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10 Years of Positive DisruptionLast month, the Batten School celebrated its 10 Year Anniversary. Students, faculty, alumni, and staff returned to Garrett Hall to reflect upon the last ten years and start planning for the future.
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Simulation aims to make visceral connection between poverty, stressBatten students and Piedmont CASA volunteers participated in a poverty simulation over the weekend to experience the connection between poverty and stress.
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These Award-Winning Teachers Take Students on Life-Changing JourneysCongratulations to Assistant Professor Eileen Chou and Professor James Wyckoff for winning UVA's prestigious Teaching Awards.
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U.S. Congressmen Garrett And Connolly Discuss Bipartisanship at the Batten School
Students in Professor Gerry Warburg’s class listen and prepare to ask questions as the visiting congressmen discuss public policy issues (Photo by Sanjay Suchak, University Communications)
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The Batten School’s First Policy Clinic Educates Congress During Health Care DebateThe Batten School’s first policy clinic director, Brooke Lehmann, MSW, Esq and three postgraduate clinic students educated Members of Congress about how vulnerable populations of children and youth use Medicaid on the seventh anniversary of the Affordable Care Act becoming law.
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Batten Student Leader Wins UVA’s Coveted Sky Alland ScholarshipC. Malcolm Stewart of Midlothian will have his tuition and fees covered as he serves as senior resident adviser on the Lawn during the 2017-18 academic year. (UVA Alumni Association photo)
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Town Halls: What price freedom?
Dean Allan Stam and Professor Gerry Warburg discuss how civil dialog can restore faith in American democracy.
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Town Halls: What price freedom?Dean Allan Stam and Professor Gerry Warburg discuss how civil dialog can restore faith in American democracy.
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Waters Discusses ‘Slow Food Values’ in a Fast Food WorldAlice Waters, recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Citizen Leadership, spoke Thursday at the Batten School. (Photo by Sanjay Suchak, University Communications)
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The University of Virginia’s Fight to Protect Free SpeechDean Allan Stam is featured in a video that recaps the costs and benefits of hosting a recent event with Representative Tom Garrett.
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Alumni Profile: Elizabeth VranasElizabeth Vranas, MPP '15, is a Development Coordinator at the International Fund for Animal Welfare in Washington, DC.
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Michael D. Williams Column: In Health Debate, Patients Need a Place at the Table, Not on ItDr. Michael D. Williams is the director of the UVa Center for Health Policy, a joint program of the Batten School, the School of Medicine, and the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia. He is also associate chief medical officer for clinical integration, associate professor of surgery, and director of emergency general surgery at the University of Virginia Health System and School of Medicine.