Author: Erin O'Donnell

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

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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.

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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, Entrepreneurs of All Kinds, Nonprofit

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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, Entrepreneurs 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.

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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.

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