Let’s Do The Extraordinary: How Darden’s Thought Leadership is Shaping Business and Society
What happens when the world’s toughest challenges meet the innovative spirit of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business? At Darden, bold ideas shape business and society. Faculty tackle pressing questions — How can business prioritize all stakeholders? What makes for effective ethics guardrails? Can competitors collaborate to solve big problems? — delivering insights that drive real change.
Symposium Explores Opportunities, Challenges of AI in Health Care
At the recent AI in Health Care Symposium sponsored by the Health Leadership Institute at UVA Health, University of Virginia Darden School of Business and UVA School of Data Science, leaders in AI and health care from UVA and beyond described an industry actively adopting AI applications to gain efficiencies, save money and improve patient outcomes, yet doing so in an often-fragmented ecosystem.
Husk Power Systems Eyes IPO and Aims to Provide Clean Energy to 100 Million
Husk Power Systems has come a long way since its co-founder and CEO, Manoj Sinha (MBA ’09), first tackled the lack of electricity in his home state of Bihar, India. Today, Husk owns and operates the world’s largest fleet of hybrid minigrids, has achieved profitability and plans to raise $400 million in debt and equity ahead of a planned IPO in 2027.
Rethinking Mental Health Care with Darden Grad Bill Blue
William F. "Bill" Blue Jr. (MBA '86) believes all people who need mental health care should be able to find help quickly at any level of care just as they can for physical health. After a mental health crisis in his family involving long delays in diagnosis and treatment, Blue left a 28-year career in investment banking to find a solution.
Darden’s Andy Wicks on Mortality, Meaning and His Final Book, “Ultimate Questions”
Based in part on the course he has taught as a business ethics professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, Andy Wicks's “Ultimate Questions” tackles four fundamental questions: Who are we? Why are we here? What does it mean to live a good life? How should we get along with others?
Survey Says: Ethics Still Matter in Business
A recent survey gauging what people expect from corporate America ranked ethical leadership as the No. 2 expectation people have for business. That result was up from the No. 7 spot last year.
