Tag: Undergraduate

Babson and Iraqi Students Team Up to Tackle Public Health Problems During COVID-19 Three Babson students spent six weeks this summer teaming up with college students in Iraq to study COVID-19’s most vexing public health problems, including vaccine hesitancy.
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August 30, 2021

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Student leaders at Class of 2025 Move-In Day.
Babson Buzzing as Students Return to Campus With move-in weekend underway, students and faculty express their excitement over all the people back on campus creating a renewed sense of community.
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Eric Beato
Editor / Writer
Eric Beato
Eric Beato is the Editor of Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. A native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Eric has worked as an editor and writer at newspapers across the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and Boston Herald. Eric joined Babson College in 2019 after working as the communications director for a private educational travel company and as the managing editor of six regional sports publications.
August 27, 2021

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Collage of four portraits of members of the Class of 2025
Entrepreneurs, Scholars, Leaders: Meet the Class of 2025 As first-year students begin to arrive on campus, here are just a few of the inspiring examples of the future entrepreneurial leaders who make up the most diverse class in Babson College history.
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August 25, 2021

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Babson basketball player Teddy Sourlis ’22 drives down the court against defenders
Taught to Tough It Out: Male Athletes and Mental Health Babson basketball player Teddy Sourlis ’22 founded Men’s Mental, a platform that helps male athletes to focus on an issue that’s often not discussed in locker rooms: mental health.
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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.
August 19, 2021

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Statue of Roger Babson and the Babson Globe on Babson's campus
A New Babson School Year Begins: ‘We Are Ready’ This fall, life at Babson will be much different than last school year, as campus returns to a more recognizable, in-person experience.
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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.
August 17, 2021

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Graduates of the Class of 2021 pose for a photo at Commencement
Picture Perfect: The Class of 2021 On a glorious weekend in May, the Class of 2021—filled with gratitude and pride—gathers for Commencement and reflects on its accomplishments after a year marked by challenges and uncertainty.
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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.
July 28, 2021

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Portrait of Tariq Farid and Somia Farid Silber
Introducing the Tariq Farid Franchise Institute at Babson College Somia Farid Silber ’15, vice president of e-commerce at Edible Brands, discusses how the new institute is a major opportunity for Babson and the future of franchising education.
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Eric Beato
Editor / Writer
Eric Beato
Eric Beato is the Editor of Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. A native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Eric has worked as an editor and writer at newspapers across the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and Boston Herald. Eric joined Babson College in 2019 after working as the communications director for a private educational travel company and as the managing editor of six regional sports publications.
July 13, 2021

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Demarre Johnson '24
An Activist, Entrepreneurial Leader, and Even a Poet: Meet Demarre Johnson '24 As student speaker at the College’s Juneteenth celebration, Demarre Johnson ’24 demonstrated his passion for leadership and public speaking to spark change.
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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.
June 24, 2021

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Ryan Findling stands in front of the Babson World Globe, wearing a shirt with its new logo on it.
5 Questions on Redesigning the Babson Pride Logo Ryan Findling ’23, who helped lead the rebranding of Babson Pride, discusses what the logo represents and how the group promotes inclusivity and supports students.
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June 21, 2021

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Kathryn Shilling '03 outsider her Newton, Massachusetts home.
The Alumni Influencers Who Help Drive Participation The College’s participation is on the rise, thanks in large part to the Babson believers who keep the alumni connected.
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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.
June 15, 2021

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