Author: Leslie Macmillan

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Leslie Macmillan

A closeup of the 9/11 memorial at Isbrandtsen Field

Remembering 9/11, 20 Years Later Twenty years after three Babson College alumni lost their lives in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, we honor and remember them. "Each year, we should make sure that every generation of Americans knows what happened that day.”

By Leslie Macmillan

September 10, 2021

Tagged Alumni, Athletics

Posted in Community

José Rodriguez rests his arm around his brother, Joel

Prize-Winning First-Year Student Motivated by More than Profit With a passion for entrepreneurship, José Rodriguez Jr. ’25 comes to Babson with plans to grow his unique clothing line, Tasium, and help people with autism, like his brother, manage anxiety.

By Leslie Macmillan

September 9, 2021

Tagged Undergraduate, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Startups, Class of 2025

Posted in Community

A row of wind turbines against a clear blue sky

Babson Alumnus Brings Entrepreneurial Spirit to Nation’s First Major Offshore Wind Farm Álvaro Ortega Sebastián MBA’15 is the chief operating officer of Vineyard Wind, the nation’s first large-scale wind farm. The wind farm, located on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, was greenlighted by the Federal government last May and could be an important bellwether for clean energy providers in the United States.

By Leslie Macmillan

September 8, 2021

Tagged Alumni, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Graduate

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Babson and Iraqi Students Team Up to Tackle Public Health Problems During COVID-19 Three Babson students spent six weeks this summer teaming up with college students in Iraq to study COVID-19’s most vexing public health problems, including vaccine hesitancy.

By Leslie Macmillan

August 30, 2021

Tagged Class of 2022, Class of 2023, Class of 2024, Global, Nonprofit, Research, Undergraduate

Posted in Community, Insights

A woman and man look on a row of computer screens

Cybercrime: Bain Expert Offers 3 Tips to Thwart Attacks Cybercrime expert Mark Sutton MBA'09 gave a webinar at Babson's Miami campus on how companies can prevent attacks.

By Leslie Macmillan

August 16, 2021

Tagged Advice, Alumni, Technology

Posted in Insights

Portrait of Cliff Worley

Building a More Diverse Pipeline, from the MBA to the Boardroom and Beyond Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) is a career development organization that seeks to equip minorities with the skills to be successful in business school and beyond.

By Leslie Macmillan

August 10, 2021

Tagged Alumni, Diversity and Inclusion, Graduate

Posted in Community