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‘A Dream Come True’ for the B.E.T.A. Challenge Grand-Prize Winners  Anthony Gatti MBA’24 and Nathan Ruff-Williams MBA’23, Ily Kynion Coulibaly MSBA’25, and Daniel Berlin ’26 win the B.E.T.A. Challenge grand prizes for their ventures at Babson’s signature pitch competition.  
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April 24, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Outcomes

2026-05-04 04:19:21
A group of students pose for a photo
Babson First-Year Students Learn to Navigate Family Legacies and Carve Their Own Path Babson’s First Year Family Entrepreneurship Mastermind program helps students strengthen family business relationships, develop leadership skills, and launch passion-driven ventures.
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April 22, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-04 04:32:55
MSEL Duo Earns First Place at GEM Hackathon   Rhaaghav Kanodia MSEL’25 and Kamo Aghbalyan MSEL’25 took first place at Babson College’s third annual GEM Hackathon, hosted by the Butler Institute for Free Enterprise Through Entrepreneurship. 
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April 16, 2025

Posted in Babson Briefs

2026-04-08 13:17:26
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

2026-05-04 04:32:55
Valentina Casteline, Carlos Emanuele MSEL'24, Mateo Acosta-Rubio '27, and Tadeo Acosta-Rubio MSEL'24 pose for a picture in an exhibition hall at the eMerge Americas Conference + Expo
An Acquisition, a Launch, and a Pitch: An Entrepreneurial Story from eMerge Eight Babson ventures competed in eMerge’s Global Startup Accelerator and Showcase, with one of them making a major pivot only weeks before the event.
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April 10, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-04 04:32:55
Entrepreneurs pitch their venture on a stage at the B.E.T.A. Challenge semifinals
What’s in a Name? The Stories Behind This Year’s B.E.T.A. Challenge Semifinalists A venture’s name sets the stage for its identity and purpose. As the B.E.T.A. Challenge semifinalists prepare to pitch on April 16, we explore the meaning behind their names and what they represent.
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April 9, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

2026-05-04 04:32:55
Stephen McElroy sits with students around a table
A Bridge to Babson: Easing the Transition for First-Year Students Babson’s Bridge Program gives support to first-year students who may feel less prepared for the start of college. The goal is to make sure that students, whatever their backgrounds, are set up for success.
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March 27, 2025

Posted in Community

2026-05-02 14:19:23
Matthew Desmond speaking on stage
First-Year Students Inspired by the Intersection of Business and the Liberal Arts and Sciences Pulitzer Prize winner Matthew Desmond came to campus to discuss how to combat poverty in America. First-year students share their big-picture takeaways.
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March 5, 2025

Posted in Community

2026-05-04 13:26:09
Babson first-year students showed off their FME ventures at the Len Green Recreation and Athletics Complex during the annual FME Expo last week. (Photo: Nic Czarnecki)
AI Joins the Team: How FME Students Are Learning to Use Generative AI First-year Babson students harness AI to develop and launch their FME ventures—gaining an edge in the evolving entrepreneurial landscape.
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March 3, 2025

Posted in Insights, Outcomes

2026-05-04 05:42:48
Two students shadow box in a fitness studio
Ring the Bell: Working Out with the Babson Boxing Club In the Babson Boxing Club’s popular classes, students learn self-defense, gain confidence, and grasp how to roll with the punches, both literally and figuratively.
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February 28, 2025

Posted in Community

2026-05-01 19:14:39