Babson Briefs

Babson Briefs highlight the latest institutional and individual achievements, accomplishments, accolades, and announcements. Do you have news to share with the Babson community? Submit your Babson Brief at news@babson.edu.

Babson Earns Institution of Higher Learning of the Year Award for Supplier Diversity Babson College was honored again for its excellence in supplier diversity, receiving the Institution of Higher Learning of the Year award from the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council.

By Thought & Action Staff

May 31, 2024

Tagged Diversity and Inclusion, Campus

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Babson Graduate Team Wins Somerville Social Impact Competition A team of Babson graduates earns first place in the Somerville SME Accelerator Program, in partnership with the City of Somerville and the Brazilian Community Heritage Foundation.

By Sarah Coppinger

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Sarah Coppinger

Sarah Coppinger is a writer for Babson Thought & Action. With a passion for storytelling and an eye for strategy, Sarah enjoys writing about students’ diverse experiences at Babson and their outstanding career achievements as alumni. Babson’s entrepreneurial spirit fuels Sarah’s drive, and she is thrilled to contribute to its dynamic community. When Sarah’s not writing for Babson Thought & Action, she can be found spending time with her family, enjoying weekends away on Cape Cod, and brushing up on her skills as a hobby photographer.

May 29, 2024

Tagged Experiential Learning, Graduate, MSBA, MSF

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Nada Hashmi Named to Poets & Quants’ 40-Under-40 Best MBA Professors Nada Hashmi, assistant professor of information systems at Babson College, has been named to Poets & Quants’ list of 40-Under-40 Best MBA Professors of 2024.

By Thought & Action Staff

May 21, 2024

Tagged Faculty, Graduate

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Meet the 2024 Summer Venture Program Teams Babson’s signature Summer Venture Program (SVP) this year includes 14 teams of graduate and undergraduate students that span industries like fintech, future of work, and consumer goods.

By Thought & Action Staff

May 17, 2024

Tagged Class of 2024, Class of 2025, Class of 2026, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education, Graduate, Startups, Undergraduate, Class of 2027

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Graduate Awards Honor the Best of the Class of 2024 Surya Jayakumar MBA'24 and Ana Paula Schleske Oliveros MBA'24 both received two awards at the Graduate Award Ceremony on May 10, which honored over 30 graduating students.

By Thought & Action Staff

May 16, 2024

Tagged Class of 2024, Commencement, Student Life, Graduate

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Babson Connect Worldwide Headed to Tuscany in 2025 Babson College announced that it will host its ninth Babson Connect Worldwide in the picturesque Tuscan countryside of Italy, on March 27–29, 2025.

By Thought & Action Staff

May 16, 2024

Tagged Alumni, Entrepreneurship, Global, Entrepreneurship Ecosystems

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Class of 2024 Award Winners Recognized at Senior Awards Ceremony Ruby Reich ’24, Travis Hosea ’24, and Andrea Torres ’24 each received two awards at the undergraduate Senior Award Ceremony on May 10, which honored over 20 graduating students.

By Thought & Action Staff

May 14, 2024

Tagged Commencement, Student Life, Undergraduate, Class of 2024

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Babson Athletics Honors Standout Student-Athletes from the Class of 2024 More than 120 senior and graduate student-athletes were celebrated Friday by the Babson College Department of Athletics and Recreation at its 43nd annual Senior Awards Ceremony.

By Thought & Action Staff

May 7, 2024

Tagged Athletics, Class of 2024

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Babson Awarded IIE Passport Grant to Enable More First-Gen Students to Study Abroad Babson College has been selected by the Institute of International Education (IIE) to receive an IIE American Passport Project grant that will enable up to 25 Babson students to obtain their first U.S. passport and open the pathway to study abroad.

By Thought & Action Staff

April 11, 2024

Tagged Global, Student Life

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Babson Professor Michael Goldstein Selected as 2024 AACSB Influential Leader Babson Professor Michael Goldstein has been selected as one of 22 business school faculty honored in the 2024 Class of Influential Leaders by AACSB International

By Thought & Action Staff

April 8, 2024

Tagged Faculty, Finance, Research, Leadership

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