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Batten to Launch New Center Focused on Lawmakers’ Effectiveness at Sept. 26 News Conference in Washington"We believe that a focus on who can actually get things done in Congress will be a valuable addition to the dialogue, particularly in today’s polarized environment." — Craig Volden (photo by Martin Falbisoner, Wikipedia entry for United States Capitol)
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Batten’s “Extraordinary” Strengths Prepare Batten for Promising Year, Dean Stam Tells School Town Hall"Never has there been a greater need for...enlightened and ethical leaders who leave the Grounds prepared for public life," said Dean Allan C. Stam, quoting benefactor Frank Batten.
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The Economic Link to the Opioid EpidemicChristopher Ruhm spoke about the economic link to the national opioid epidemic an interview with Bloomberg News' Joe Weisenthal, Abigail Doolittle and Julie Hyman. (photo courtesy Bloomberg News)
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Service on Solar Eclipse Day, and Learning of Advocacy in West VirginiaBatten students served in the Charlottesville area, learned of advocacy in West Virginia, and took in the historic solar eclipse on Monday. (photo by Scott Adams)
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How to Judge a Proposed Regulation In Ten Easy StepsBatten's Randall Lutter and other experts came up with ten tips for judging the value of possible new regulation. (photo courtesy of reference.com)
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How a Batten Professor Showed that the Nation’s Opioid Epidemic is Much Worse than First ReportedBatten's Christopher Ruhm shows in nationally recognized research that official reports are missing how bad the opioid crisis is in the hardest-hit states. (map courtesy of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine)
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“The Hope of Starting Over in America”: Mahoney Among Saturday’s Speakers on GroundsChristine Mahoney will speak on “A Refugee's Journey: Fleeing War, The Long Wait, and The Hope of Starting Over in America” at noon at UVA's Clemons Library, room 407. Three other Batten speakers will be David Leblang, Mimi Riley, and Sophie Trawalter.
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A Listening Tour Through Trump Territory: Public Policy and the “Towns in Between”"We need to celebrate our common values, our common heritage. To move toward common ground, we need to do the hard work of listening, really listening to each other." — Gerald Warburg (photo of Gatlinburg, TN courtesy of UVA Today)
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Batten’s Pay for Success Lab Helping to Fight Richmond’s Asthma ProblemJoshua Ogburn, Director of the SE@UVA Pay for Success Lab, is leading a year-long Richmond Pediatric Asthma project (image from the Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Medicine "You Can Control Asthma Now" program)
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Batten’s Ruhm: Death Toll from Opioid and Heroin Overdoses in America is Significantly Worse Than First Reported"A crucial step to developing policy to combat the fatal drug epidemic is to have a clear understanding of geographic differences in heroin- and opioid-related mortality rates." — Christopher Ruhm (map courtesy American Journal of Preventive Medicine)
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Island Dreams: Dominica Offers Ideas and Opportunities for Social EntrepreneurshipThirteen UVA students participated in Batten’s second Global Field Experience: Social Entrepreneurship in Dominica, in May 2017 (Boiling Lake in Morne Trois Piton National Park, Dominica; photo courtesy of Keith Etienne)
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From Grounds to Gold to Justice: Georgia Ratcliff Well-Prepared for Her Year at BattenGeorgia Ratcliff, left, is just one of four UVA students to be honored in 2016-2017 as an ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. (photo courtesy Virginiasports.com)