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  • Waters Discusses ‘Slow Food Values’ in a Fast Food World
    Waters Discusses ‘Slow Food Values’ in a Fast Food World

    Alice 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 Speech
    The University of Virginia’s Fight to Protect Free Speech

    Dean 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 Vranas
    Alumni Profile: Elizabeth Vranas

    Elizabeth 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 It
    Michael D. Williams Column: In Health Debate, Patients Need a Place at the Table, Not on It

    Dr. 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.

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  • Dean Stam’s Statement at Forum with Congressman Tom Garrett
    Dean Stam’s Statement at Forum with Congressman Tom Garrett

    For more information regarding Congressman Tom Garrett's Forum on March 31,2017, please click here.

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  • Alumni Profile: Rachel Good
    Alumni Profile: Rachel Good

    Rachel Good, MPP '12, is a Field Operations Manager at the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) in Anconcito, Ecuador.

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  • Question for Panel: Is Time Right for Permanent Daylight Saving?
    Question for Panel: Is Time Right for Permanent Daylight Saving?

    Professor Jen Doleac's research on the impact of daylight on crime has found that adding an extra hour of daylight to the end of the day for three weeks in March reduced robberies by 7% overall, and by 27% during the evening hours when people are commuting home.

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  • Event Aims to Find Solutions to Unconscious Bias in Health, Wellness and Beyond
    Event Aims to Find Solutions to Unconscious Bias in Health, Wellness and Beyond

    Dr. Michael D. Williams will lead the two-day symposium. (UVA Health System photo)

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  • Alumni Profile: Grady Brown
    Alumni Profile: Grady Brown

    Grady Brown, MPP ‘16, is a Quantitative Analyst for the Madison Metropolitan School District in Madison, Wisconsin.

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  • Alumni Profile: Casey Duggan
    Alumni Profile: Casey Duggan

    Casey Duggan, BA ‘14, is a public policy specialist in the Emerging Technologies Practice Group at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.

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  • UVA, Monticello Announce Recipients of 2017 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals
    UVA, Monticello Announce Recipients of 2017 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals

    UVA, Monticello Announce Recipients of 2017 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals

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  • NASPAA-Batten Simulation Competition: And the Winner is…
    NASPAA-Batten Simulation Competition: And the Winner is…

    The winners of the 2017 NASPAA-Batten Simulation Competition are announced.

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