Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with UVA The Business of Sports: At This Stage in the Game with Professor Gabrielle Adams and UVA Alumni Moderated by Batten's Gabe Adams, all UVA alumni, parents, and friends are invited to join UVA Clubs for The Business of Sports: At This Stage in the Game, an exciting discussion with UVA alumni Jonathan Becher and Jake Burns. Read More UVA Land of Hope and Dreams? The Future of U.S. Immigration Policy As the Biden administration makes several key changes to U.S. immigration policy, including an end to the so-called Muslim ban, halting border wall construction and putting a temporary hold on deportations, experts examine the priorities and what they might imply for the evolution of U.S. immigration and refugee policy. Read More UVA, UVA Humanitarian Collaborative Impact of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Interventions in Humanitarian Displacement Which psychosocial interventions are effective and why? How can we create meaningful psychosocial support for displaced populations in humanitarian contexts? Join Batten Professor Kirsten Gelsdorf and Associate Professor Amanda Nguyen present their findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis to the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Read More UVA, UVA Humanitarian Collaborative The Biden Administration Inherits the COVID-19 Crisis In this conversation hosted by UVA's Miller Center, join Batten Professor Professor Margaret Foster Riley and experts for a critical discussion about how the new Biden Administration will adjust the country’s response, vaccine efforts, the current wave, and more. Read More UVA Democracy Dialogues: The Room Where It Happens with Larry Sabato The inaugural Democracy Dialogues event, offered virtually, includes former cybersecurity chief Christopher Krebs, CNN’s Don Lemon and Paul Begala, Lincoln Project board member and scholar Tara Setmayer and others. Read More UVA, UVA Center for Politics 'The World: A Brief Introduction' In this conversation hosted by UVA's Miller Center, Richard Haass, veteran diplomat and the current president of the Council on Foreign Relations, talks with Todd Sechser of the Democracy Initiative's Statecraft Lab about his new book The World: A Brief Introduction, Read More UVA, Miller Center Democracy in Danger Podcast Series Live Broadcast: "Aftermath: Democracy in the Wake of 2020" Join Siva and Will for a live recording of Democracy in Danger, a new podcast from UVA's Deliberative Media Lab. Read More Racial Justice and Equity, UVA Election 2020: What Just Happened? On the day after the 2020 presidential election, three Miller Center experts examine the results by looking at exit polling and analyzing state data to see what it reveals about the electorate. Which issues seemed to dominate? Where were the critical districts that decided the election? Read More UVA, Miller Center Immigration, asylum, and national security: A comparative perspective Co-sponsored by UVA's Miller Center and Batten's Global Policy Center, join us as the 2020 Ambassador William C. Battle Symposium on American Diplomacy explores one of the defining issues of our day: immigration. Read More UVA, UVA Humanitarian Collaborative Virtual Meditation on the Lawn with Dean Solomon As the coronavirus pandemic continues to take its toll on the well-being of all members of our community, it is even more crucial that we continue to find regular moments of peace, reflection, and contemplative connection with each other. Join us as Dean Solomon leads a five minute meditation for the UVA and Charlottesville community. Read More UVA Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ›› Subscribe to UVA Categories Admissions(52) Events(13) Application(34) Policy Minor(43) Faculty(2) Batten Ambassadors(29) BA(66) Essays(8) Study Abroad (1)New Student(18) Accelerated MPP(61) Curriculum(33) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)MPP(40) Career Outcomes(8) SE Minor(25) Recommendations(11) Personal Statement(3) Alumni(6) Student Life(37)