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Research and CommentaryBrown-Iannuzzi, Claibourn, Trawalter: ‘Confederate memorials are associated with hate’ — New UVA study shows ‘significant’ correlation between lynchings and monumentsA UVA research team, including three Batten professors, uncovered a quantifiable relationship between Confederate memorials and the explicitly racist practice of lynching.
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Research and CommentaryNew UVA Study Finds Correlation Between Lynchings and Confederate MonumentsA team of Batten and psychology researchers are bringing an empirical perspective to a national conversation.
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Racial Justice and EquityFormer Head of Belonging and Inclusion at Airbnb Joins Batten FacultyMelissa Thomas-Hunt is bringing a unique blend of scholarly and real-world expertise to her dual appointment at UVA’s Batten School and Darden School of Business.
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Faculty In ActionRestoring the BalanceHow can Congress reclaim its constitutional authority to shape foreign policy? Gerald Warburg, Batten professor of practice of public policy, offers insight in an article in the Wilson Quarterly.
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Court in Session: Washington Post Reporter Bob Barnes Breaks Down the Supreme Court’s Ambitious AgendaThe 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.
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Student StoriesSeven Batten Students Complete Public Service Internships Through the Frederic S. Bocock FellowshipThrough the generosity of Fred and Mary Buford Hitz, seven Batten students completed summer public service internships with support from the Frederic S. Bocock Fellowship.
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Research and CommentaryRobinson: In the showdown over masks in K-12 schools, who will blink first?As some states ban K-12 mask mandates, Batten Professor of Law, Education and Public Policy Kimberly Jenkins Robinson says that the federal government is responsible for protecting our most vulnerable schoolchildren.
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Student StoriesBatten Students Share How 9/11 Has Influenced Their LivesAs the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks approaches, Batten student Jane Frankel (BA '22) and alum Matt Gillam (BA '21) share their impressions of 9/11 and its lasting influences.
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Student StoriesBatten Builds: A Day in PhotographsAfter a challenging year and a half, Batten students were especially excited to serve their community in person.
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Faculty Spotlight: The Social InnovatorBatten professor Molly Lipscomb has a creative solution to a public sanitation crisis—and a new vision for the center that’s helping to address it.
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Racial Justice and EquityBatten Researcher Brings Police, Students Together to Better Understand Each OtherPolice and students can learn from one another if they talk more, according to Batten's Brian N. Williams, an associate professor of public policy.
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Research and CommentaryLeblang: How resettling Afghan refugees might help Afghanistan’s futureIn an article for The Washington Post, Batten's David Leblang and co-author Margaret Peters explain how migrants help their home countries by building trade ties and by sending back both cash and political knowledge.