Author: Erin O'Donnell

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Erin O'Donnell

A Real-World Perspective on Real Estate Associate Professor of Practice Erin Degnan Escobedo has helped build Babson’s real estate curriculum, based on her experience and the expertise of engaged alumni.

Tagged Faculty, Finance, Babson Magazine

Posted in Community, Insights

Building Relationships in the Workplace With a problem-solving app, Chloe Samaha ’25 aims to help companies and organizations create people-first cultures

Tagged Class of 2025, Babson Magazine, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education, Women-Led Entrepreneurship

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Office Hours: How Media Shape the Environment With a popular course, Associate Professor of Media Studies Xinghua Li engages students to examine the effects on the natural world.

Tagged Babson Magazine, Faculty

Posted in Insights

Can Entrepreneurship Improve Health Outcomes? Health economist Yunwei Gai and a team of Babson colleagues pioneer a new area of research to study how entrepreneurial ventures affect the health of people in the community.

Tagged Research, Faculty, Health Innovation, Babson Magazine

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Solving Food Insecurity One Row at a Time Marvin Makofsky ’64 feeds a need with his nonprofit Plant a Row for the Hungry, which utilizes local gardens to provide fresh vegetables to his community of Port Washington, New York.

Tagged Alumni, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Career, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Nonprofit

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Outcomes

Leslie Garbarino: Creating a Winning Combination With a values-based course in Atlanta, Assistant Professor of Practice Leslie Garbarino taps into students’ enthusiasm for sports.

Tagged Faculty, Entrepreneurship Education, Student Life, Undergraduate, Babson Magazine

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Kate Jaspon ’98 Is Driven to Inspire Now the CFO at Inspire Brands, Kate Jaspon ’98 has a unique perspective on the restaurant industry and the franchise community.

Tagged Franchising, Alumni, Women's Leadership, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Babson Magazine

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Mary Pinard: Taking Risks on the Page and the Stage With her colleagues’ support, English Professor Mary Pinard writes a play, which is set and produced in rural Kansas.

Tagged Faculty, Arts, Babson Magazine

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Office Hours: A Career of Mentorship and Support As division chair of Operations and Information Management and a former Posse mentor, Donna Stoddard P’21 always helps students and faculty grow.

Tagged Faculty, Mentoring & Networking, Diversity and Inclusion, Babson Magazine

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Office Hours: Motivating Action Through Marketing Gary Ottley MBA’97, an award-winning senior lecturer in marketing who recently served on a diversity, equity, and inclusion taskforce, helps empower graduate students and faculty members alike.

Tagged Babson Magazine, Faculty, Entrepreneurship Education

Posted in Community