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Batten’s Shimshack Explains If (and Why) People Wait Too Long to Stock Up to Prepare for Hurricanes
Is it the “ostrich effect?” Misguided optimism? Ease of shopping during normal times? Or a distrust of government warnings?
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Professor Spotlight: Gabrielle AdamsWhen it comes to social psychology, Professor Gabrielle Adams’s knowledge and experience belie her age.
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Batten’s Castleman Wants to “Nudge” First-Generation Students Over the Finish Line—and BeyondBen Castleman is taking a great idea to the next level.
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Dean Allan Stam’s Fall 2018 State of the School AddressPhysicians take the Hippocratic oath—do no harm, we need to think about the same thing in our world.
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The Center for Effective Lawmaking, College Republicans at UVA, University Democrats at UVA and Batten School to Co-Host Fifth Congressional District DebateCandidates competing to represent Virginia’s largest congressional district
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Whatever We Build Ends Up Building UsBatten kicks off the fall semester—a day shy of class—by giving back to the community with Batten Builds.
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The Batten School and UVA Center for Politics Announce Democracy in Perilous Times: Unprecedented Challenges and Controversies
With the midterm of a presidential administration approaching and control of the Congress and U.S. Supreme Court weighing in the balance, today the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the UVA Center for Politics announced a new National Symposium Series on Democracy.
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Center For Effective Lawmaking Discusses Rising Drug Costs, Other Issues With Congressional Aides
"If there is any maxim in health policy, it's this: nothing is as simple as it seems." — Carolyn Engelhard, Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences and Public Policy
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The Batten School Welcomes Three New Professors for the 2018-19 Academic Year
The Batten School's unique approach attracts some of the nation’s best scholar-practitioners from around the globe.
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Batten’s Leblang: How Deporting Immigrants From the U.S. Increases Immigration to the U.S.
"Deportation policies don’t merely affect deportees’ countries of origin. They also create a vicious migration cycle by pushing more people away from their homes."
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Batten MPP Leads Program Where First-Generation UVA and Local Students Rise Together
Batten MPP student Bryan Christ and his mother, Gina, created "Rise Together," a non-profit group-mentoring program that pairs UVA students with dozens of students at three Albemarle County schools. (photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
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Batten’s Lipscomb Helps Break Up Senegal’s “Toilet Cartel”
Molly Lipscomb and others worked with the Senegalese Ministry of Sanitation to improve waste disposal in the capital city of Dakar.