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Entrepreneurs Thrive During Hard Times: The Babson College/Baruch College U.S. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Report 2008 11/20/2009
Entrepreneurial activity shows positive signs during these hard times, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2008 National Entrepreneurial Assessment for the United States of America, produced by Babson College and Baruch College. 

Babson Hosts Screening of Ten9Eight by Entrepreneur Filmmaker Mary Mazzio 11/19/2009
Creator Mary Mazzio will introduce her film that dares to 'imagine': “In America, a kid drops out of high school every 9 seconds. Imagine if they didn’t.”

Babson Team Returns from Hong Kong Competition with Bronze Prize 11/19/2009
Four Babson undergrads competed in a business plan competition at Hong Kong Baptist University on November 13.

Babson's Glenn Kaplus Addresses Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, Nov. 20 11/19/2009
Entrepreneurship lecturer Glenn Kaplus is in Mexico to speak at Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum at Tecnologico de Monterrey.

Professor Daniel Isenberg Speaks on the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Buenos Aires 11/18/2009
Isenberg Speaks on the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem during Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Babson Joins 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative 11/17/2009
$500 million initiative will unlock the growth and job-creation potential of 10,000 small businesses across the US through greater access to business education, mentors and networks, and financial capital.

Project HEALTH Founder Rebecca Onie, Harvard’s Judith Kidd To Discuss Social Entrepreneurship at Babson 11/17/2009
Social Entrepreneurs speak during John Whitman's class on December 2, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in Olin Auditorium.

Unleashing the Global Power of Women’s Businesses – CWL Executive in Residence, Teri Cavanagh, December 3 11/16/2009
CWL Executive in Residence, Teri Cavanagh, will share her experiences with the Women's Global Banking Alliance December 3.

Alumni Business SailProud Earns Place in ‘Top Ten Greenest’ by Startup Nation 11/13/2009
Started by 2008 alumni SailProud Apparel earns another recognition, this time by Startup Nation.

Babson Women Participate in 2009 Ernst & Strategic Growth Forum 11/13/2009
Jan Shubert, CWL director, and four Babson women alumnae are in California for the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum.

Babson College Math and Science Students Recognized for Outstanding Performance 11/11/2009
69 Babson students were awarded 74 awards for math and science courses taken during the 08-09 academic year.

Babson’s Mark Albion Delivers Three Sessions at Net Impact's North American Conference at Cornell University 11/11/2009
Albion will speak at the 2009 Net Impact Conference where the theme is "Advancing Sustainable Global Enterprise: Changemakers, Innovators, and Problem Solvers."

Ernst & Young Report Focuses on Driving Economic Growth Through the Expansion of Women-Owned Businesses Around the World 11/11/2009
Research from Babson College referenced in the report

Babson Named Top Business School In Internet Media Buzz Ranking By Global Language Monitor 11/10/2009
Global Language Monitor has ranked the nation’s Top 200 colleges and universities according their appearance in the global print and electronic media, on the Internet throughout the blogosphere, and including social media such as Twitter.

BusinessWeek Ranks Babson Executive Education #6 Among Top U.S. Custom Programs  11/10/2009
BusinessWeek magazine has ranked Babson Executive Education #6 among top U.S. Custom Programs and #11 among top Custom Programs worldwide.

Babson Businesses Named America’s Best Young Entrepreneurs By BusinessWeek 11/09/2009
Founders of Emergent Energy Group and IdeaPaint are among the top entrepreneurs under age 25

Babson College Holds Latin American Family Summit: Developing Entrepreneurship Across Generations In Family Firms 11/07/2009
Participants included 24 academics representing 10 leading universities in Latin America and 59 family members representing 15 entrepreneurial Latin American families.

Babson College To Launch Blended MBA Program In San Francisco 11/06/2009
The No. 1 program in entrepreneurship is coming to the nation’s innovation center.

Babson Women Host Career Talk With Serial Entrepreneur 11/05/2009
A Conversation with CWL Executive in Residence, Debra Facktor Lepore

Dana Farber Benefits from Babson Entrepreneurship Students’ Fundraising of $20,000+ 11/05/2009
Len Green's entrepreneurship class gave Dana Farber Cancer Research money, videos, a poster, and marketing help!

Peter Brooke at Babson to Share his Vision for Venture Capital Nov. 10 11/05/2009
Brooke is founder and chairman of Advent International and author of "A Vision for Venture Capital."

Babson First-Year Student To Share Remarkable College Journey 11/03/2009
Duylam Nguyen-Ngo ’13 from Richmond, VA and nine other students who beat the odds to become first in their family to attend college, recently teamed up with nonprofit Center for Student Opportunity (CSO) to launch the Opportunity Scholars blog (www.csopportunityscholars.org).

Leader Networks CEO, Vanessa DiMauro, Chosen as Executive in Residence for Babson College 11/02/2009
Leader Networks is a consultancy that helps businesses foster online social networks in order to drive measurable business benefits from social media.

ROMEO and JULIET at Babson November 12, 13, 14 11/02/2009
An International Company plus performers from 3 colleges and town residents unite for Shakespeare production.

Professor Daniel Isenberg Speaks and Consults in Medellin Colombia 10/31/2009
Professor Isenberg gave several presentations on how to create entrepreneurship eco-systems at the regional and national levels, and worked with several of the public organizations to help accelerate their entrepreneurship programs.

Mark Donohue, Babson Alumnus/Entrepreneur to Judge Clean Energy Business Competition Finals - Massachusetts State House - November 10 10/29/2009
2009 Ignite Clean Energy Business Competition November 10 includes Mark Donohue, Babson cleantech guru, as a judge.

Ten Local Babson Undergrad Students Awarded Ely Trust Scholarships 10/29/2009
Ten Massachusetts students studying at Babson will receive $2500 each from the Charles C. Ely Trust.

More Than 90 New Venture Ideas – Alumni and Students-- Participate in Babson’s 10th Annual Rocket Pitch Event 10/27/2009
Hear and assess more than 90 new venture ideas each pitched in three minutes or less by Babson alumni and students at Babson’s 10th Annual Rocket Pitch Event on Friday, October 30.

Babson  Professor Calls for Reforms within WTO to Boost Free Trade Worldwide 10/23/2009
New Book: THE DOHA BLUES; Institutional Crisis and Reform in the WTO; by Babson Economics Professor Kent Jones

Entrepreneur Shainoor Khoja Promotes Doing Good When Things are Really Bad 10/22/2009
Khoja will have a conversation at Babson October 27 that is free and open to the public.

Babson’s Mark Albion Hosts 2009 Social Venture Network Innovation Awards 10/21/2009
Mark Albion, Office of the President for the Lewis Initiative, will emcee SVN's social innovation awards in California October 23rd.

The F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College Celebrated by the Aspen Institute 10/21/2009
The school has ranked # 26 (up from # 31 in 2007) on a list of the Top 100 business schools in the world.

Babson’s Tom Davenport Makes List of 100 Best Professors Who Blog 10/20/2009
Davenport’s blog reflects his ruminations and insights into anything related to information technology and management.

GSEA Names Babson #1 Across the Globe in Number of Student Entrepreneurs 10/20/2009
Global Student Entrepreneur Awards announces that Babson College leads with almost double the number of nominations of any other school worldwide.

Green Biz PURO Wins ‘Ideas’ Business Plan Competition at Babson 10/19/2009
The ‘Ideas Into Action’ Business Plan Competition held at Babson College on Friday awarded $27,500 to the PURO water filtration system team from Bryant.

Sodexo Food Trends Expo at Babson Shapes College Dining for 600 Campuses 10/19/2009
25 students from campuses across the country gather at Babson to give insight about students' food preferences.

Babson Celebrates Entrepreneurship at Alumni Entrepreneur Hall of Fame Event 10/16/2009
Matthew Coffin, Internet Entrepreneur, and Carlos Mattos, Founder, Hyundai Colombia Automotiz, S.A., Named to Alumni Entrepreneur Hall of Fame; Carl Schramm, President/CEO, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Receives Honorary Degree

Babson Hosts Social Entrepreneurship Conference on October 23 10/15/2009
President Schlesinger will deliver a keynote speech at the Forum for Social Entrepreneurship on Friday, October 23.

Babson Art Exhibit October 22- December 18, 2009 10/14/2009
“Delirium II”- A Site Specific 3-week Installation by Elshafei Dafalla Mohamed created in conjunction with Babson's Arts & Humanities foundation course, Dwellings: Body, Home, and City.

Ideas Into Action Business Plan Competition at Babson, October 16 10/13/2009
Three finalist teams will compete for over $30,000 by pitching their ideas to a panel of judges from the business world.

Three Babson Businesses Named Finalists In BusinessWeek’s America’s Best Young Entrepreneurs Competition 10/13/2009
Emergent Energy Group, IdeaPaint, and VIVO Natural Products named finalists in the competition

Babson Hosts Ethos Alliance Film About “Amazon Chernobyl” Case -- CRUDE: The Real Price of Oil -- And Talk By Cofounder of The Men’s Wearhouse, Richie Goldman 10/07/2009
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Wednesday, October 14th.

Babson College Graduate Program Featured In The Princeton Review's "The Best 301 Business Schools: 2010 Edition" 10/06/2009
The Princeton Review also ranks Babson as the #1 graduate school in its 2010 Entrepreneurial Programs: Business Schools ranking.

Author of New Book “How Remarkable Women Lead” at Babson 10/02/2009
Babson's CWL hosts McKinsey partner and author Joanna Barsh on October 22nd.

Babson Hosts Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators for Santander Fellows 10/02/2009
Entrepreneurship educators from around the globe learn to be more effective and innovative teachers of entrepreneurship.

The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 at Babson October 16, 17, 18 10/02/2009
Babson Players perform John Bishop's "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940" - watch them solve the mystery!

Babson has a “Dining Hall of Distinction” says University Business Magazine 10/01/2009
Babson's Trim Dining Hall is among the best, according to University Business Magazine

Ugrad Alums-- IdeaPaint Founders-- Named to Inc. Magazine’s 30 Under 30:  America’s Coolest Young Entrepreneurs 10/01/2009
Vote for Goscha, Avallon, and Newman-- Babson UG Class of 2006 and IdeaPaint founders.

Babson Names New Director of the Family Enterprising Global Project 9/28/2009
Pramodita Sharma is named visiting professor and Director of the STEP Global Project for Family Enterprising.

Babson Professors and Entrepreneurs Featured in New Biz Book—Upstarts! 9/28/2009
Author Donna Fenn will discuss the book on Tuesday Oct. 6, 5-9 pm in Babson’s Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship.

Babson Professor Michael Goldstein Awarded NSF Grant to Study Seasonality, Arctic Economics, and Mining Exploration 9/24/2009
The Grant will also fund an opportunity for Babson students to travel to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada near the Arctic Circle.

Babson College Hosts 8th Annual Student-Run Babson Entrepreneurship Forum “Action Drives Results” October 16th 9/23/2009
This year’s Forum features the "Ideas into Action" Business Plan Competition at 2:30pm in Knight Auditorium.

Babson Hosts Environmentalist/Indigenous Rights Activist October 20 9/23/2009
The History and Society division hosts Winona LaDuke to speak on ethics and justice, and citizenship and social responsibility.

Babson’s Annual Founder’s Day Celebration Focuses on Giving Back 9/23/2009
On Friday October 16, the Babson community will be offered opportunities for hands-on service as part of Founder’s Day and Family and Friends Weekend 2009.

Entrepreneur Magazine And Princeton Review Name Babson #1 In Undergraduate And Graduate Entrepreneurship Programs 9/22/2009
Babson College First Ever to Rank #1 in Undergrad and Graduate Programs

Mass-Customization Leaders Convene for Live Panel Discussion 9/17/2009
Globe Columnist Scott Kirsner to Lead Interactive Discussion at Babson College

Wall Street Journal Ranks Babson One-Year MBA Program #5 In The World 9/16/2009
The Wall Street Journal’s first Accelerated MBA rankings have Babson’s One-Year MBA program ranked #5 in the world and #2 in the U.S.

Campus Fire Safety Demo at Babson - Thursday, September 17 9/15/2009
Wellesley and Needham Fire Departments demonstrate their equipment and expertise to undergrad students at Babson, Thursday, September 17, during National Campus Fire Safety Month.

Babson Team Among Five Finalists to Compete in Hong Kong Case Competition 9/14/2009
Babson Team Goes to Hong Kong to compete with four other finalists from across the globe.

exro Technologies and Johnson Controls Receive Cleantech Awards in Boston 9/11/2009
Distinguished companies in clean technology recognized at Cleantech Forum XXIII

Imagine H2O And Babson Present: The Water Efficiency Startup: Markets Needs, Customers And Resources 9/10/2009
An intro to the water efficiency startup opportunity, including panels, small table breakout sessions, and networking

New Faculty at Babson Bring Breadth of Experience and Expertise 9/09/2009
New full-time and part-time faculty members bring wealth of practical experience and expertise.

Babson Art Exhibit “STITCH” September 16 - October 15, 2009 9/08/2009
“STITCH” is a site specific installation and new work by artist August Ventimiglia.

Graduates Of NADA Charter Class At Babson Executive Education Offer Some Words Of Advice 9/04/2009
After completing the National Automobile Dealers Association’s Dealer Executive Education at Babson College, graduates of the charter class have one bit of advice for other automotive professionals considering the program: Enroll.

Babson Is Among Cosponsors Of Boston Business Journal Corporate Citizenship Summit 9/03/2009
President Leonard Schlesinger will moderate a CEO Panel Discussion: The Business of Foundations and Giving in Challenging Economic Times

Three College Presidents Will Host Babson-Olin-Wellesley Collaboration Celebration Sept. 9 9/02/2009
The event will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 1:30 pm in the Wellesley Room of Olin Hall at Babson College.

Babson Launches Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP) with EMLYON Business School (France) and Zhejiang University School of Management (China) 9/01/2009
First Students Leave to study Entrepreneurship in France.

Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Report Shows Strong Faculty Engagement in Online Learning 8/31/2009
Research conducted by Babson Survey Research Group

Babson College Launches New Overseas BRIC Program—Students Explore Four Biggest Rising Economies-- Brazil, Russia, India and China 8/31/2009
Immerses Ugrads in a semester-long exploration of the economic, cultural, political, and historical dimensions of these rising nations.

Babson Cosponsors Leading Cleantech Forum 8/31/2009
Babson College is cosponsoring the leading clean technology event, the Cleantech Forum XXIII, September 8-10, 2009, which will be held in Boston for the first time.

Three Cups of Tea Co-Author--David Oliver Relin--Addresses First-Year Students at Babson 8/27/2009
Three Cups of Tea will be a topic for discussion with faculty and peers in small groups during the First-Year Orientation program Monday, Aug. 31st.

Babson College Named “Changemaker Campus” by Ashoka U 8/26/2009
Will Set Standard for Social Entrepreneurship Education

Babson, Wellesley and Olin Colleges Launch New Partnership 8/24/2009
Collaborative agreement builds on their geographic proximity and complementary curricula to explore the synergies in the schools’ three missions.


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