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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.

Entrepreneurial families
Supporting Past, Current, and Future Generations of Entrepreneurial Families A $2 million gift from Charlie Nulsen ’79 and JoAnn Kocum Nulsen ’81 will endow the Executive Directorship position at the Institute for Family Entrepreneurship, enabling the best in leadership and experiential programming for students and their entrepreneurial families.
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October 29, 2019

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STEP family business survey
Millennial CEOs Ready to Lead Family Businesses Longer life expectancy combined with changing expectations are putting strain on business families as they adapt in today's evolving landscape.
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October 25, 2019

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Kara Lawson at Babson College
One on One with NBA Assistant Coach Kara Lawson Boston Celtics assistant coach Kara Lawson took to the Babson Recreation and Athletics Complex this month to share what it’s like to be one of just a handful of female coaches in the NBA.
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October 25, 2019

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eTower at Centennial Celebration
eTower, a Venture in Itself eTower is widely known at Babson for the entrepreneurial successes and endeavors of residents past. But, how did it start and why does it endure? Community.
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October 24, 2019

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Dario Guerrero
One Student’s World of Opportunity 2017 Diversity Leadership Award winner Dario Guerrero ’21 shares the life-changing opportunities that have taken him from Lawrence, Mass., to Berlin.
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October 23, 2019

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Young women entrepreneurs receive SheaMoisture Scholarships
Empowering Young Women Entrepreneurs, Empowering Communities Ten young leaders returned home from Babson College’s Summer Study program ready to amplify their impact, all thanks to a SheaMoisture initiative that believes in empowering communities by empowering women through entrepreneurship.
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October 23, 2019

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Cutler Center Finance Lab
New Finance Lab Opens in Babson Commons Joined by one of the most well-known investors of all time, Peter Lynch H’96, the Babson College community celebrated the grand opening of its reimagined Finance Lab at the Stephen D. Cutler Center for Investments and Finance.
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October 22, 2019

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International Education Week
Comfort Food: Cuisine that Feels Like Home Babson’s taste is unique, mainly because its melting-pot of a community represents more than 70 countries.
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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.
October 21, 2019

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Babson faculty member Joanna Carey conducting research in the field
New Faculty Seminar Series Kicks Off with an Eye on the Arctic Babson College faculty members are sharing their research and expertise with the College community through a new seminar series.
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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.
October 21, 2019

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Cruickshank 5K Race for Shelter
Babson on the Run A longtime Babson tradition, the Cruickshank 5K Race for Shelter takes runners through the sleepy streets of Wellesley and raises money for the College’s service immersion trips.
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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.
October 18, 2019

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