Leadership
24 July 2026

Hold the Lettuce. Crisis Communications Lessons from Taco Bell.

Iceberg lettuce is not your everyday villain, but this week the leafy green emerged as the primary suspect in an explosive case. It also put fast-food chain Taco Bell on the front lines of responding to one of the biggest food-safety crises in the chain’s history.  

15 July 2026

UVA Darden Professor Helps Organize National Statement on AI and the Economy

Darden professor Anton Korinek helped organize a global statement calling for greater preparation for AI’s economic effects. The questions behind it were also part of a broader debate convened at Darden’s LaCross Institute.

15 July 2026

Can AI Systems Be Designed to Support Human Autonomy and Societal Well-Being?

Darden experts Roshni Raveendhran and Luca Cian explore the balancing act between AI’s promise and perils through research on how AI systems promote human flourishing — and squash it.

13 July 2026

‘Check Your Political Identities at the Door’: Lawmakers Come to UVA Darden to Practice Leadership

A select group of state legislators gathered at UVA Darden for a nonpartisan leadership program focused on productive disagreement, values-based decision-making and leading across political differences.

10 July 2026

Professor Yo-Jud Cheng: A Case Method Pro Not Averse to a Lecture on Dumplings

Now in her seventh year at Darden, Professor Yo-Jud Cheng said she’s been able to continue diving deeper on her research on leadership change thanks to not only the steady supply of CEO transitions, each unfolding differently, but also the Darden students in her classes who constantly fuel her with new perspectives and research questions.

08 July 2026

Darden Foundation Adds Five Trustees as School Enters New Leadership Chapter

The Darden School Foundation elected five new trustees to its board, renewed current members and recognized two departing trustees as the School enters a new academic year and prepares to welcome a new dean.