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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.

Deirdre Botsch: Keeping the Babson Community Safe As Babson’s new COVID-19 testing site lead, Deirdre Botsch is playing a critical role in the College’s response to the pandemic.
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September 21, 2021

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Composite photo with headshots of the six Blank Leadership Scholars
New Blank Leadership Scholars Embrace Opportunity Meet the second cohort of the Arthur M. Blank Leadership Scholars, a diverse and accomplished group of promising, values-driven entrepreneurial leaders.
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Eric Beato
Editor / Writer
Eric Beato
Eric Beato is the Editor of Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. A native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Eric has worked as an editor and writer at newspapers across the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and Boston Herald. Eric joined Babson College in 2019 after working as the communications director for a private educational travel company and as the managing editor of six regional sports publications.
September 20, 2021

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Professor David Blodgett sits with two scales in the Foundry at Babson
A New Curriculum for a Changing World As the dire implications of climate change become more and more evident, Babson College is implementing a new curriculum that includes an added emphasis on sustainability.
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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.
September 16, 2021

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An aerial view of Tomasso Hall and the Babson College campus
Top-Ranked Babson College Keeps Focus on the Future Named the No. 1 undergraduate entrepreneurship school for the 25th consecutive time, Babson College continues moving forward, focusing on the work of educating entrepreneurial leaders.
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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.
September 13, 2021

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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.”
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September 10, 2021

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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.
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September 9, 2021

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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.
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September 8, 2021

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Biz E. Beaver holds a giant checkmark
Make Your Mark: Babson’s Most Important Fundraising Day Make Your Mark, the annual day of giving for the Babson community, kicks off September 8 at noon. It is the College’s most important fundraising day of the year.
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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.
September 7, 2021

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Babson Players perform on stage in Singing in the Rain
The Show Always Goes on with the Babson Players Generations of actors have performed with the Babson Players, the student-run theater group founded in 1948. Alumni reflect on the thrills and hard work of taking the stage.
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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.
September 1, 2021

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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.
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August 30, 2021

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