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Jeni Wheeler MBA’05 Serves Up Nutrition to Cape Communities as Holiday Needs Surge The Family Table Collaborative, a “self-sustaining nonprofit” launched by Jeni Wheeler MBA'05, blends business and compassion to combat nutrition insecurity and serve record holiday meals on Cape Cod.

PHOTOS: Tina Opie and Babson at the Massachusetts Conference for Women Tina Opie, associate professor of management, highlighted Babson College’s presence last week at the 20th annual Massachusetts Conference for Women.

Seven Tips for How to Become a Good Public Speaker Public speaking can be challenging. You need to calm your nerves, understand your audience, and figure out what to even say. Sharon Sinnott, the director of Babson’s Speech Center, offers help.

How Student Teams Used AI to Tackle Real-World Problems at One-Day Buildathon At the inaugural Generator-Microsoft Entrepreneurship & AI Buildathon, student teams from Babson, Olin, and Wellesley colleges collaborate and compete to identify transformative entrepreneurial opportunities enabled by artificial intelligence.

Unscripted Moment: Snow Day In our occasional photo series, staff photographer Nic Czarnecki shares the story of first-year students from Hawaii playing in the first snow of the season.

Babson Briefs

Lauri Union, William Gartner Named Among Top 25 Leading Global Academics in Family Enterprise

Babson Professor Co-Hosts Global Women in Marketing Awards

Babson Board Chair Jeffery Perry ’87, P’23 Named Among Most Influential Corporate Directors

OneStream Wins Third Annual Babson FinTech Startup Pitch Competition

Associate Professor Ellie Kyung Selected as Marketing Science Institute Scholar

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Babson Launches New Doctor of Business Administration Program to Empower Entrepreneurial Leaders Babson College introduces its Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program, empowering experienced professionals to address real-world challenges with innovative solutions through applied research and entrepreneurial leadership.

From Babson to “Shark Tank”: How James Pidhurney MBA’08 Scored a $400K Deal for Chalkless James Pidhurney MBA’08 turned entrepreneurial lessons from Babson into a “Shark Tank” deal with Kevin O’Leary and Rashaun Williams for Chalkless, a grip-enhancing product.

The GCEC Conference Brings Entrepreneurship Educators to Babson More than 700 entrepreneurship educators from around the world came to Babson for the annual Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Conference.

Babson Climbs to No. 2 in Wall Street Journal’s Rankings of the Best Colleges in the U.S. Ranked the second best college in the United States by The Wall Street Journal, Babson College continues to elevate entrepreneurship beyond business education with outstanding student outcomes, exceptional career preparation, and surging starting salaries.

Faculty & Leaders

Five Things to Know about Dhruv Grewal, One of Poets & Quants’ Best Undergraduate Professors

Wicked Entrepreneurial? Startup Lessons from the Witch of the West

What Is Shrinkflation? Why Shoppers Are Getting Less for Their Dollar

Lateral Thinking and Awe Walks: Heidi Neck Shares Recipe for Entrepreneurial Growth at GCEC

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In the Media

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Family Business Magazine

Dockworkers’ strike underway: How port shutdowns could impact you »

NBC10 Boston

Mass. school takes amazing leap in WSJ list of best colleges »

Boston.com

To be tops in entrepreneurship, Babson College invested in global education »

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Back to hoarding toilet paper? Amid port strike, some consumers are panic-buying goods. »

USA Today

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IT Brew

The 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S.: Princeton, Babson and Stanford Take the Top 3 Spots »

The Wall Street Journal