David Buie-Moltz

Hiba Anwar (Class of 2028) brings a background in neuroscience, public health and research with major pharmaceutical companies to Darden. The Freeland and Franklin Fellowship helps support her MBA as she pursues a career in healthcare finance.

AI can generate more answers. Darden’s case method asks students and leaders to do something harder: weigh the evidence, engage with competing views and decide what should be done. Dean Yael Grushka-Cockayne explains why that distinction matters.

Before their first case discussions and cold calls, 528 incoming UVA Darden MBA students began the academic year with CavMan, “The Good Old Song” and a challenge from the School’s new dean: Create the Darden education for one another.

As UVA Darden’s 10th dean, Yael Grushka-Cockayne discusses AI, human judgment, the case method and why the School’s next chapter should build confidently on what Darden does best.