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Released: 16-Oct-2012 9:00 AM EDT
Babson Prepares Educators In Trinidad And Tobago To Teach Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs
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Sixty educators from The College of Science, Technology & Applied Arts of Trinidad & Tobago (COSTAATT) will participate in a program delivered by Babson College ─ the top-ranked business school in the world for entrepreneurship education ─ to learn its unique Entrepreneurial Thought & Action® (ET&A) approach to shaping tomorrow’s entrepreneurs today.

Released: 12-Oct-2012 11:40 AM EDT
Babson Global’s Daniel Isenberg Receives Pio Manzu Center Gold Medal for “Pioneering and Innovative Approach to Foster Economic Development”
Babson College

The global economic and social research institute and think tank, the Pio Manzu Center based in Italy, has awarded Professor of Entrepreneurship Practice Daniel Isenberg, Founding Executive Director of Babson Global’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project, the Center’s Gold Medal.

Released: 18-Sep-2012 9:30 AM EDT
Babson’s Grant Gosselin Promoted to Vice President of Enrollment and Dean of Admissions
Babson College

In this new role, Gosselin will oversee both undergraduate and graduate enrollment strategies and will be responsible for creating and leading a comprehensive and coordinated strategy that purposefully accompanies students from recruitment to graduation.

Released: 17-Sep-2012 11:30 AM EDT
Babson Receives the Gold Key to Manizales in Honor of Babson-Manizales Alliance
Babson College

The City Key presentation was made following two, day-long Entrepreneurship Case Writing Workshops for 110 teachers of entrepreneurship and related topics in Manizales.

Released: 29-Aug-2012 10:00 AM EDT
Babson College Among Sierra Club’s Top 100 “Coolest Schools”
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For the 2nd year in a row, Babson College is among the Sierra Club’s List of America's Coolest Schools, a ranking of the nation’s most eco-friendly college campuses.

Released: 28-Aug-2012 9:20 AM EDT
Babson College Connects Students To Social Innovation Opportunities
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Babson College is hosting “From Day One”, an active marketplace of social innovation designed to connect students to the many ways they can make a difference in the world from the moment they first step foot on campus.

Released: 27-Aug-2012 10:35 AM EDT
Babson College Student Businesses Earned More Than $30,000 for Local Charities
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Babson College first-year students have earned more than $30,000 for charitable organizations while learning the fundamentals of business.

Released: 20-Aug-2012 10:25 AM EDT
Influencing Up ─ Babson’s Cohen & Stanford’s Bradford Explain How To Win Over Powerful People You Don’t Control
Babson College

In their new book, Influencing Up, Babson’s Allan Cohen and Stanford’s David Bradford provide a universal model of how to influence someone you don't control. Their book then applies those ideas to problematic bosses and other powerful people.

Released: 9-Aug-2012 10:00 AM EDT
Sadie Burton-Goss Named Chief Diversity And Inclusion Officer At Babson College
Babson College

Sadie Burton-Goss, Ph.D. has been named Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Babson College, reporting to President Len Schlesinger.

Released: 1-Aug-2012 1:30 PM EDT
The American Success Myth on Film, Authored by Babson Prof Julie Levinson, Explores American Attitudes Toward Success, Work, and Social Class
Babson College

The American Success Myth On Film, authored by Babson College Film Professor Julie Levinson, looks at movies as bearers of modern myths and explores how they shed light on the ideological contradictions at the heart of the American idea of success.

Released: 31-Jul-2012 11:55 AM EDT
Babson College Teams Help Shape Entrepreneurs In Rwanda And Ghana
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Babson College students, alumni, parents and staff are currently leading programs in Sekondi, Ghana and Byimana, Rwanda designed to create more entrepreneurial cultures in these countries.

Released: 24-Jul-2012 9:00 AM EDT
Entrepreneurs Showcase Businesses during Babson Summer Venture Program Demo Day July 26th
Babson College

Leading student entrepreneurs will showcase their businesses to venture capitalists, angel investors, friends, and family members during the Babson Summer Venture Program Demo Day on July 26th from 2:00 p.m.-5 p.m. at Babson’s Olin Auditorium on campus.

Released: 19-Jul-2012 12:00 PM EDT
Babson Announces Manizales-Plus;Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project Key to Colombia’s Future
Babson College

Manizales Colombia Mayor Jorge Rojas, and Babson Global’s professor of entrepreneurship practice, Daniel Isenberg, jointly announced today the launch of the “Manizales-Plus Project.” A collaboration of the leading public and private institutions in Manizales and Babson Global, the four-year project will foster high growth entrepreneurship in the city of Manizales, Colombia.

Released: 10-Jul-2012 11:15 AM EDT
Universities & Other Academic Institutions Will Develop Core Tools & Distinct Competencies For Teaching Executive Education During New Babson Program
Babson College

University educators and administrators from around the world will participate in Babson Executive Education’s new 5-day program, Principles and Practices for Teaching Executive Education from August 13-17, 2012.

Released: 2-Jul-2012 8:50 AM EDT
Dennis Hanno Named Babson College Graduate School Dean & Vice Provost
Babson College

Dennis Hanno, Babson College’s undergraduate dean since 2006, has been appointed Murata Dean of Babson’s F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business and the College’s Vice Provost.

Released: 21-Jun-2012 11:55 AM EDT
Conflicted: Faculty and Online Learning, 2012
Babson College

College and university faculty members are more pessimistic than optimistic about online education and remain far more skeptical about learning outcomes in online programs than are academic technology administrators on their campuses. But faculty members with a greater exposure to online education take a more optimistic view than their peers.

Released: 8-Jun-2012 12:55 PM EDT
Babson College’s San Francisco Fast Track MBA Program Sponsors Babson Corporate Challenge For Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon
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Babson Graduate Dean Dennis Hanno will lead three teams that include Babson College alumni, faculty and staff representing the San Francisco Babson MBA Fast Track Program competing in the annual Escape from Alcatraz triathlon in the Babson Corporate Challenge category on Sunday, June 10th.

Released: 30-May-2012 9:30 AM EDT
Improved Outlook Seen In Middle-Market Mergers
Babson College

The market for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) is clearly improving in valuations, financing availability, and deal volume and will continue to do so throughout 2012 according to a survey conducted by MBA students and Professor Kevin J. Mulvaney at Babson College in collaboration with members of The Association for Corporate Growth and Exit Planning Exchange.

Released: 29-May-2012 9:45 AM EDT
Babson College Offers “Buying a Small Business” Open Enrollment Program For Investment Seeking Entrepreneurs
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Investment seeking entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to learn how to acquire small businesses at Babson College’s new open enrollment program, “Buying a Small Business” on Saturday, June 16, 2012.

Released: 25-May-2012 8:15 AM EDT
Babson College Student/Alumni Businesses Participate In 2012 MassChallenge Competition 2nd Round
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More than one dozen Babson College alumni and student businesses are in the 2012 MassChallenge competition second round.

Released: 24-May-2012 8:45 AM EDT
Environmental Protection Agency Names All Three Colleges in Wellesley - Babson College, Massachusetts Bay Community College/Wellesley Campus and Wellesley College - Green Power Partners
Babson College

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named all three of the colleges located in Wellesley, MA - Babson College, Massachusetts Bay Community College/Wellesley Campus and Wellesley College - Green Power Partners. This makes Wellesley one of the first communities in the nation with all of its institutions of higher education named Green Power Partners.

Released: 21-May-2012 7:00 AM EDT
Marty Anderson Named Lewis Family Distinguished Senior Lecturer in Social Innovation at Babson College
Babson College

Marty Anderson has been named the Lewis Family Distinguished Senior Lecturer in Social Innovation at Babson College.

Released: 16-May-2012 12:05 PM EDT
Peace Corps Partners with Babson College
Babson College

New partnership with Babson’s F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business offers financial assistance to returned Peace Corps volunteers.

Released: 7-May-2012 9:15 AM EDT
Serial Entrepreneur and Strategy Specialist Michael Cummings Named Faculty Director Of Babson College’s Fast Track MBA Program
Babson College

Serial entrepreneur and Strategy Lecturer Michael Cummings has been named Faculty Director of the Babson College Fast Track MBA program.

Released: 3-May-2012 12:25 PM EDT
Undergraduate Business Jacox-Hilton Corporation Receives Student Business of the Year Award from Babson College Alumni Association
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Babson College undergraduate student business Jacox-Hilton Corporation has received the Student Business of the Year Award from Babson College Alumni Association.

Released: 30-Apr-2012 9:30 AM EDT
BioPharma Professionals Develop Strategic Industry Insights And Business Acumen At Babson Executive Education In San Francisco, June 4-8, 2012
Babson College

Babson Executive Education, one of the world’s top ranked executive education providers, is offering its flagship “BioPharma: Mastering the Business of Science” program in San Francisco from June 4-8, 2012. This is Babson Executive Education’s inaugural open enrollment program at Babson’s F.W. Olin Graduate School in San Francisco ─ 135 Main Street, one block south of the Embarcadero Muni/BART station on Market Street.

Released: 25-Apr-2012 9:00 AM EDT
Global Healthy Living Foundation Launches New Study of Open Education Resources
Babson College

The Global Healthy Living Foundation (GHLF.org) has received a grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to produce a report on the awareness and use of Open Education Resources (OER) in U.S. Higher Education. The work will be conducted in partnership with the Babson Survey Research Group at Babson College.

Released: 23-Apr-2012 10:15 AM EDT
Babson Professor Janice Yellin Named Director of the Babson-Olin-Wellesley Three-College Collaboration
Babson College

Janice Yellin, professor of art history at Babson College, has been named director of the Three-College Collaboration among Babson College, Olin College and Wellesley College.

Released: 19-Apr-2012 7:30 AM EDT
Babson College Hosts Latin Entrepreneurship Forum April 20th
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The Babson College Latin Entrepreneurship Forum, the largest among U.S. universities dedicated to entrepreneurial activities in Latin America, takes place April 20th on campus.

Released: 13-Apr-2012 9:00 AM EDT
Babson College Again Ranked #11 By Bloomberg Businessweek For ROI Of Graduates
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Babson has been ranked #11 for the return on investment for its graduates by Bloomberg Businessweek - for the 2nd consecutive year.

Released: 10-Apr-2012 10:10 AM EDT
Six Student Businesses Named Finalists In Babson College’s $100,000 B.E.T.A. Challenge
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Three graduate and three undergraduate businesses will compete as finalists in Babson College’s $100,000 B.E.T.A. (Babson Entrepreneurial Thought and Action®) Challenge on April 18th during Founder’s Day activities on campus.

Released: 26-Mar-2012 11:05 AM EDT
Entrepreneurial Leadership Program For Family Businesses Offered By Babson Executive Education
Babson College

Members of family businesses will have the opportunity to develop their entrepreneurial leadership potential at Babson Executive Education’s (BEE) new program, “Family Entrepreneurship: Growing the Family Business Across Generations,” on May 16-17, 2012.

Released: 23-Mar-2012 10:35 AM EDT
Energy, Environment & Entrepreneurship Conference Hosted by Babson College March 30th
Babson College

Babson’s Energy and Environmental Club will hold its Energy & Environmental Conference: “Energy, Environment & Entrepreneurship: Challenging Assumptions, Changing Perceptions,” Friday, March 30, 2012, 8am-6pm, to explore key issues and exciting prospects in energy, alternative transportation, sustainable development, and other critical topics in the energy and environmental industries.

Released: 22-Mar-2012 10:25 AM EDT
Babson College And FoTZC Inspire Tanzanian Youth Through Entrepreneurship Academy
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Babson College and Focus on Tanzanian Communities (FoTZC), a non-profit organization with over 15 years of experience partnering with Tanzanian communities to overcome economic and social challenges, are bringing the Babson Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy to Karatu, Tanzania.

Released: 19-Mar-2012 11:35 AM EDT
Greater China Business School Academics Are Learning Latest Entrepreneurial Teaching Methods At Babson College
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Business school academics from Greater China’s most elite universities are gathering March 11-24 at Babson College in Wellesley, MA, to learn the #1 entrepreneurship school’s signature Entrepreneurial Thought & Action® teaching method.

Released: 9-Mar-2012 10:00 AM EST
First-Year Babson College Undergraduate Students Launch 18 Businesses
Babson College

Babson College first year students have launched 18 businesses as part of the required Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship course (FME).

Released: 5-Mar-2012 9:30 AM EST
Babson College Investments & Finance Groups To Host 5th Annual Investments Conference March 9th
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The Stephen D. Cutler Center for Investments and Finance and the Babson Investment Management Association (BIMA) will hold their fifth annual conference - “Global Market Outlook – Investing in an Uncertain Environment” - on Friday, March 9th, 8:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., at Babson College.

Released: 24-Feb-2012 10:30 AM EST
Babson College Establishes Babson Entrepreneurial Thought and Action® (B.E.T.A.) Business Challenge
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Babson College has established the new B.E.T.A. (Babson Entrepreneurial Thought and Action®) Challenge.

Released: 17-Feb-2012 11:30 AM EST
Babson College Startups Supported in Undergraduate & MBA Hatcheries
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Babson College startups are receiving support this spring in Undergraduate and MBA Hatcheries on the Babson campus and in Boston's Innovation District.

Released: 10-Feb-2012 11:00 AM EST
Babson Professor Greene Receives USASBE Entrepreneurial Advocacy Award
Babson College

Babson Entrepreneurship Professor Patricia G. Greene has received the John E. Hughes Award for Entrepreneurial Advocacy from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE).

Released: 31-Jan-2012 9:40 AM EST
Chef, Author, Teacher, Businessman and TV Personality Andrew Zimmern Joins Babson College as an Entrepreneur-In-Residence
Babson College

Babson College today announced that Andrew Zimmern, the James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, food writer and food advocate, has joined Babson as entrepreneur-in-residence.

Released: 20-Dec-2011 2:45 PM EST
Massachusetts Entrepreneurs Remain Optimistic In Recovery
Babson College

Massachusetts entrepreneurs are optimistic and well-positioned to move forward in recovery to build an entrepreneurial economy that is innovative and globally competitive, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Massachusetts 2010 Report.

Released: 16-Dec-2011 11:15 AM EST
Babson College Supports Startups In Undergraduate & MBA Hatcheries
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Babson College supports startups this semester in Undergraduate & MBA Hatcheries on campus and in Boston’s Innovation District. As part of the Babson Venture Accelerator, the Hatcheries provide a vibrant atmosphere conducive to sharing ideas and information among student teams, faculty, executives-in-residence and visiting entrepreneurs.

Released: 9-Dec-2011 10:00 AM EST
Babson College, Olin College Of Engineering, & Rhode Island School of Design Host Undergraduate Product Design Final Presentations 2011
Babson College

On Thursday, December 15th, 8:00 a.m.-noon, at Rhode Island School of Design, six interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate students from Babson, Olin, and RISD will present their new product concepts in six consecutive presentations.

Released: 2-Dec-2011 10:00 AM EST
Babson's James Hoopes Authors CORPORATE DREAMS: Big Business in American Democracy from the Great Depression to the Great Recession
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In CORPORATE DREAMS: Big Business in American Democracy from the Great Depression to the Great Recession (Rutgers University Press; October 26, 2011) Babson College Professor James Hoopes proposes that Americans need to radically rethink their relationships with big business and the government.

Released: 25-Nov-2011 10:45 AM EST
Babson College Undergraduate Earns Innovation Award At EO’s Global Student Entrepreneur Awards Competition
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Babson College undergraduate senior Dinesh Wadhwani, cofounder of ThinkLite, LLC, received the Innovation Award and was among the Top 5 in the 2011 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards Competition at the 2011 GSEA Global Final.

Released: 18-Nov-2011 10:30 AM EST
Susan G. Duffy Named Executive Director Of Center For Women’s Leadership At Babson College
Babson College

Susan G. Duffy has been named Executive Director of the Center for Women’s Leadership (CWL) at Babson College.

Released: 11-Nov-2011 10:40 AM EST
Babson College Celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011
Babson College

Global Entrepreneurship Week will be celebrated by Babson College with events, panels and gatherings at Babson and around the world. The Babson events, taking place November 11-19, are part of the thousands of events in 120 countries celebrating innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity during GEW.

Released: 4-Nov-2011 10:00 AM EDT
10th Annual Babson Entrepreneurship Forum Takes Place Nov 11-13, 2011
Babson College

The Babson Entrepreneurship Forum, one of the largest student-run entrepreneurship-focused events in the country, will take place November 11-13, 2011, feature speakers such as Harvard's Michael Porter, FUBU founder Daymond John, and Net Impact founder Mark Albion.

Released: 28-Oct-2011 10:30 AM EDT
“Rising Stars” Entrepreneurs Honored By Babson College
Babson College

The Babson alumni entrepreneurs were recognized during recent Babson College Alumni Entrepreneur Hall of Fame festivities for successfully distinguishing themselves in entrepreneurial endeavors in all types of enterprises.



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