In a study published in Health Affairs, Professor @christopherruhm finds that the SAMHSA would need to redistribute $1.5 billion worth of funding -- meant to reduce and treat opioid misuse -- in order to achieve equity between all states. batten.virginia.edu/about/news/fed… #impactmonday

SE@UVA at a glance. For more information on our program, visit seatuva.org. #liftothersup #socialentrepreneurship #uva #uvaentrepreneurs #sociallyresponsible #impinv #socent #socialimpact

Taylor's experience as an Economics & Environmental Science major with a minor is Social Entrepreneurship led her to become a Royster Lawson Fellow. Watch the video to hear more about her internship with the national edtech non-profit, DreamWakers #uvaentrepreneurs

This summer Lauren Coppins will be interning with Invest Appalachia. Her work will be primarily focused on establishing metrics for investors and local stakeholders to use to quantify social impact and evaluate the future success of IA's mission! #fellowsfriday

During the summer of 2020, state officials were very worried that the pandemic would bring huge reductions in tax revenues and huge hikes in Medicaid spending. Visit the batten website to read Prof. Ray Scheppach's article on why this fiscal disaster didn't come! #impactmonday

Mehdy Elouassi is a rising fourth year in the College majoring in Economics and History and minoring in statistics. He is very passionate about sustainability and finding ways to innovate in ways that better everyone! #fellowsfriday

We are happy to announce that we will now be named Social Innovation @ UVA to reflect that our mission is to support innovative research and scholarship focused on reducing poverty and solving social problems in all sectors.

We are happy to introduce Molly Lipscomb as the new director of the center. More information on her work is available here: mollylipscomb.com

We are hiring an Associate Director for the Social Innovation at UVA Center. Please encourage interested candidates who are excited about data analysis and have experience in Stata to apply. The posting is available here: uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/Ch…

What makes Raymond Guiteras join Twitter? #EconToiletPapers! New hashtag -- credit to Raymond! Only 2 days to go until the Asian Development Bank Institute, @theIFS, UVA Batten School, François Bimogo conference on Sanitation & Development with many ToiletPapers. Kicked off by Sebastian Galiani. Join: ifs.org.uk/events/1944

Join us tonight for the opening of the Conference on sanitation and development, which we are putting on in partnership with Asian Development Bank Institute, Institute for Fiscal Studies, & Gates Foundation. Keynote remarks are open to the public, register through the link on our website: socialinnovationatuva.org/events/confere…

Congratulations to Batten's Molly Lipscomb (SIUVA), who was honored with @uva's Public Impact-Focused Research Award for her work examining the impact of bringing public services to low-income households in countries where services are needed. batten.virginia.edu/about/news/bat…

Congratulations to SI Director Molly Lipscomb for winning the 2021 Public Impact Focused Research Award! socialinnovationatuva.org/faculty-news/l…

As summer comes to a close, we will be sharing some of the experiences our Tadler Fellows had working on inclusive and sustainable development in rural and Appalachian Virginia socialinnovationatuva.org/student-experi…

Read our annual report to learn about all the interesting work we have been up to over the last year, and some of the exciting projects to come! socialinnovationatuva.org/faculty-news/c…

Recently, research led by the Center for Social Innovation was featured in the VoxDev article: How lumpy investments determine the effect of expanding financial services: Evidence from Uganda. Visit our website to learn more: socialinnovationatuva.org/faculty-news/c…