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Babson MBAs Asini Wijewardane and Colleen Leung

Seizing the Moment to Help People Wade Through the Mental Health System Tapping into Babson resources, two recent MBA graduates launched a platform based on the premise that finding a therapist should not be difficult.

By Karl Klaussen

November 19, 2020

Tagged Alumni, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Entrepreneurship, Women-Led Entrepreneurship

Posted in Community

2026-04-06 10:11:22

Think Big, Observe, and Create Solutions In the second part of an ongoing series about FME, students learn to think bigger about how their ventures can impact people’s lives.

By John Crawford

November 18, 2020

Tagged Entrepreneurship Education, Undergraduate, Student Life, Online Classes

Posted in Community

2026-03-28 14:29:02

Learning through experiencing different cultures around the world

‘Out of Your Comfort Zone’: How International Education Spurs Critical Thinking Understanding other cultures and other communities is key to addressing social injustice around the world and even in our own backyards.

By Bryan Lipiner

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Bryan Lipiner

Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.

November 17, 2020

Tagged Global, Advice, Inclusive Excellence

Posted in Community

People of Babson: Gerri Randlett The assistant vice president for alumni engagement reflects on the value and importance of keeping the Babson alumni connected to the College.

By Scott Dietz

November 17, 2020

Tagged Babson Magazine, Alumni, People of Babson

Posted in Community

2026-03-25 08:56:05

The Lessons Learned from a $1.7 Billion Failure A mere six months after it launched, the streaming service Quibi announced it was shutting down. What can be learned from such a stunning collapse?

By 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.

November 16, 2020

Tagged Startups, Entrepreneurship, Commentary, Advice, Faculty

Posted in Insights