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Feb 18, 2020 Batten’s Bala Mulloth Awarded $100,000 to Empower Students to Solve Global Problems in Air Pollution International and Global Affairs Social Entrepreneurship Batten Professor Bala Mulloth and UVA Engineering Professor Gaurav Giri have been awarded $100,000 for their work to mobilize students to learn about and help address the global air pollution crisis. Learn more
Feb 12, 2020 Alum in Action: Kathryn Babineau Labor Social Equity Batten alum Kathryn Babineau (MPP ’13) is a Ph.D. student in the University of Virginia's sociology department, where she studies globalization, labor rights, and public and private regulation. Previously, she worked as a human rights investigator for the Fair Food Standards Council and as a research coordinator at National Defense University. Learn more
Jan 09, 2020 Faculty Spotlight: Investment, Not Charity, Will Alleviate Poverty in Appalachia Social Entrepreneurship After researching how impact investment can combat poverty around the world, Batten School professor Christine Mahoney is looking to tackle issues closer to home. READ IN UVA TODAY
Dec. 18, 2019 Eight Years of Positive Impact with Social Entrepreneurship at UVA Social Entrepreneurship In the last eight years, Social Entrepreneurship at UVA (SE@UVA), a Batten School initiative, has established itself as a leading research hub for students interested in leveraging their education to make a positive impact on society. Learn more
Sep 19, 2018 Virginia Impact Summit At a time when social problems are large and mounting, a growing group of philanthropists and investors are developing innovative financial approaches to fund critically important work, tackling everything from asthma interventions and early childhood education to affordable housing and the opioid crisis. Learn more
April 13, 2016 Applying Social Entrepreneurship Theory to the Real World Social Entrepreneurship Professor Bala Mulloth launched Developing a New Social Venture, a capstone course offered to fourth-years in Batten’s undergraduate program. Part of the suite of SE@UVA social entrepreneurship classes, the three-credit course, originally taught by Professor Mulloth to MBA students at Central European University Business School in Budapest, takes students “out of the classroom and into the marketplace.” Throughout the semester, students have the opportunity to explore entrepreneurship by building a business from the ground up. Student self-organize in teams and work with Professor Mulloth and local entrepreneurs to take their ideas from concept to launch, culminating in a final assessment of the venture’s viability. Learn more