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Gummy Sports Chews, AI Tools for Business, Yoga-Inspired Products. Meet the 2024 i.Lab Incubator Ventures
The University of Virginia’s i.Lab Incubator this summer introduced a new format, new funding sources and a record number of teams. What hasn’t changed? The incubator’s ability to attract and nurture an array of innovators with intriguing products, technologies and services.
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Princeton Review Ranking: Darden Comes Out on Top Powered by No. 1 for Best Professors, No. 1 Best Campus Environment and Top 10 Rankings Strength
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business came out on top for the second year in a row in The Princeton Review’s Best Business Schools 2024 edition of all graduate MBA schools, based on the strength of multiple Top 10 ranking categories and overall composite methodologies.
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Ed Freeman Named Inaugural Stephen E. Bachand University Professor of Business Administration at UVA
The University of Virginia has appointed Ed Freeman as the inaugural Stephen E. Bachand University Professor of Business Administration. This milestone follows a $5 million gift from Steve (MBA ’63) and Phyllis Bachand, matched by the University’s Bicentennial Professors Fund, totaling a $10 million endowment. This investment aims to cement the institution's commitment to ethical business leadership.
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UVA Darden Launches Application for Full-Time MBA Class of 2027
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business has launched the application for admission to the Full-Time MBA Class of 2027. Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, the Full-Time MBA program seeks talented students from across the world for the two-year experience.
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Fellowships to The Executive Program at Darden Awarded to Two Virginia Nonprofit Leaders
Two senior leaders from among Virginia’s nonprofit community have been selected by the University of Virginia Darden School Foundation as recipients of the Commonwealth Fellowships, an exclusive scholarship to The Executive Program (TEP) at the Darden School of Business.
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To Lead Is Human: What Does Responsible Leadership Mean in the Age of AI?
The rapidity with which generative AI has entered the workplace has led some to reflexively resist its incursion, while others have grappled with new ethical issues that surfaced seemingly overnight. Leaders and faculty at Darden weigh in on what responsible leadership looks like in the age of AI.