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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.

Returning Together
A Q&A for Our International Students Hosted by the International Student and Scholar Services team, part II of our Babson Together Instagram Q&A series focused on international student questions about returning to campus.
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July 6, 2020

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Learning Together
We're Answering Your Questions About Learning Together This Fall With the help of Associate Deans of the Undergraduate and Graduate schools, Wendy Murphy and Sebastian Fixson, we helped answer your questions about learning together this fall.
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July 2, 2020

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Stephen Spinelli Jr. MBA’92, PhD
A Year in Review One year after becoming president of Babson, Stephen Spinelli Jr. MBA’92, PhD, takes time to reflect on his first year and to look ahead to the work to come.
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July 1, 2020

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Babson College has announced its Return to Campus plan
Babson College Announces Return to Campus Plan With guidance from public health experts, and informed by federal and state recommendations, Babson College releases its plan to be open this fall.
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Bryan Lipiner
Writer
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.
June 30, 2020

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Celebrating a Landmark Decision
Reflecting on a Landmark Decision During Pride Month For Babson’s LGBTQ community, a landmark Supreme Court ruling was a victory that was a long time coming, and it was made extra sweet for having happened during Pride Month.
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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.
June 29, 2020

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Emergency Fund
Funding Our Future Looking for a way to support students as they return to campus this fall? Donate to the Emergency Fund, or fund a care package that will be waiting for them when they arrive.
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June 26, 2020

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Tomasso Hall on Babson campus
Learning Together: Resuming Classes on Campus for Fall Babson’s fall undergraduate and graduate class offerings are designed to maximize face-to-face class interaction, while promoting safe social distance and seamless distance learning when in-person attendance is not possible.
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June 26, 2020

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Research insights for entrepreneurs
Leading Edge Insights for Entrepreneurs from BCERC This year’s Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference brought leading-edge research directly to entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship educators—findings that are typically directed to academic audiences.
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June 25, 2020

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Marching for Black Lives Matter in Washington, D.C.
Hitting the Streets for Black Lives Matter In the classroom, Professor Fred Opie talks about the organization needed to sustain social movements. Marching for Black Lives Matter, a former student saw that need firsthand.
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June 25, 2020

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Richard Bliss
Office Hours: Opportunity Knocking Professor of Finance Richard Bliss, Babson’s first Posse mentor, serves as the national academic director for the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program.
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June 23, 2020

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