Author: John Crawford

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.

Exit Interview: Lawrence P. Ward Looks Back As he prepares to become the next president of the University of Hartford, Lawrence P. Ward reflects on his time at Babson, his career, and his new role to come.

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Family Ties at Babson’s 2024 Commencement From the speakers at the podium to the graduates and guests in the audience, Babson’s 2024 Commencement was a time for families and the strong bonds that connect them.

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Retiring Faculty Leave Behind a Legacy at Babson Together, four retiring professors at Babson—Sam Hariharan, Nan Langowitz, Brian Seitz, and Virginia Soybel—brought decades of leadership and scholarship to the College.

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Six Leadership Lessons from the Young Entrepreneurs Conference at Babson Students reflect on the entrepreneurship conference, a longtime tradition of Babson’s eTower community, and share what lessons on leadership they learned.

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Class of 2024: The Lawyer Who Earned an MBA In our ongoing series spotlighting the Class of 2024, Shilphi Chaudhary MBA’24 reveals how coming to Babson gave her a new career and a new dream for the future.

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A Father and Daughter Prepare to Speak at Babson’s Commencement In a historic first for Babson, the College’s graduate Commencement ceremony will feature a joint address, delivered by a father-daughter pair of business leaders: Eric Johnson ’72, P’08 and Erin Tolefree.

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Busy Streets, Early Bird Specials, and Why Dynamic Pricing Isn’t All Bad Dynamic pricing, the practice of changing prices in real time as demand fluctuates, has faced backlash in recent years. But, it also can be an effective tool for social good.

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A Babson Eclipse Celebration: Moon Pies, Sun Chips, and Roger the Dog During the solar eclipse, people across Babson’s campus took time to stop, look to the sky, and together take in the beauty of a rare cosmic event.

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New Degree, New Focus Leads to Social Impact Yvonne Willis Lynch MBA’23 was looking to make a difference. At Babson, she discovered a renewed purpose and a way to make a social impact at her current place of employment.

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AI Expert Rumman Chowdhury: ‘I Am an AI Optimist’ Speaking at Babson, artificial intelligence expert Rumman Chowdhury reflected on how the technology must evolve beyond being simply a ‘party trick.’ Here are three takeaways.

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