UVA Darden Student Isabela Batista’s Journey from Favela to Finance
When Isabela Batista (Class of 2025) left her growing business in Rio de Janeiro to attend the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, she wasn’t just pursuing an MBA — she was pushing her limits.
Batten Institute Launches the Inaugural Symposium to Reimagine Entrepreneurship Education
Thirty business faculty representing more than 20 universities – from as far as Denmark and Sri Lanka – descended on the University of Virginia Darden School of Business for a day of “Reimagining Entrepreneurship Education.” The first symposium of its kind, hosted by the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology at Darden, was an exploration of how to incorporate the principles of effectuation to improve business curricula and student outcomes.
Conservation Is a Long Game. Dorothy Batten Is More Than Ready.
Under Darden alumna Dorothy Batten’s leadership, Oakencroft Farm & Winery is a sustainability-first enterprise in every aspect, from land management to wine production. Batten's lifelong passion for conservation informs her approach, and she hopes their sustainable methods will spread as climate changes continues to threaten the environment and human thriving.
UVA Darden’s Dawna Clarke Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Dawna Clarke, senior assistant dean of admissions at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, was honored with Poets&Quants’ first ever Lifetime Achievement Award in Business School Admissions.
Sharing business knowledge—research, analysis and commentary—from faculty of the UVA Darden School of Business
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