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Bryan Ramirez Galindo MSEL’25 and a former employee stand at a fence on a farm
Bringing AI to the Barn: An Entrepreneur Helps Dairy Farmers Dairy farmers are facing challenges, as costs rise and workers are harder to find. Offering help is Vacavision, an automated herd manager founded by Bryan Ramirez Galindo MSEL’25.
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June 16, 2026

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-06-17 13:43:04
Nancy Baym is part of a four-person panel taking questions from an audience.
A Babson Symposium Explores What AI Means for Business and Humanity  A Babson symposium examines the jagged frontier of artificial intelligence and what it means for humanity, particularly its implications for business and entrepreneurship.
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May 28, 2026

Posted in Insights

2026-06-17 13:43:04
Aerial view of the Babson campus
Inside the Blank School’s Eight Centers and Institutes With its world-class centers and institutes, the Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership continues to expand its impact and influence. Here’s a look at the Blank School’s eight centers and institutes.
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November 17, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-06-17 14:57:53
Technical symbols superimposed over man in a suit.
Technological Literacy: The Must-Have Skill for the Future of Work Understanding information and communications technology and developing artificial intelligence skills are necessary in today’s jobs market, explain Babson professional and executive education experts.
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August 1, 2025

Posted in Insights

2026-06-17 14:58:14
Side-by-side photos of the chair and the two students posing for a photo with the chair
From Text Prompt to Furniture: The Story Behind Babson’s AI Dam Chair With groundbreaking artificial intelligences advances, Vaness (Reece) Gardner ’26 and Cole Collins ’26 have created what is believed to be the first full-scale, AI-designed chair on a college campus.
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May 23, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Outcomes

2026-06-17 14:58:14
Students and friends celebrate and hug after winning the competition
‘Moos’ and Ahhs: Babson AI Showcase Draws Rave Reviews A high-tech solution from two MSEL students to improve monitoring herds of cows wins the top prize at the first Babson College AI Showcase, hosted by the C. Dean Metropoulos Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship.
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May 9, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-06-17 04:28:00
Trond Undheim, the inaugural executive director of the C, Dean Metropoulos Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship, is focused on infusing technology throughout Babson. (Photo: Nic Czarnecki)
Babson Levels Up: Trond Undheim Talks Tech and the Metropoulos Institute  Under the leadership of Executive Director Trond Undheim, Babson’s new institute arms students with the technological tools—and purpose—for high-impact innovation.
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April 14, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Outcomes

2026-06-17 05:15:44
Side-by-side headshots of Trond Undheim and Tom Davenport
Babson Appoints Undheim, Davenport to Leadership Roles with Metropoulos Institute Trond Undheim has been named the executive director and Tom Davenport the faculty director of the College’s new C. Dean Metropoulos Institute for Technology and Entrepreneurship.
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February 5, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-06-17 14:59:40
An overview of the Weissman Foundry during the buildathon
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.
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December 12, 2024

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-06-17 07:37:45
Kristi Girdharry sits for a portrait on campus
How a Writing Professor Embraces AI at Babson With her work with The Generator and in a new course this spring, Associate Teaching Professor Kristi Girdharry explores the complexities, ethics, and opportunities of artificial intelligence
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November 29, 2024

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

2026-06-17 14:59:40