Impact Capital Supporting COVID Recovery across Virginia Event The economic impact of COVID-19 on Virginia localities will not be fully understood for a long time; yet we know it is devastating for many. Come hear investment professionals in Virginia share their insights during another installment of our Expert Chat Series. Join the conversation via Zoom.
UVA Clubs: On-Air with Christine Mahoney Event The UVA Clubs program and the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy invite you to join Professor Christine Mahoney for a private conference call to discuss solutions through social entrepreneurship. Professor Mahoney, Professor of Public Policy and Politics, and Director of Social Entrepreneurship at UVA, will share her thoughts and will then answer live questions from the audience.
Social Entrepreneurship at UVA Receives Award as Global Leader in Social Entrepreneurship Education News Bestowed by AshokaU, a worldwide leader in social innovation education, the award recognizes the extraordinary impact of SE@UVA’s Changemaker Labs.
Alum in Action: Kathryn Babineau News Batten alum Kathryn Babineau (MPP ’13) is a Ph.D. student in the University of Virginia's sociology department, where she studies globalization, labor rights, and public and private regulation. Previously, she worked as a human rights investigator for the Fair Food Standards Council and as a research coordinator at National Defense University.
Faculty Spotlight: Investment, Not Charity, Will Alleviate Poverty in Appalachia News After researching how impact investment can combat poverty around the world, Batten School professor Christine Mahoney is looking to tackle issues closer to home.
Eight Years of Positive Impact with Social Entrepreneurship at UVA News In the last eight years, Social Entrepreneurship at UVA (SE@UVA), a Batten School initiative, has established itself as a leading research hub for students interested in leveraging their education to make a positive impact on society.
Impact Investing in Action: Appalachia News Driving through Southwest Virginia, Richard Tadler, a venture capitalist and UVA graduate, was able to see firsthand some of the challenges that Virginia’s rural communities are facing; but more importantly, he was struck by the opportunities they present both for impact investors interested in facilitating economic growth at a time of transition, and for UVA students to learn about all the exciting sustainable economic development going on in their own backyard.
University Faculty Learn How to Live More Connected Lives by Confronting Difficult Past News This past June, Batten professors Lucy Bassett and Andrew Pennock participated in the University’s Teaching Race at UVA seminar. Launched in the summer of 2018, the seminar which is an initiative of the Office of the Provost grew out of a desire to deepen faculty’s understanding of the University’s and greater Charlottesville’s complicated history with race.
Alum Spotlight: Baylee Eby News Last April, Baylee Eby (MPP '15) launched Dreamer & Co, a social impact company whose mission is to provide job skills and a steady income to young women in the Horn of Africa.
Batten Professors Selected by President Ryan as UVA’s Nominees for Prestigious Carnegie Fellows Program News Professors Christine Mahoney and Philip Potter were selected as UVA’s only nominees from a University-wide applicant pool.
The VA Impact Summit: Opportunities for Impact are Endless News On Friday morning, Oct. 5, Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Virginia (SE@UVA), an initiative of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, came together with the office of Governor Ralph Northam and the Virginia Impact Investing Forum, to host the Virginia Impact Summit.
On the Advantages of a Well-Constructed Lobbying System: Towards a More Democratic, Modern Lobbying Process Research On the Advantages of a Well-Constructed Lobbying System: Towards a More Democratic, Modern Lobbying Process by Christine Mahoney Lee Drutman The American lobbying information processing system is woefully outdated. The mechanisms by which citizen, interest group, and business concerns are incorporated into the policymaking process have largely not been updated in over 200 years.