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Whether it happens in the classroom, while consulting with our partner companies, or at one of our global hubs, we bring you compelling stories about what’s happening throughout the Babson College community.

A Babson student on a trip funded by the Babson Social Innovation Fund.
Tulsa to Tanzania: Social Innovation Fund Offers Access to Experiences and Opportunities Babson’s Social Innovation Fund helped Makayla Fleming ’25 turn global experiences into purpose-driven career goals.
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May 7, 2025

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Linda Henry rides on a duck boat during the Red Sox victory parade
Linda Henry ’00, H’19 Reflects on Babson, Boston, and the Institutions that Define a City Twenty-five years after graduating, Linda Henry ’00, H’19 still remembers her FME business and its impact on her career. This month, the CEO and co-owner of Boston Globe Media returns to Babson to deliver the undergraduate Commencement address.
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May 6, 2025

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A young man in a hospital gurney.
'There’s Still So Much I Want to Do': Babson Entrepreneur Battles Kidney Failure Three hours a day, three days a week, Thomas Thermidor is attached to a dialysis machine after kidney failure detoured his 2025 commencement.
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May 1, 2025

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Babson graduations lined up in the commencement procession
4 Real-World Career Tips from Recent Babson Alumni First, they come to Babson, then they take over the professional world. Recent Babson undergraduate alumni offer career advice to current Babson students.
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April 30, 2025

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A long line of people pose for a photo with their giant checks
‘A Dream Come True’ for the B.E.T.A. Challenge Grand-Prize Winners  Anthony Gatti MBA’24 and Nathan Ruff-Williams MBA’23, Ily Kynion Coulibaly MSBA’25, and Daniel Berlin ’26 win the B.E.T.A. Challenge grand prizes for their ventures at Babson’s signature pitch competition.  
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April 24, 2025

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A group of students pose for a photo
Babson First-Year Students Learn to Navigate Family Legacies and Carve Their Own Path Babson’s First Year Family Entrepreneurship Mastermind program helps students strengthen family business relationships, develop leadership skills, and launch passion-driven ventures.
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Hillary Chabot
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Hillary Chabot
Hillary Chabot is a writer for Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. An award-winning journalist, she is known for her insightful reporting and dedication to detailed storytelling. With a career spanning over two decades, she has covered a wide range of topics, from presidential campaigns and government policy to neighborhood issues and investigative series. As a reporter for The Boston Herald, Hillary earned a reputation for tenacity and integrity. Her work at Babson College fuels her passions—to learn something new every day and conduct thoughtful, empathic interviews. She’s thrilled to be at Babson College, where students, faculty, staff members and classes provide compelling copy daily.
April 22, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Trond Undheim, the inaugural executive director of the C, Dean Metropoulos Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship, is focused on infusing technology throughout Babson. (Photo: Nic Czarnecki)
Babson Levels Up: Trond Undheim Talks Tech and the Metropoulos Institute  Under the leadership of Executive Director Trond Undheim, Babson’s new institute arms students with the technological tools—and purpose—for high-impact innovation.
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April 14, 2025

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Valentina Casteline, Carlos Emanuele MSEL'24, Mateo Acosta-Rubio '27, and Tadeo Acosta-Rubio MSEL'24 pose for a picture in an exhibition hall at the eMerge Americas Conference + Expo
An Acquisition, a Launch, and a Pitch: An Entrepreneurial Story from eMerge Eight Babson ventures competed in eMerge’s Global Startup Accelerator and Showcase, with one of them making a major pivot only weeks before the event.
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April 10, 2025

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Entrepreneurs pitch their venture on a stage at the B.E.T.A. Challenge semifinals
What’s in a Name? The Stories Behind This Year’s B.E.T.A. Challenge Semifinalists A venture’s name sets the stage for its identity and purpose. As the B.E.T.A. Challenge semifinalists prepare to pitch on April 16, we explore the meaning behind their names and what they represent.
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April 9, 2025

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Graduate students pose for a photo in front of green and white balloons
32 Years in a Row: Future-Focused Babson Tops MBA Entrepreneurship Rankings Again Amid a blockbuster year of accolades, Babson was named the No. 1 MBA in entrepreneurship by U.S. News & World Report for the 32nd consecutive year.
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April 8, 2025

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