Is AI the Strategy—or the Scapegoat—Behind Block’s 40% Layoff?
Block's recent 40% layoff shook the tech world, partly because CEO Jack Dorsey cited AI as the sole reason for the cuts. Omar Garriot shares insights into the tech landscape in this critical moment, and discusses what aspiring tech entrepreneurs can learn from it.
The Student Who Treated His Business School Like an Investment
A Part-Time MBA student who makes his living as an investor decides to treat Darden the same way he treats any serious position — as something worth owning, not just consuming.
How a Richmond Businessman Helped Launch UVA Darden — and Why His Grandson Is Honoring Him Now
A rediscovered portrait, a forgotten certificate and a quiet act of generosity reconnect one Richmond family to the earliest days of the UVA Darden School of Business — and point the way forward for future students.
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.
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.
Darden Strengthens Standing as a Global Leader in Entrepreneurship Education
Darden has again earned recognition among the world’s top MBA programs for entrepreneurship, receiving Top 10 rankings from both Poets & Quants and The Princeton Review/Entrepreneur Magazine for the second consecutive year.
