The Darden Stories You Read the Most in 2025
This year, readers particularly connected with pieces that kept them apprised of business and political developments or offered practical insight they could use in their daily life, all while deepening their sense of connection to the Darden community.
New Case Co-Written by Darden Student and Professor Team Explores Student Success at Elite School in Somaliland
Darden professor Rupert Freeman and recent Darden grad James Linville (MBA ’25) on writing a case together based on Linville’s experience leading Abaarso School of Science and Technology in Somaliland.
Inside the 2025 UVA Conference on Ethical AI in Business
The University of Virginia convened faculty, technologists, economists and even fiction writers at The Forum Hotel on the Darden School of Business Grounds to explore “minding the gap” between AI’s promise and shortcomings.
Q&A: What does the Netflix-Paramount bidding war mean for your streaming future?
Netflix and Paramount, entertainment companies known for promoting drama within the shows and movies on their platforms, are now caught up in their own theatrics. What’s it all mean? And how could the result affect how you consume your favorite movies and shows? We asked the University of Virginia’s Anthony Palomba, an assistant professor of business administration at the Darden School of Business and an expert in the media and entertainment industry, to share his insights.
Q&A: Why does YouTube TV keep clashing with major networks?
A contract dispute between parent media companies – Google and Disney – caused Disney-owned channels, including ABC and ESPN’s networks, to be pulled from YouTube TV, beginning late Thursday. To get a sense of why this keeps happening, we caught up with Anthony Palomba, an assistant professor of business administration at UVA’s Darden School of Business and an expert in the media and entertainment industry.
UVA Darden Mourns Passing of Professor Emeritus Andy Wicks
Wicks, the Ruffin Professor Emeritus of Business Administration for the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, passed away Thursday in Colorado from a neurodegenerative disease.