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Students Tackle Climate Change with National SimulationTop graduate students from across the nation will be participating in a climate change simulation competition on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 at eight regional sites. The University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy is hosting graduate students from the Mid-Atlantic and Southern regions of the country.
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TEDxUVA Features Batten Faculty
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Chou: Experiencing Financial Stress May Lead to Physical PainPeople who feel that their financial outlook is shaky may actually experience more physical pain than those who feel financially secure, according to new research in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The findings indicate that the link may be driven, at least in part, by feeling a lack of control over one’s life.
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Lutter: Herding Genetically Engineered Animals to Market
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UVA Social Innovation SummitThe Summit is a cross‐disciplinary gathering of students and faculty members who are passionate about entrepreneurship and social innovation.
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Volden Receives Grant to Expand Legislative Effectiveness ProjectProfessors Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman (Professor of Political Science and Law at Vanderbilt University) received a $200,000 grant from the Madison Initiative to expand their groundbreaking research - the Legislative Effectiveness Project (LEP)
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Thomas-Hunt Named Associate Dean of Diversity at Darden SchoolBatten-affiliated Professor Melissa Thomas-Hunt has been appointed Senior Associate Dean and Global Chief Diversity Officer for the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. At the Batten School, Thomas-Hunt teaches courses in teamwork, conflict management and negotiation.
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Blurred Borders: Making Sense of the European Migration Crisis
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How Much Will Climate Change Rules Benefit Americans?
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‘Hoos vs. Hokies: New Study Addresses RivalriesWhile UVA’s athletic matchups with Virginia Tech are hardly the schools’ only game-time grudge matches, assistant professor of public policy and psychology Benjamin Converse says that the UVA-Tech matchup is unique in the type of psychological response it triggers.
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National Security Implications of Global HealthOn Monday, February 8, 2016, the Batten School welcomes Stephen Morrison, senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and director of its Global Health Policy Center. Dr. Morrison will discuss the "National Security Implications of Global Health" in Garrett Hall at 1 p.m.
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Ice Cube Innovation: Classroom to StartupUndergraduate students Alexandra Lazares (BA ’16) and Scout Beron (BA ’16) are using what they’ve learned at Batten to take their unique idea to the next level. The two developed the company Ice Cube Innovation (ICI) while studying at Oxford University this summer, after noticing that people in the U.K. did not use ice in their drinks because of the dilution effects.