Duke University appointed Mary Frances Luce, a long‑time Fuqua faculty member and interim dean, as the permanent dean beginning April 1, signaling continuity in leadership during university‑wide realignment and cost initiatives. Luce became Fuqua’s first alumna dean after steering the school through recruitment and executive‑education growth as interim dean. Across the Atlantic, Vlerick Business School’s dean Marion Debruyne is publicly embracing AI as a curricular priority—launching an AI track, hackathons and executive programs to build student AI literacy. Debruyne framed AI instruction as responsible tool mastery and strategic imagination rather than defensiveness. The pair of appointments and curriculum moves underscore business schools’ twin priorities: steady institutional leadership and rapid curricular adaptation to AI-driven employer expectations.