The University of Virginia Darden School of Business today announced that Professor Paul Simko is this year's Darden recipient of the 2013 Mead Endowment.
The Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business today announced a broad range of new resources to empower educators, managers and others to integrate design thinking into business and educational settings.
Darden alumna Martina Hund-Mejean (MBA `88) and her husband Bruno Mejean are giving back to Darden in a big way — a $1 million scholarship.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business' entrepreneurship program is one of the best in the nation, according to The Princeton Review, which released its annual ranking yesterday.
Some have been run by families for generations; others are startups founded with a dream. All have endured downturns exacerbated by fire, bankruptcy, illness or steadfast competition.
Rich Hilleman, chief creative director for Electronic Arts, spoke at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business on Wednesday, 18 September, as part of its Leadership Speaker Series.
Carolyn Miles (MBA ’88), president and CEO of Save the Children, addressed students, faculty, staff and visitors at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business as part of the Leadership Speaker Series. She spoke about her career path and her organization’s role in helping children in a nation in crisis — Syria.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business announced today it will offer two innovative Darden Executive Education courses in Washington, D.C., to help executives and their organizations navigate the intertwining roads of marketing and sales.
The recently transformed Career Education program at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business is receiving high praise from MBA students — First Year students in particular — who attended a series of career discovery forums during their first week on Grounds.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business today announced the names of 17 Second Year students who received awards for their pioneering spirit, dedication to service, tenacity and excellence. The awards given include the G. Robert Strauss Marketing Award, the C. Stewart Sheppard Distinguished Service Award, the William Michael Shermet Award and the Samuel Forrest Hyde Memorial Fellowship.
Children in Utah’s low-performing schools are raising their scores, and with continued support from the Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education (PLE), they are reaching new heights with record-breaking gains in achievement.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business announced today that Professor Michael Lenox’s upcoming massive open online course (MOOC), “Foundations of Business Strategy,” would enable students to address the needs of for-profit and nonprofit ventures through Coursolve, a platform that connects courses with organizations to empower students to solve real-life challenges.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business welcomed First Year students from all three formats of its degree program — MBA, MBA for Executives (EMBA) and Global MBA for Executives (GEMBA) — to its academic community.
A new case released by Darden Business Publishing, LIVESTRONG: Cycling Around Lance Armstrong, focuses on the LIVESTRONG Foundation, created by seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong after his own bout with cancer.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business announced the lineup of speakers for the 2013 Leadership Speaker Series (LSS).
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business today announced the election of several new leadership board members, who will serve the school as advisers in various capacities.
University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor R. Edward Freeman has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Management and was formally inducted at the Academy's annual conference in Orlando, Florida, on 11 August 2013. Freeman, University Professor and Elis and Signe Olsson Professor of Business Administration, is best known for his groundbreaking work on stakeholder management and business ethics.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business Center for Asset Management will host the sixth annual University of Virginia Investing Conference 14-15 November 2013.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business announced the launch of a crowdfunding campaign to improve the user interface of a new educational game called BizHero. Like fantasy football or baseball, BizHero is a fantasy business management contest that puts future leaders in the shoes of CEOs.
Darden Executive Education today announced its fall 2013 portfolio of open-enrollment programs, including three new programs.
Darden Business Publishing today announced the launch of its new online platform, which offers increased mobile compatibility, and will soon host a first-of-its-kind online community for case teachers. Darden’s case-publishing arm — the second largest in the U.S. — will also publish e-books for the first time. These new initiatives respond to rapid changes in technology and reader preferences.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business today announced the appointment of Gerald D. Starsia as senior associate dean and chief operating officer.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business Annual Fund raised $4.57 million in unrestricted support in fiscal year 2013 — setting a record for the third year in a row. The total represents a 7 percent increase over the previous year and a 52 percent increase over three years.
IKEA, the Dutch company with Swedish origins that is the world’s largest furniture manufacturer, is considered a model for sustainable business operations. Its leaders are frequently lauded for their integration of social and environmental sustainability practices into their operations, while being transparent about both successes and challenges.
More than a catch phrase, “big data” now poses big questions for marketers and company decision-makers. The University of Virginia Darden School of Business has new ways to help marketing practitioners find the narrative in the numbers and articulate their meaning to leaders who must deploy resources wisely.
Governor Robert F. McDonnell has announced the appointment of four members to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors.
Sixty-one percent of chief financial officers from leading companies in the Washington, D.C., region are optimistic about the economy compared to 54 percent just five months before.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business today announced the appointment of Locke Ogens as executive director of the Darden School Foundation and strategic relations.
Representatives of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business returned recently from a visit to Silicon Valley — the School’s third trek to visit U.S. hubs of technology in 12 months.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business and the Darden School Foundation today announced that Douglas T. Moore (MBA `80) will become president of the Darden School Alumni Board of Directors and thereby join the Darden School Foundation Board of Trustees in an ex-officio role.
On Friday, 15 November 2013, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor R. Edward Freeman will speak at Charlottesville’s first TEDx event — "TEDxCharlottesville - The Difference That Makes a Difference." The talk will take place at the Paramount Theater in downtown Charlottesville.
Re-established in 1991, Slovenia is emerging from the remnants of socialism and is working to re-create its business landscape. Lisa Stewart, director of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society (IBiS), shared recommendations and leading concepts for building an ethical business culture during her talk “Cultivating Ethical Leadership” at the Future Ethical Efficiency Leadership conference held in Slovenia on 12 June 2013.
Education, food, health and technology are some of the areas of focus for many of this year's startups in the W.L. Lyons Brown III Innovation Laboratory (i.Lab) housed at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business and the Darden School Foundation today announced the election of a new trustee, Arnold B. Evans (MBA/JD ’97), who will serve a three-year term, effective immediately.
The Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS), housed at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, held its fifth annual research conference at the Berkeley-Haas School of Business on Monday, 29 April through Wednesday, 1 May.
More than 2,500 people from around the globe gathered at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business on Sunday, 19 May for the School's 57th Commencement Exercises.
Leaders in business and academia, led by professors at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, exchanged perspectives about the media, consumer behavior and finance in China at the Darden Global Economic Forum on 10 May 2013. The forum formed part of the School’s second annual Darden Global Leadership Forum in Shanghai.
“If you want a revolution, you can’t do it in your country alone,” said Hermann Ott, scientist and member of the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) for the Green Party. His country launched an energy revolution to transform the way Germans power their lives, and he shared how they did it Tuesday, 30 April, at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
“Your work is as important as the work of scientists’ at the turn of the 20th century,” said S. Venkataraman, senior associate dean for faculty and research at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Known as Venkat to students and faculty, he praised the nearly 80 scholars assembled for the fourth annual Darden Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Conference.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia – Henry Skelsey, a 1984 graduate of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and a trustee of the Darden School Foundation, received the Charles C. Abbott Award — the highest honor Darden bestows on members of its alumni ― on Saturday, 27 April. The award was announced during Darden Dean Robert F. Bruner’s State of the School program, held as part of the 2013 Darden Alumni Reunion.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business and the Darden School Foundation today announce that James A. Cooper (MBA ’84) of St. Louis, Missouri, senior managing partner at Thompson Street Capital, will serve as vice chair of the Darden School Foundation Board of Trustees, effective immediately. He succeeds Phil Knisely (MBA ’78), adviser at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, of Chicago, Illinois, who stepped into the role of chair (thus vacating the role of vice chair) in June 2012.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business and the Darden School Foundation today announce the election of six new members to the Darden School Foundation Board of Trustees. The new trustees will serve three-year terms, effective immediately.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business will host the inaugural Darden Global Economic Forum in Shanghai, China, on Friday, 10 May 2013. Open to the public, the afternoon forum will explore the Chinese and global economies and will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World from 1-5 p.m. Register online.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia – Faculty and students at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business are deep in water. Three different Darden courses spanning three academic areas ¬ Accounting; Global Economies and Markets; and Strategy, Ethics and Entrepreneurship — submerge students in the global business of water.
In some parts of the world, shoes are considered luxuries. So it wasn’t just spring in Virginia that brought students at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business to Flagler Courtyard on Tuesday, 16 April. Football, Frisbees and music were in abundance, but at the business school known for its social responsibility, students took an afternoon to educate — in their bare feet.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business will launch the fourth annual Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards later this month. The competition honors and supports Virginia entrepreneurial enterprises that demonstrate sustained vitality and commitment in areas characterized by high unemployment, high poverty and low entrepreneurial activity.
On 11 April 2013, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Gal Raz brought Dr. Michael Oren, Israeli Ambassador to the United States, to the University of Virginia. In an event co-sponsored by U.Va.’s Darden, the Miller Center and the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, Raz introduced Dr. Oren by describing the Israeli entrepreneurial spirit and his experience of taking students to his home country.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business today announced the official launch of the Darden Center for Asset Management (CAM), which will serve as a hub of thought leadership and professional development for faculty, students, alumni and business practitioners in the field of asset management.
University of Virginia Health System physicians Jonathon D. Truwit (EMBA ’09), critical care pulmonologist, chief medical officer and senior associate dean for clinical affairs; and Paul Matherne (EMBA ’10), cardiologist and division chief of pediatric cardiology, were among the 189 Health System physicians elected to the national Best Doctors in America list for 2013, released by Best Doctors Inc.
Working in teams can be tricky. “Teams are often riddled with conflict and difficult personalities,” said University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Melissa Thomas-Hunt. “How can you be more effective in contributing your ideas, in considering the perspectives of others, in making sure the relevant expertise of all the team members gets harnessed for the betterment of the team’s outcomes?” she asked.
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