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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.

The HYGYM team and concept
Class Project Turned Product of the Future Four MBA students collaborated on what was initially a class project. The result was a real product that could simplify the disinfecting process at gyms.
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Bryan Lipiner
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Bryan Lipiner
Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.
May 22, 2020

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Babson students help with telemedicine
Babson Students Offer Help as Health Care Turns to Telemedicine As the pandemic disrupts health care, a community health organization turns to technology, and a little help from Babson students, to care for patients.
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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.
May 22, 2020

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Sienzhi Kouemo ’20 and Wes Woodson ’20
At Babson, Students Find Belonging and Community At the Students of Color and Black Student sendoffs, members of the Class of 2020 recounted how they found a home in the Babson College community.
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Bryan Lipiner
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Bryan Lipiner
Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.
May 22, 2020

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Virtual Internships
A Win-Win: Virtual Internships Help Small Businesses Needham Bank needed to help local businesses receive their loans. Natalie Oakes ’21 needed an internship. The Babson connection brought them together.
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May 21, 2020

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Standing Together: Students Stay Connected Despite the disruption to life on campus, the Babson community purposefully helps keep students connected to their courses, to their ventures, and to one another.
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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.
May 21, 2020

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Alumni, Friends Provide ‘Safety Net’ for Students Babson College alumni, families, and friends from all over have overwhelmingly responded to support students during the global health crisis.
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May 21, 2020

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The Cutler Center Finance Lab
Vying for First in a Volatile Market A global crisis and an unsteady stock market coincided with Babson’s Stock Picking Competition, providing students an experiential learning opportunity.
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Bryan Lipiner
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Bryan Lipiner
Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.
May 20, 2020

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43,000 Beavers Strong: Welcome to the Network Babson alumni rolled out the green carpet to welcome the Class of 2020 with words of encouragement.
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May 20, 2020

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Tomasso Hall on Babson campus
Senior Awards Ceremony Celebrates Class of 2020 This year’s Babson Senior Awards Ceremony celebrated the academic and cocurricular achievements of the class of 2020. The feel-good event was held online for the first time in Babson’s rich history.
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May 19, 2020

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Babson's Nathaniel Karst was named one of Poets & Quants 2020 Best 40 Under 40 MBA Professors
What You Didn’t Know About This 40 Under 40 Professor Poets & Quants has selected Professor Nathaniel Karst as one of 2020’s Best 40 Under 40 MBA Professors.
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May 19, 2020

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