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Alum in ActionCameron Haddad: The Data Beneath the DataBatten alum Cameron Haddad (MPP ’20) takes a closer look at everything from health care in South Africa to children’s welfare in Tajikistan, with a core maxim in mind: Remember the people on the other side of the numbers.
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Research and Commentary‘Deal with the root causes’: Harris visits U.S.-Mexico border after months of pressure on immigrationIn advance of Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, Batten professor Lucy Bassett spoke with USA Today about the significance of the trip, and the complexity of the root causes contributing to record numbers of migrants seeking asylum at the southern border.
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Faculty Spotlight: Improving the Way We Make Laws, with ScienceBatten Professor Craig Volden no longer designs spacecraft—instead, he’s engineering a metric to combat political gridlock.
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Racial Justice and EquityBatten’s New Postdoctoral Researchers to Focus on Diversity, Social IdentityThe School's new postdoctoral fellows will investigate perceptions of minorities in academia and the workplace, among other subjects.
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Research and CommentaryVolden: Experienced Staff Promote Effective LawmakingAccording to research from Batten's Center for Effective Lawmaking, retaining experienced legislative staff is crucial to Congress doing its job better. In an op-ed for The Hill, center co-directors Craig Volden and Alan E. Wiseman say that when it comes to congressional staff, we get what we pay for.
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Led by Karsh Family Gift, UVA Plans $100 Million for Institute of DemocracyUVA plans to invest $100 million in the study, teaching and promotion of democracy made possible with a $50 million gift from Martha and Bruce Karsh to establish the Karsh Institute of Democracy. The Institute will bring together and augment the work of entities already dedicated to the study of democracy at UVA, including the Batten School.
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Batten’s Gabrielle Adams and Lucy Bassett Receive UVA’s Prestigious All-University Faculty Teaching AwardDespite many challenges posed by the pandemic, Adams and Bassett demonstrated outstanding skill, compassion and creativity in keeping students engaged in virtual classes and relating their subject material to daily life.
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Alum in ActionThe Gift of Closure: Batten Alum Hannah Semmes Reflects on Final ExercisesIn her graduation poem – read at Sunday’s ceremony – Hannah Semmes (BA '20) said maybe she would have taken that last walk around Grounds, gone to that dinner, asked out that boy, gone to that party if she knew we were leaving so soon.
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Student StoriesClass of 2021: Batten Student Driven to Help Others Feel Seen, Heard and RespectedMatt Gillam (BA ’21), a proud Long Islander, knew he wanted to be a Batten student from the moment he learned about the School. After graduating this month, he'll bring the leadership skills he gained during his time at Batten, along with his passion for service, to the classroom with Teach for America.
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Telling the Whole Story: Batten Students Tackle the Border Crisis from a New AngleIn Professor Lucy Bassett’s class on the U.S./Mexico border, students learn to integrate their policy knowledge with storytelling techniques to reach new audiences. Their multimedia projects bring the border crisis to life.
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Student StoriesClass of 2021: Batten Student Wants Everyone to Afford Their Own ‘Piece of the Sky’The location of Batten Student Jasmine Rangel’s (MPP '21) childhood house changed the course of her life. Now, she’s working to ensure that everyone has a stable, affordable home.
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Student StoriesOne Year Later, the Class of 2020 Relishes In-Person CelebrationsOn Sunday, May 16, more than 2,800 of the graduates who gathered around screens last year massed behind the Rotunda, in person and in full color. A year in the making, Sunday’s ceremonies were full of touching moments, joyful reunions and some fun surprises, including a poem from Batten grad Hannah Semmes (BA '20).