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Portrait of Andres Espinosa Riera MBA’14
Why AI Literacy Needs an Educational (and Entrepreneurial) Lens With more than two decades at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and education, Andres Espinosa Riera MBA’14 believes the fields should evolve together. A Babson lecturer and Head of Partnerships for the Americas at Founderz, Espinosa Riera is helping shape a learner-centric approach to AI education.
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March 25, 2026

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-04-03 03:38:40
A group of Babson students and small business owners gathers at the offices of Microsoft
Babson and Microsoft Team Up to Help Small Businesses with AI  Students from The Generator, Babson’s interdisciplinary AI lab, worked with small business owners to test and give feedback on a new AI tool from Microsoft.
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March 23, 2026

Posted in Insights

2026-04-03 10:27:50
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

2026-04-03 02:09:15
Sitting at a table, a Babson student talks with two attendees of the AI Innovators Bootcamp
A Tech Bootcamp: Babson Trains Small Businesses on AI Babson’s AI Innovators Bootcamp offers small businesses a one-day dive into artificial intelligence, showing how it can foster innovation and improve how they run their organizations.
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November 12, 2025

Posted in Insights

2026-04-03 02:41:37
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

2026-04-01 11:04:58
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

2026-04-02 17:55:44
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

2026-04-02 17:55:44
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

2026-04-03 00:23:40
Babson ITSD Earns CIO 100 Award for Its ‘All-In’ AI Strategy For the second year in a row, Babson’s Information Technology Services Department has been named a CIO 100 Award winner, recognized for its AI leadership.
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March 24, 2025

Posted in Babson Briefs

2026-04-03 00:45:06
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

2026-04-02 23:10:20