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  • Batten’s Sechser on North Korea’s Missile Test and the Threat It Poses
    Batten’s Sechser on North Korea’s Missile Test and the Threat It Poses

    "For almost 70 years now, we’ve relied on nuclear deterrence to protect ourselves and our allies. This is no time to give up on that strategy."

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  • Pobo Efekoro Enters Batten A Winner in Chess, Athletics and Leadership
    Pobo Efekoro Enters Batten A Winner in Chess, Athletics and Leadership

    Oghenakpobo Efekoro starts his Batten career this fall with a long history of accomplishments, including national and international track and field achievements and national chess championships.

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  • Batten Student, Professor Argue for Better Way to Get Genetically Modified Animals to Market
    Batten Student, Professor Argue for Better Way to Get Genetically Modified Animals to Market

    Lena Lewis and Randall Lutter challenge the FDA to use the same approach for genetically altered animals that it applies to plants. (Photo courtesy of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

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  • Batten’s Brogdon Wins NBA Rookie of the Year Award
    Batten’s Brogdon Wins NBA Rookie of the Year Award

    Batten's Malcolm Brogdon earned the 2017 NBA Rookie of the Year Award Monday night.

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  • Win-Win-Win: Professor’s Plan Seeks to Benefit Refugees, Hosts – and Investors
    Win-Win-Win: Professor’s Plan Seeks to Benefit Refugees, Hosts – and Investors

    Alight Fund co-founders Christine Mahoney, center, and John Kluge, left, walk with an interpreter while visiting a Syrian refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. (Photo courtesy of the Alight Fund)

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  • Recent Batten Alum Working on New Album
    Recent Batten Alum Working on New Album

    Nathan Colberg is delaying his entry into the public policy world for a year or two to test the musical waters. (Photo by Kathleen Bianchetto, University Communications)

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  • Fifty Cents or Five Thousand Dollars?
    Fifty Cents or Five Thousand Dollars?

    Ben Castleman advocates for creative, disruptive solutions that are financially sustainable to overcome the inequalities in college completion.

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  • Watching the Lawmakers: Craig Volden Can Tell if Members of Congress are Effective
    Watching the Lawmakers: Craig Volden Can Tell if Members of Congress are Effective

    "We wanted to focus in on the individual members of Congress who actually get things done," says Craig Volden.

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  • With or Without Washington, States are Already Remaking Medicaid
    With or Without Washington, States are Already Remaking Medicaid

    Ray Scheppach and eight other experts met recently in Washington to analyze state innovations in Medicaid (File photo by Jack Looney).

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  • The Link Between Lead Exposure and Crime
    The Link Between Lead Exposure and Crime

    Jennifer L. Doleac analyzes three studies showing that lead exposure is linked to criminal behavior.

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  • Batten Professor Phil Potter and Other UVA Experts Discuss Comey Hearing
    Batten Professor Phil Potter and Other UVA Experts Discuss Comey Hearing

    Former FBI Director James Comey is scheduled to testify before the Senate. (Photo by Brookings Institution via Creative Commons)

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  • Batten’s Godine to Teach Leadership Through Sports in Ghana This Summer
    Batten’s Godine to Teach Leadership Through Sports in Ghana This Summer

    Spencer Godine and three other UVa students will work in orphanages in three African countries this summer. (Photo by Batten School)

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