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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 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.

By Bryan Lipiner

May 7, 2020

Tagged Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Faculty, Global, Student Life, Undergraduate, Women's Leadership

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2026-03-27 14:54:30

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.

By John Crawford

May 6, 2020

Tagged Class of 2020, Class of 2021, Babson Heroes, Entrepreneurship Education, Global, Undergraduate, Women-Led Entrepreneurship

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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.

By Michael Chmura

May 6, 2020

Tagged Class of 2021, Graduate, Startups, Undergraduate

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2026-03-26 07:45:51

Celebrating Babson’s Best The annual Best of Babson awards celebrated the achievements of the College’s undergraduate student clubs, organizations, and leaders.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

May 5, 2020

Tagged Student Life, Undergraduate, Class of 2020, Class of 2021

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Creativity Abounds at the Weissman Foundry Filled with a sense of adventure, the Weissman Foundry at Babson is place for building, collaborating, and exploring possibilities.

By John Crawford

May 4, 2020

Tagged Campus, Entrepreneurship Education, Student Life, Class of 2020

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2026-03-27 14:54:30

Babson Students in a Stay at Home Musical

The Show Must Go On (From a Distance) Faced with the cancellations of their spring shows, members of Babson’s student arts organizations came together for a stay-at-home production.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

May 1, 2020

Tagged Arts, Class of 2020, Student Life, Undergraduate

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When Current Events Become Coursework A Management Consulting course assignment asked undergraduate students to reflect on the challenges of remote work.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

May 1, 2020

Tagged Career, Online Classes, Undergraduate

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2026-03-28 20:35:34

FutureLab and an Unexpected Crisis: Lessons in Mobility After Babson transitioned online, students and faculty in FutureLab: Mobility Innovation worked to help the experiential program reach its potential.

By Bryan Lipiner

April 30, 2020

Tagged Class of 2020, Entrepreneurship Education, Graduate, Online Classes, Student Life

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Bringing Comfort to New York City Bringing the Comfort, a U.S. Navy hospital ship, to New York City required lots of logistics and teamwork. Overseeing the effort was Rear Adm. John Mustin MBA’06.

By 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.

April 30, 2020

Tagged Alumni, Babson Heroes, Leadership

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