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Batten Professor Tells Northam That Decarbonization By 2050 is ‘Achievable and Affordable’As part of the Virginia Clean Energy Summit on Tuesday, Batten professor William Shobe outlined how it is feasible for Virginia to “decarbonize” the state’s economy by 2050.
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Research and CommentaryQ&A: Do Work Requirements Aid Those on Public Assistance? Batten Professor Says No.Adam Leive, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the Batten School, questions the effectiveness of work requirements in public assistance.
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Student StoriesBatten Student Leads Efforts to Register Voters, Recruit Poll Workers as Deadline LoomsAhead of Virginia’s voter registration deadline Tuesday, Batten student Hannah Koizumi (BA '21) is helping her peers register to vote, volunteer as poll workers and make a plan to get to the polls.
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Racial Justice and EquityBatten Students Play Role in Retold, Celebrating Women at UVAAs part of Retold, a University-wide effort to celebrate the women of UVA, Batten students Alyssa Candelmo, Karishma Srikanth, Martha Gallagher, and Jocelyn Willougby are sharing their stories.
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Q&A: COVID-19 and American Foreign Policy with Batten’s SechserAs the coronavirus pandemic continues to touch nearly every aspect of American life and government, Batten's Todd Sechser says the handling of the pandemic by the U.S. has implications far beyond our borders, affecting policy and power struggles around the world.
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Potter: The Death and Life of Terrorist NetworksISIS is quietly “rising from the ashes” in areas of Iraq and Syria, due in part to the group’s vast international network of affiliates. Batten’s Phil Potter and co-authors outline why ISIS will be difficult to finish off without defeating the terrorist organization’s entire network of allies.
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Racial Justice and EquityA Hoo Without a Name – Just the Way this Batten Student Wants ItA trip to the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers over the summer inspired Batten's Terrell Jana, the football team’s top receiver, to pay homage in an unexpected way.
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Student StoriesPhotos: Daily Academic Life at UVA in the COVID-19 EraUniversity photographers take a look at in-person learning on Grounds, including Batten students and professors in the classroom, during a fall semester shaped by the ongoing pandemic.
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Racial Justice and EquityHow Can Private Capital Best Serve the Public Good?When we think about the organizations making a positive change in the world, nonprofits usually come to mind. But in the latest installment of Expert Chats, Batten's Christine Mahoney argued that if we consider the private sector as well, we can address today’s global problems much more creatively.
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Learn How In-Person Instruction Is Going at the University of VirginiaUVA unveiled a new style of classroom teaching Sept. 8. See how three professors, including Batten's Gerald Warburg, are navigating the experience.
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Student StoriesA look at in-person learning during COVID-19For many in the University community, Tuesday, Sept. 8 was a pivotal date. Since the University’s announcement on Aug. 4 that in-person classes would begin in some capacity on that day, students, faculty and staff alike have been waiting with bated breath to begin a semester of classes unlike any in recent memory. With one week of in-person class now complete, students, including third-year Batten student Sydney Cherry, reflect on their first time in a classroom in six months.
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Members of Congress are Specializing Less Often. Volden and Wiseman Say That Makes Them Less Effective.Batten’s Craig Volden and Vanderbilt’s Alan Wiseman, co-directors of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, find that members of Congress are becoming less specialized and in turn, less effective. How do we encourage more expertise and reverse the trend?