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The Retailing of American MedicineAmerican medical care may be helpful much of the time, but rarely is it timely or convenient.
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Research and CommentaryMore Than a Game: Batten Simulation Center Puts Ideas to Real-World TestsThe Batten School’s recently unveiled Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming prepares students for public life by allowing them to test real-world solutions in a virtual environment.
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Research and CommentaryRuhm Speaks at Department of Labor SymposiumProfessor Christopher Ruhm presented his research at the Paid Family and Medical Leave Findings Symposium, hosted by the Department of Labor.
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Student StoriesBatten Student Returns to Ghana to Make a DifferenceWorking with a team of colleagues, 4th-year Batten student Emmanuel Agyemang-Dua established the 21st Century Citizens Initiative (21st CCI), whose aim it is to help Ghanaian youth embrace technology and become more involved in local policy issues and their creation.
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Research and CommentaryWarburg: Don’t tread on public serviceHyper-partisanship and the politics of personal destruction are plagues of our time. So, too, is the pervasive distrust of institutions citizens have built up and looked to for generations.
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Student StoriesNew Program Allows Any Undergrad to Minor in EntrepreneurshipThe University of Virginia will launch one of its largest interdisciplinary degree programs to date this month. The new entrepreneurship minor is open to all undergraduate students and represents a strategic collaboration between multiple schools.
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Alum in ActionMPP Alumna Wins NAEd/Spencer Dissertation FellowshipVeronica Katz, a doctoral student in the Education Policy doctoral program, has been awarded a National Academy of Education (NAEd) / Spencer 2015 Dissertation Fellowship for $27,500.
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Research and CommentaryWarburg and Bergner: Learning From Two Long Wars
Throughout our history, the years immediately following military conflicts have often proved rich in reform.
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Student StoriesBatten Prepares: An Internship SnapshotWhen she left Charlottesville for the summer, MPP student Nora Neus had no idea how much a Batten education would help her in the workplace.
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Professor Chou Writes in the New York Times on PowerBehavioral science research has demonstrated that power confers psychological resources on its holders that might help stave off the loneliness that can accompany isolation.
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Research and CommentarySlovak Ambassador Discusses Entrepreneurship Policy in Central EuropeThe Ambassador’s presentation, “The Slovak Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and the Visegrád Group of Four States,” covered recent efforts by the Slovak Embassy in Washington, DC, as well as the country’s government in Slovakia.
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Batten Welcomes New FacultyNew Batten faculty will be teaching classes in social entrepreneurship, policy analysis and education policy, among others.