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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.

Rocket Pitch 2018
Apply for the 20th Annual Rocket Pitch For 20 years, Babson and its Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship have helped hundreds of entrepreneurs propel their business ideas at Rocket Pitch—a signature, fast-paced event for the whole community. Apply now!
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September 27, 2019

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Boston Mayor Walsh
The Bottom Line? Stay in Boston. Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, and other leading local players, including Governor Charlie Baker, joined Babson for its Centennial Celebration. All agree, Boston is the best place to be.
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September 27, 2019

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Babson at Boston FinTech Week
Exploring the Future of Finance at Boston FinTech Week This month, students and alumni joined the Stephen D. Cutler Center for Investments and Finance and Babson Boston for Boston FinTech Week. The focus? How technology will affect the future of financial services.
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Farrah Narkiewicz
Contributing Writer
Farrah Narkiewicz
Farrah Narkiewicz is the Program & Marketing Manager for the Stephen D. Cutler Center for Investments and Finance. She previously spent over seven years on a regional marketing team in ad sales. Farrah earned her undergraduate degree from UMass Amherst.
September 24, 2019

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Entrepreneurs on Stage
Advice from Distinguished Entrepreneurs For more than 40 years, Babson’s Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs® has honored founders who’ve made a difference. In panel conversations at Babson’s Centennial Celebration, they offered a look into what it takes to build a business.
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September 24, 2019

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TORq Interface wins Babson ePitch
TORq Interface Wins Big Joanna Geisinger MBA’17 and her startup, TORq Interface, pitched to win $100,000, and the investment interest of some famous judges, including Jamie Siminoff ’99, founder of Ring, at Babson ePitch: Second Century Challenge.
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September 23, 2019

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Copley Square
Babson Takes Over Boston’s Copley Square What goes into hosting Babson’s Centennial Celebration in Boston's Copley Square? Months of planning and entrepreneurial thinking.
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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.
September 20, 2019

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Kerry Murphy Healey Center for Global Healthcare Entrepreneurship
Babson to Establish a New Center Focused on Global Healthcare Entrepreneurship Thanks to $10 million in lifetime giving from Carmella Kletjian, the College will now strive to address some of the biggest health challenges facing the world today.
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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.
September 19, 2019

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The rise of cyber currency
The Rise of Cyber Currency, Artificial Intelligence, and Strategies for Women’s Entrepreneurship Babson recently welcomed a new professor of finance, and faculty members wrote books on the growth of cyber currency and women’s entrepreneurship.
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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.
September 19, 2019

Posted in Community, Insights

Zakim Bridge goes green for Babson Centennial
Photos from Centennial Celebration One hundred years of Babson. Three signature events. One extraordinary celebration. These are the moments we've been waiting for all year long.
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September 17, 2019

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The Babson 1975 men's soccer team
Babson’s First National Championship The 1975 Babson men’s soccer team was the College’s first to win a national title and helped put the athletics program on the map.
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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.
September 17, 2019

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