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Babson Executive Education Launches “Breakfast Briefings” 5/09/2008
The open-enrollment programs are designed for the busy professional. Each of three sessions is just 2 ½ hours long and includes all program materials and breakfast at the award–winning Babson Executive Conference Center.

Conference at Babson on Retail Customer Experience Management 5/08/2008
Babson's Retail Supply Chain Institute & ING Center for Financial Services at UConn Co-Host

Babson’s Grewal is Most Published Author in Marketing Journals 5/07/2008
Babson College Professor Dhruv Grewal is the number one marketing professor out of 130 top-ranked faculty.

Current State of Businesses Owned by Women of Color 5/07/2008
The dynamics of the intersection of race and gender were the focus of research findings released at the national symposium Research to Roadmap: Accelerating the Growth of Businesses Owned by Women of Color convened by the Center for Women’s Business Research.

Top Management Gurus 5/06/2008
Prof. Tom Davenport, Babson Executive Education researcher Jim Wilson and Babson MBA student Josh Herzig-Marx have produced a list of the top management gurus.

Babson Hosts International Conference on Management Education June 11-14 5/05/2008
More than 300 academics and practitioners will be on campus to participate with and learn from scholars of leadership, organization learning, and culture.

Babson MBA Students on Winning Teams at Case Competition 5/05/2008
Babson students were on the second and third place teams at the UNC Kenan-Flagler marketing case competition.

Babson's Highest Honor Goes to Allan Cohen 5/02/2008
Allan Cohen, the omnipresent professor, leader, mentor, is named 2008 Walter H. Carpenter Prize winner.

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2007 Report on Women and Entrepreneurship: 5/02/2008
Women’s Entrepreneurship matters—women are creating and running businesses around the world, contributing to economies that represent more than 70% of the world’s population and 93% of global GDP (2007).

BABSON COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS - MAY 17, 2008 5/01/2008
Speakers and honorary degree recipients are announced for undergraduate ceremony and 10:00 a.m. and graduate ceremony at 2:30 p.m.

FTC Urged to Unmask Marketing Practices 4/30/2008
Researchers at Babson College and Marquette University chronicle the latest types of marketing practices in a forthcoming article in the spring issue of the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing and call for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to keep pace with modern marketing practices

Babson Team Competes In Wal-Mart's Better Living Business Plan Challenge 4/28/2008
MBA students Jennifer Green and Timothy Seamans were among the eight teams participating in the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.'s first Better Living Business Plan Challenge on April 18th in Bentonville, Ark.

Babson Executive Education Dean Elaine Eisenman Named To American Airlines Women’s Customer Advisory Council 4/25/2008
Advisory Council members provide ongoing and ad hoc market feedback on American’s position within their respective communities.

Math And Engineering Symposium Hosted by Olin and Babson Colleges 4/25/2008
DOME Foundation Spring Symposium held at Olin College of Engineering on May 2.

Babson Researchers at D.C. Symposium on Businesses of Women of Color 4/24/2008
Professor Donna Stoddard and Chief Diversity Officer Elizabeth Thornton will participate in a Symposium to focus on challenges faced by businesses owned by women-of-color.

Babson’s Center for Women’s Leadership Author Series Presents: Karin Abarbanel, Author-- Birthing the Elephant: The Woman’s Go-for-It! Guide to Overcoming the Big Challenges of Launching a Business 4/24/2008
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008; 5:30 pm; The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College.  

Entrepreneurship Adjunct Dennis Ceru Testifies Before House Committee on Small Business 4/23/2008
Entrepreneurship Adjunct Dennis Ceru testified before the House Committee on Small Business, Thursday, April 24th.

Babson College to Commission Campus Wind Turbine During Earth Day Celebrations 4/18/2008
The commissioning ceremony will take place at 2:00 PM, and will coincide with the school’s Earth Day festivities.

Babson Prof. Tom Davenport Again Named To 100 Most Influential People in IT List 4/17/2008
Babson Professor Tom Davenport has been ranked among the Top 100 Most Influential People in IT by eWEEK and sister publications CIO Insight and Baseline.

Babson Employees Bring Sons/Daughters to Work - to Work And Study! 4/15/2008
Children 14 and under may accompany their Babson parents to work on April 23rd for lessons in entrepreneurship, or choose from many other options.

Babson Student Awarded $5,000 Environmental Grant 4/11/2008
Non-profit 4GreenTires.org reduces auto emissions by giving away free tire gauges

Entrepreneurship Professor Jeffry A. Timmons, 66 4/10/2008
He was internationally recognized as a leading authority for his research, innovative curriculum development, and teaching in entrepreneurship, new ventures, entrepreneurial finance and venture capital.

Incentive Targeting, Before The Stores, LLC Win Babson’s 2008 Business Plan Competitions 4/10/2008
Two businesses -- Incentive Targeting and Treating Eating -- are currently housed in the Babson MBA and Undergraduate hatcheries.

Art at Babson April 15 - December 5, 2008 4/07/2008
Chris Nau and Douglas Weathersby join to create Room Carving and the Human Nesting Project in Map Hill Residence Hall.

Babson Provost Patricia Greene Appointed to U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Advisory Board 4/07/2008
will serve as an independent source of advice and recommendations on matters of importance to the development of small businesses.

Babson Professor Wins Sales Management Award for 2007 4/04/2008
Marketing Professor Michael Levy Earns James M. Comer Award for publication in JPSSM.

Babson Sociology Professor Wins Academy of Management Case Writing Competition 4/02/2008
Babson Sociology Professor Wins Academy of Management's 2008 Dark Side Case Competition

Babson's Black Student Union & The Sorenson Center Stage Poignant Reflection 4/02/2008
Ntozake Shange's "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf"

Babson's Susan Foley to Speak on the Departure of Women from Corporations to Start Their Own Businesses at The Conference Board’s Women’s Leadership Conference 4/01/2008
New York City, Thursday, April 3, 2008, 11:15am at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Moving from Managing to Leading: The Women’s Program at Babson 4/01/2008
Babson Executive Education (BEE) will deliver its women’s program, Moving from Managing to Leading, April 14th, 2008 at BEE’s award-winning Babson Executive Conference Center in Wellesley, Mass.

Three Global Entrepreneurs to be Inducted into Babson College Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs: Ernesto Bertarelli, Lee Man Tat, and Sunil Bharti Mittal 4/01/2008
from the biotechnology, consumer products, and telecom industries-- when it enrolls them into Babson’s Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs (ADE) Wed., April 9, 2008.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast Performed at Babson April 4, 5 and 6 3/31/2008
Produced and directed by The Babson Players, including students from Babson and Olin Colleges.

U.S. News Again Names Babson's MBA Program #1 in Entrepreneurship 3/28/2008
U.S.News & World Report magazine has ranked Babson College the #1 MBA program for entrepreneurship for the 15th year in a row.

Six Businesses Compete in Babson’s 2008 Business Plan Competitions April 9 3/27/2008
Finalists include student businesses that are therapeutic, green, and '4-star'!

Babson Professor Authors New Book for Defense Industry 3/24/2008
Sustaining the Military Enterprise: An Architecture for a Lean Transformation

Trish Costello Named Director Of The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship At Babson College 3/24/2008
Trish Costello’s professional background includes entrepreneurial, corporate, non-profit and academic experience.

Babson’s Student-Run Babson Investment Management Association (BIMA) Launches First Annual Investment Conference "Investing in a Diverse Marketplace" 3/20/2008
Friday, March 28, 2008;Keynote speakers include Stephen D. Cutler, Essex Investments; Jurrien Timmer, Fidelity Investments; and Erik Sirri, Director of Trading and Market Regulation at the SEC.

MLK Jr. Legacy Day Leadership Award & Contest Winners 3/20/2008
Leadership Awards and winners of the Essay & Speech contest and the Creativity contest are recognized.

DSW Inc. Appoints Babson Exec Ed Dean to Board of Directors 3/18/2008
Elaine Eisenman is named to Board of Directors at DSW Inc.

Student Business DormItem Acquired By Universal Advertising Inc. 3/12/2008
DormItem, the student run business powering classified listings in online college portals, has been acquired by Universal Advertising Inc.

The Babson Innovation 2.0 Summit—March 27 - 28; Babson Executive Education gathers some of the World’s Most Innovative Thinkers 3/11/2008
organized by Babson's Center for Business Innovation.

Babson Executive Education's Susan Foley to Speak on Identifying, Nurturing, and Retaining Entrepreneurial Talent at The Human Capital Institute 3/10/2008
As the market for talent heats up, the pressure to identify, develop, nurture, and retain entrepreneurial talent has increased.

Babson College And Tec De Monterrey Accepting Applicants For Innovative Program To Support Entrepreneurship In Mexico And Latin America 3/09/2008
Babson College and Tec De Monterrey in Mexico are accepting applicants for a unique partnership, the New Business Generation Initiative, designed to nurture successful business ventures in Latin America.

Travel Inside Six Famous Financial Fiascoes with Babson Professor 3/07/2008
In his newest book, Risk Takers: Uses and Abuses of Financial Derivatives, John E. Marthinsen goes to the heart of the arcane and largely misunderstood world of finance and makes it accessible to everyone.

Babson ‘Green’ Business Goes to Finals at Wal-Mart Competition 3/06/2008
'Generate Change' business plan will be presented to Wal-Mart execs in April vying for a $20,000 first prize.

Babson Shares Its Entrepreneurial Expertise with European Educators 3/05/2008
SEE in Europe was attended by 58 European academics and entrepreneurs

Babson to Host Second Annual Entrepreneurial Energy Expo 3/04/2008
Jesse Fink of MissionPoint Capital Partners to Provide Keynote Address

Nine Student Businesses Incubating in Babson’s Hatcheries 3/04/2008
The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College has accepted 9 student businesses into the Babson College Business Hatcheries for the spring 2008 term.

Babson Professor/Researcher Promotes Photo Exhibit of Cultural Diversity in Turkey 3/03/2008
Babson's DiCarlo follows photo exhibit of Turkey's diversity to track international reactions for her own research on Muslim to Christian religious conversions in Turkey.

Babson Team Wins New England Investment Research Challenge 2/29/2008
The Babson College team has won the New England Investment Research Challenge sponsored by the Boston Security Analysts Society (BSAS). This is the second consecutive year that the Babson College team of investment analysts took the top honors in the BSAS competition.

Babson Students Place in Toronto Market Trading Competition 2/27/2008
Three MBA students and one undergrad earn 7th place competing against 34 schools from US, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

Babson Graduate’s Family Featured on ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” 2/26/2008
ABC-TV’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is bringing together 1991 Babson graduate Paul Giunta and his family in a new dream home in Maynard.

The 'Green Collar' Venture Competition at Babson 2/26/2008
The winner will compete in the Wal-Mart Sustainability Business Plan Competition for a $20,000 first prize!

Babson's Candida Brush Named Entrepreneurship Research Fellow 2/21/2008
Brush is a 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers

Babson Names Thornton Chief Diversity Officer 2/18/2008
Elizabeth Thornton, adjunct lecturer of entrepreneurship, is Babson's first Chief Diversity Officer

Babson Team Participates In World’s Largest Case Competition 2/16/2008
Babson is among the colleges participating in the Marshall International Case Competition

Babson College To Install Campus Wind Turbine 2/15/2008
Babson College plans to install a wind turbine on the school’s campus as a demonstration project, becoming the first college in the greater Boston area to utilize wind power through an on-campus installation.

Babson Human Rights Expert Speaks at Ropes Lecture Series 2/15/2008
Professor Goldberg, Author of "Beyond Terror: Gender, Narrative, Human Rights" speaks at the University of Cincinnati's speaker series on understanding how human rights issues are central to the humanities.

James Hoopes, Murata Professor of Business Ethics at Babson College Authors 2/13/2008
HAIL TO THE CEO: The Failure of George W. Bush and the Cult of Moral Leadership

Babson's Susan Foley to Speak on Corporate Entrepreneurs at Institute of International Research’s Linkage Strategies 2008 Conference 2/12/2008
Her session is entitled, “Accelerate Your Initiatives through Leadership: Awakening the Entrepreneurs within Your Team.”

E’ship Paper on Gender Motivators by Babson’s Prof. Brush is In Top 10 2/12/2008
"What do Women (and Men) Want? Entrepreneurial Expectancies of women and Men Nascent Entrepreneurs" is among most read according to SSRN.

Babson Receives President’s Honor Roll Award for Service for 2nd Year 2/11/2008
Babson Students, Faculty and Staff Honored for Distinguished Community Service

Thespians from Three Colleges Form the Cast for "Into The Woods" 2/11/2008
Students from Babson and Wellesley College, join actors from Olin for the play presented by the F.W. Olin Players, from Olin College of Engineering.


 

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