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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.

Babson College Front Gate
Babson College Will Be Open This Fall Babson College will be open this fall, with flexible learning options for those who cannot physically return to campus.
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May 12, 2020

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Class of 2020 athletes
A Spotlight on Senior Athletes For Class of 2020 athletes, there are no words for the season, semester, and celebration that should have been. But, there’s plenty to say about all of the moments that came before.
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Brianna Radicioni
Brianna DiPietro Radicioni is the Associate Director of Content Strategy at Babson College. Her career includes public relations and strategic communications planning for corporations, nonprofit organizations, startups, and thought leaders. She is a proud alumna of Babson.
May 11, 2020

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#MyBabson
From the Class of 2020: This Is #MyBabson We asked the Class of 2020 to share their favorite moments and milestones. Their experiences may look different, but their memories are all Babson.
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May 11, 2020

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Feeding the Frontlines by Supporting Local Business Members of the Babson community have launched initiatives large and small to provide meals for hospital workers and bolster struggling restaurants.
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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.
May 8, 2020

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Open Avenues Foundation
Entrepreneurship with Law During COVID-19 How Danielle Goldman, a Babson WIN Lab® alumna, is helping international students serve local communities.
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May 8, 2020

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Revisiting A Global Business Class Six weeks after her class ended, Sara Parker MBA '20 reached out to her professors from "Doing Business Globally, Highways and Landmines" for their perspective on global business now that the world has turned upside-down.
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May 7, 2020

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'They Care About This' Prabaarja Bedi MBA’20 found opportunity amid the waste of her family's business, and founded UNfabricated, which produces furnishings, apparel, and accessories.
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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 7, 2020

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A Babson moment that spanned generations and locations
A Babson Moment That Spanned Generations and Locations Despite being more than 1,000 miles apart, Olivia Deval ’23 and her grandmother were able to share a moment during Babson’s virtual Dean’s List Ceremony.
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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 7, 2020

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Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship
4,800 miles from Campus, the Work Goes On The pandemic’s disruption has not stopped students from Babson, Olin, and Wellesley colleges from providing much-needed assistance to a nonprofit in Ghana.
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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 6, 2020

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Summer Catalyst
Babson Ventures Accelerate Online in Summer Catalyst Student entrepreneurs will work with their advisors, learn from expert speakers, engage with their cohort, and much more as they accelerate their businesses.
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May 6, 2020

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