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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.
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Batten Will Host UVA-Wise Gubernatorial Debate in OctoberBatten is the host for the October debate at UVA-Wise between the two top candidates for the Virginia governor's office, Democrat Ralph Northam and Republican Ed Gillespie. (photo courtesy UVA-Wise)
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Batten Welcomes MPP Class of 2019The Batten School is proud to welcome the incoming MPP Class of 2019!
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Jennifer Doleac on How “Ban the Box” Policies Hurt Black Applicants"...When you hide criminal record information from employers, it might make them more likely to statistically discriminate based on race." — Jennifer Doleac
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Ask Less, Get More: Research Shows Simpler Contracts Fuel Employee Motivation“How can we draft contracts that are more effective in fueling employees’ motivation and engagement?”
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The U.S. Should Rethink its Entire Approach to Painkillers and the People Addicted to Them, Panel Urges“The numbers are extraordinary and unfortunately it’s still getting worse,” said Richard J. Bonnie, chairman of the panel and director of the University of Virginia School of Law’s Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy.