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Batten alum Monica Logothetis (MPP '09), co-founder of DreamWakers, developed an innovative program called Jail to Jobs to address the problem of high recidivism in the United States.

Batten student Lisette Dubow (BA '22) has been selected to pursue a one-year Master of Global Affairs degree as a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing next year.

What keeps someone from activating their library card or returning a book? Brooklyn Public Library worked with behavioral science experts including Batten professor Benjamin Castleman and alum Katharine Meyer (MPP '16) to find out.

Launched as part of a new partnership between Batten and Madison House, the Batten School’s holiday food drive aims to provide 120 local families with a hearty traditional meal this season.

Congress is considering universal pre-K and subsidies for child care. Batten's Daphna Bassok and other researchers spoke to The New York Times about how these policies can benefit children, and when they can backfire.

The Virginia Policy Review, Batten’s oldest student organization, offers an ever-expanding space for people with differing perspectives to convene and converse.

According to new research from Batten's Benjamin Castleman and Texas A&M University's Andrew Barr, intensive college advising leads to large increases in the share of low-income high school seniors that earn their bachelor's degree.

Seven speakers, including Dean Ian Solomon, were featured at the fourth annual “Double Take: Stories That Make You Think Twice” at a packed Carr’s Hill, UVA’s presidential home.

A new five-week course from Professor Lucy Bassett brings a feminist perspective to the Batten curriculum.

Launched in 2018 during the inauguration of Jim Ryan as UVA’s ninth president, this year’s edition will feature seven students, faculty and staff members — including Batten School Dean Ian Solomon — and is free and open to the public.

In their new book "Why bad policies spread (and good one’s don’t)," Batten's Craig Volden and Charles R. Shipan draw from a wide range of policy domains to examine whether states learn from another to improve the spread of good or effective policies, which policies spread for which reasons and which conditions lead to good or bad policies to spread, among other core questions.

Pamela Cipriano, dean of the University of Virginia School of Nursing and professor of nursing and public policy at the Batten School, was elected to lead the International Council of Nurses at the group’s Council of National Nursing Association Representatives.