Babson College student moving into her residence hall
Welcome Back: New, Returning Students Arrive on Campus for Spring Semester Starting Friday and continuing throughout the weekend, we are welcoming our students back to campus ahead of the beginning of the spring semester.
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January 15, 2021

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Finding Undercover Anomalies Hidden in Medical Data
Finding the Stories Hidden in Data In his research, Babak Zafari sifts through mountains of medical data trying to undercover anomalies that might be signs of fraud, waste, and abuse.
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John Crawford
Senior Journalist
John Crawford
A writer for Babson Thought & Action and the Babson Magazine, John Crawford has been telling the College’s entrepreneurial story for more than 15 years. Assignments for Babson have taken him from Rwanda to El Salvador, from the sweet-smelling factory of a Pennsylvania candy maker, to the stately Atlanta headquarters of an NFL owner, to the bustling office of a New York City fashion designer. Beyond his work for Babson, he has written articles and essays for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Notre Dame Magazine, The Good Men Project, and other publications. He can be found on Twitter, @crawfordwriter, where he tweets about climate change.
January 14, 2021

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Students congregating outside Babson Commons at Horn Library
Our Spring Return to Campus: What Students Need to Know We have revamped our coronavirus testing cadence and continue to reinforce our safeguarding measures as we prepare to return to campus for the spring semester.
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January 12, 2021

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Video game players in competition
The Wide, Widening World of Esports Esports continue to grow in popularity. At Babson, an esports club offers students competition and camaraderie, while an alumnus has become a major player in the industry.
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January 8, 2021

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Student working in a Babson Commons at Horn Library study room
These Are the Opportunities Entrepreneurs Can Capitalize on in 2021 As we kick off 2021, we asked a number of our professors who have a range of expertises to forecast this year’s opportunities for entrepreneurs.
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January 5, 2021

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Mighty Well co-founders (from left) Yousef Al-Humaidhi ’15, Emily Levy ’16, and Maria Del Mar Gomez ’16
When Making Masks Proves Purposeful and Personal For Babson-built Mighty Well, expanding into the production of face masks was no pivot. It was purposeful and personal.
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January 4, 2021

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Babson College students pose around the Roger Babson statue in front of the Babson World Globe
In Photos: A Year Unlike Any Other This year has been challenging. It’s been difficult. But it’s also been filled with bright moments along the way.
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December 26, 2020

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Balloons spell out 10,000
Lessons from Training 10,000 Small Businesses As Babson marks a milestone with the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program, National Academic Director Richard Bliss reflects on the lessons and its impact.
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December 22, 2020

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Saadia Ahmad poses in front of Tomasso Hall on the Babson campus
People of Babson: Saadia Ahmad As Babson’s coordinator of conflict resolution and an MBA candidate, Saadia Ahmad constantly seeks to facilitate reconciliation among students, staff, and even businesses and other entities.
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December 21, 2020

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Female doctor with mask and gloves
The Final Hurdle: Overcoming Vaccine Skepticism In the final installment of a three-part series, we examine a critical question: How can skeptical people be convinced to take the COVID-19 vaccine?
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December 18, 2020

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