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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)
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States can finally slay the healthcare cost dragon that is bankrupting AmericaRay Scheppach cites a late U.S. Supreme Court justice to recommend that states can “serve as a laboratory and try novel social and economic experiments,” in this case to improve the nation's healthcare. (photo courtesy of The Hill online publication, from Getty Images.)
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Fighting the Opioid Abuse Crisis: Richard Bonnie on the National Committee’s Recommendations“Ninety people die every day of an opioid overdose. We need to muster an ‘all hands on deck’ response to it, and the response needs to be sustained.” — Richard Bonnie (photo courtesy of UVA Law School Communications)
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Batten’s Malcolm Brogdon, NBA Rookie of the Year, is Known as “The President” of the League to SomeFellow Milwaukee Bucks rookie Thon Maker liked calling Brogdon "The President." "It was the best compliment you could get," Brogdon said. (photo of Brogdon with Rookie of the Year trophy, from The Washington Times.)
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Batten Teams Up with Foreign Policy Magazine for D.C. Launch of New National Security Policy CenterForeign policy experts addressed the Batten community at a July conference in Washington, D.C. to launch the new National Security Policy Center. Foreign Policy magazine co-sponsored the event.