBatten 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.
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Faculty In ActionBatten Researcher Brings Police, Students Together to Better Understand Each OtherPolice and students can learn from one another if they talk more, according to Batten's Brian N. Williams, an associate professor of public policy.
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Research and CommentaryLeblang: How resettling Afghan refugees might help Afghanistan’s futureIn an article for The Washington Post, Batten's David Leblang and co-author Margaret Peters explain how migrants help their home countries by building trade ties and by sending back both cash and political knowledge.
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Research and CommentaryEmployees Often Hesitate to Speak Up in the Workplace. What Can We Do About It?Batten postdoctoral fellow Jieun Pai is studying the complicated dynamics between workers and their managers.
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Research and CommentaryBatten Experts Discuss Humanitarian Response to Earthquake in Haiti with BBC, Christian Science MonitorBatten School experts are weighing in on the international humanitarian response to the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that shook Haiti last weekend. Batten professor Kirsten Gelsdorf, who worked in 2010 as the Humanitarian Advisor to President Clinton in his role as the UN Special Envoy for the Haiti Earthquake, spoke to The Christian Science Monitor and alum Makayla Palazzo (MPP ’18) joined "BBC World News" live from Port-au-Prince.
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Research and CommentaryShobe: Net-zero emissions by 2050 are achievable, affordable in Va.In an article for The Virginian-Pilot, Batten's William Shobe writes that with careful planning and policy design, decarbonization in the Commonwealth is achievable by 2050. Earlier this year, Shobe and his colleagues at UVA’s Energy Transition Initiative released the state's first study to analyze the actions needed to reach this goal.