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Babson's Centennial year

Best Year Yet What a year this has been. What a Centennial year. What else can we say but thank you? Oh yes, join us for our second century!

By Brianna Radicioni

December 19, 2019

Tagged Alumni, Campus, Centennial, Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Community

Mountain Dairy

How Babson Dining Could Help Save New England’s Dairy Farms By winning the New England Food Vision Prize, Babson College is helping a local farm expand to making mozzarella cheese to increase locally sourced food and engage faculty and students.

December 18, 2019

Tagged Food Entrepreneurship, Student Life, Sustainability

Posted in Community

Retail trends

What Holiday Shoppers Should Know About This Year’s Retail Trends Babson College faculty offer last-minute holiday shopping tips and consider this year’s most important retail trends.

By Bryan Lipiner

December 17, 2019

Tagged Research, Advice, Faculty

Posted in Insights

Five Reasons Why International Students Call Babson College Home Choosing which college to attend is an important decision, especially when the choice involves moving across the world and studying internationally.

By Elizabeth Atwater

December 16, 2019

Tagged Global, Campus, Entrepreneurship Education, Graduate, Undergraduate

Posted in Community

What is experiential learning?

What Is Experiential Learning? You hear it all the time, but what is experiential learning, really? At Babson College, we believe that in order to learn, you must do, and to do well, you must learn from those who do it best.

By Brianna Radicioni

December 13, 2019

Tagged Undergraduate, Student Life, Entrepreneurship Education, Faculty

Posted in Community

William Bygrave, Babson professor emeritus and GEM’s co-founder

The Economic Advantage of Entrepreneurship Education The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor has studied entrepreneurship for 20 years. To increase its impact, researchers say look to education.

By John Crawford

December 12, 2019

Tagged Entrepreneurship Education, Research, Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Faculty

Posted in Insights

Forefront among 30 Under 30

Babson College Alumni Make Forbes 30 Under 30 “The young, creative and bold minds on this year’s 30 Under 30 list are proof positive that the future will be new, exciting and profoundly different.”

By Michael Chmura

December 12, 2019

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Women-Led Entrepreneurship

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Sustainability in business

The Growing Need for Sustainability in Business How might humanity take action and confront climate change? Sustainability in business offers one source for ideas and inspiration.

By John Crawford

December 11, 2019

Tagged Sustainability, Student Life, Faculty, Social Innovation

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

President Stephen Spinelli Jr. MBA’92, PhD at a Union Bank of Switzerland Private Wealth Management forum

The Making of Term Chairs, the Importance of Small Business Term chair appointments, online holiday consumer advice, and more updates highlight Babson College faculty news.

By Bryan Lipiner

December 9, 2019

Tagged Faculty, Advice, Campus, Commentary, Research

Posted in Insights

Entrepreneurs in the United States

Millions Are Entrepreneurs in the United States If you seek and embrace opportunity, then you are like the 31M entrepreneurs in the United States, according to the latest U.S. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report produced by Babson College researchers.

By Michael Chmura

December 6, 2019

Tagged Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Faculty, Research

Posted in Community, Insights