Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with Domestic Policy & Politics Court in Session: Washington Post Reporter Bob Barnes Breaks Down the Supreme Court’s Ambitious Agenda The Batten School’s Virginia Policy Review hosted Washington Post Supreme Court Reporter Bob Barnes for a preview and discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court's high-profile term. Read More Domestic Policy & Politics Shobe: Net-zero emissions by 2050 are achievable, affordable in Va. In an article for The Virginian-Pilot, Batten's William Shobe writes that with careful planning and policy design, decarbonization in the Commonwealth is achievable by 2050. Earlier this year, Shobe and his colleagues at UVA’s Energy Transition Initiative released the state's first study to analyze the actions needed to reach this goal. Read More Research and Commentary, Environmental Policy, Domestic Policy & Politics Batten Students Engage With Politics via 22nd Century Scholars Program This summer, 50 students have been selected to participate in UVA’s 22nd Century Scholars program, designed to give students public-sector, event-planning, political and historical research, and video documentary work experience. Meet three Batten students participating in this year's program. Read More Student Stories, Leadership, Domestic Policy & Politics Did US States Get More Money Than They Needed for COVID-19 Relief? Interviewed for The Conversation, Batten’s Raymond Scheppach says the flood of federal money may have been a rare occurrence in federal-state relations: too much of a good thing. Read More Research and Commentary, Domestic Policy & Politics Teaching Pandemic Response Through Gamesmanship In a case of simulation imitating life, Batten's Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming provides an opportunity for students to wrestle with a simulated pandemic online – during a worldwide pandemic. Read More Research and Commentary, Domestic Policy & Politics, Social Psychology Class of 2021: Batten Student Aims to Use Her Policy Prowess Back Home Tatenda Mabikacheche (MPP ’21) grew up in Zimbabwe during a period of incredible economic instability. What she’s learned during her time at Batten, she said, can help her country rebuild. Read More Student Stories, Darden School of Business, Leadership, Economics, Domestic Policy & Politics New Batten and School of Education Program Helps Virginia Schools Respond to the Pandemic Students in the inaugural class of Ed Policy Associates are collaborating with Virginia policymakers on vital research, and gaining vital experience at the same time. Read More Research and Commentary, School of Education and Human Development, Leadership, Education, Domestic Policy & Politics Conservatives worry that Obamacare is a ‘super-statute.’ It isn’t quite one yet. Obamacare is a limited law, full of compromises that were necessary to secure its enactment. Read More Research and Commentary, Health Policy, Domestic Policy & Politics Professor Mbiti’s Work in Tanzania Recognized Professor Mbiti began working with the organization Twaweza and Tanzanian government partners to develop a study called KiuFunza (“thirst for learning”) in 2012. Read More Research and Commentary, Leadership, Domestic Policy & Politics Batten Alumna Promotes Gender Equality by the Numbers Rorem wants more people to see all the hidden truths that math reveals about everyday life and how female mathematicians are contributing to that understanding. Read More Alum in Action, Leadership, Domestic Policy & Politics Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 4 Next page ›› Subscribe to Domestic Policy & Politics Categories Alumni(6) Personal Statement(3) MPP(40) New Student(19) Application(34) Admissions(52) Study Abroad (1)Career Outcomes(8) BA(69) Accelerated MPP(63) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)Events(14) Faculty(2) Essays(8) Student Life(38) Curriculum(34) SE Minor(27) Batten Ambassadors(30) Policy Minor(45) Recommendations(11)