Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with Leadership Learning from History On Andy McLeod’s Historic Matters podcast, Batten professor Gerry Warburg explores how lessons from the past can inspire the best policymaking for what’s to come. Read More Leadership, Political Science, Democracy UVA Honors Its Leading Researchers at Boar's Head Banquet The inaugural Research Achievement Awards featured University leaders handing out 13 honors to UVA’s most outstanding researchers, including Batten's Daphna Bassok and Brian Williams. Read More Leadership, Social Equity, Education Four Batten Students Selected as Finalists for the 2020 Presidential Management Fellows Program The Batten School announced the selection of four Batten students as finalists in this year's highly competitive Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program. Read More Student Stories, Leadership How a UVA Course Led to a Warm Holiday Reunion for This Student Donovan Lea and his half-brother Dominique have been estranged for years. Now, they plan to meet after Christmas to jump-start their relationship, and it’s all because of a Batten course Lea took this fall. Read More Leadership Students Take to Instagram to Highlight Their Favorite Fall Courses On UVA’s Instagram account, students were asked about their favorite fall-semester courses. A number of students spotlighted Batten associate professor of public policy Tim Davis’ “The Resilient Student: Transition, Thriving, and Leadership” course. Read More Leadership Batten's Kirsten Gelsdorf One of Three UVA Professors Among State’s Top 12 for 2019 The three University of Virginia professors named 2020 Outstanding Faculty Award winners push the boundaries of the typical classroom and of their academic disciplines, employing hands-on experiences for students and conducting game-changing scholarship to aid humanity. Read More UVA Humanitarian Collaborative, International and Global Affairs, Leadership Dean Solomon Steps In as Guest Coach for UVA Women's Basketball Dean Ian Solomon took a timeout from his regular day-to-day responsibilities to step in as guest coach for the UVA women's basketball team as they faced off against Old Dominion University on Nov. 24. Read More Leadership 585 Students Around the World Compete in Host Nations: A Refugee Simulation On February 23, the third annual NASPPA-Batten Student Simulation Competition will take place, bringing together a record 585 graduate students from around the globe to tackle policy issues associated with forced migration through computer-based simulated gameplay. Read More Advocacy, Leadership, Economics, Domestic Policy & Politics Alum Spotlight: Sumedha Deshmukh For Sumedha Deshmukh (MPP’17) good policymaking should be able to anticipate unintended consequences. Read More Alum in Action, Ethics, Leadership The Batten School Announces Class of 2018 Employment Outcomes The class of 2018 employment data shows that Batten grads are making their mark in unique and challenging positions across sectors and around the globe. Read More Student Stories, Leadership, Education Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 14 Next page ›› Subscribe to Leadership Categories Curriculum(33) Batten Ambassadors(29) Personal Statement(3) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)Faculty(2) Accelerated MPP(59) Study Abroad (1)New Student(14) Recommendations(11) Essays(8) Admissions(47) Career Outcomes(8) Events(12) Policy Minor(41) MPP(39) Application(33) SE Minor(23) BA(64) Alumni(6) Student Life(37)