Tag: Technology

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.
May 23, 2025
Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Outcomes

‘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.
May 9, 2025
Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

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.
April 14, 2025
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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.
February 5, 2025
Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

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.
December 12, 2024
Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

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
November 29, 2024
Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Babson CIO Patty Patria on Leading in Technology and the AI Transformation
As chief information officer since 2022, Patty Patria has led a transformation with the Information Technology Services Department to keep Babson ahead of the technological curve, especially on artificial intelligence.
November 29, 2024
Posted in Community