By Michael Chmura | August 28, 2017
Babson student businesses Play Business and HubCharge are among the 15 college startup finalists of the RECESS Pitch Competition in Los Angeles. Babson is the only college to place two startups among the finalists of this national competition. Startup: Play Business Babson Graduate Student Joan Segura Emerging markets and mostly Latin American countries have nearly…
By Babson College PR | June 27, 2017
From June 2-4 2017, more than 60 Babson student leaders, alumni, faculty, and staff gathered for the Black Affinity Network Leadership Retreat in Washington, D.C. The retreat was a professional development opportunity for participants in the Alumni Advisor Program as well as for the governing boards of the multiple student organizations within Babson’s Black Affinity…
By Brianna Radicioni | December 7, 2016
Babson College is the top undergraduate business school in New England and No. 18 nationwide in Poets & Quants’ inaugural Best Undergraduate Business Programs of 2016. Babson is also the only college in the top 20 institutions ranked—all others are business schools within larger universities. According to Poets & Quants: Babson College is the only…
By Brianna Radicioni | November 28, 2016
Babson College undergraduate student Danielle Rubenfeld ‘18 is the Founder and President of Bread Run Corp., a 501(c)(3) non-profit devoted to feeding the hungry and homeless in local communities. She is also the youngest co-author of the new book Journeys To Success: Millennial Edition. In the book, 21 millennial authors recount their personal experiences about…
By Michael Chmura | November 1, 2016
Babson College Junior Jonathan Kohlmeier has authored Learning to Play the Game: My Journey Through Silence, a coming-of-age memoir of his young life living with selective mutism. What started out as a Senior WISE Project at Rockland Country Day School in Congers, NY, has become a documentary autobiography that can educate others about this disorder as well…
By Michael Chmura | October 28, 2016
Babson College welcomes the undergraduate Class of 2020 to campus, noteworthy, because of these impressive numbers: Babson’s admission process remains highly selective with an acceptance rate of 25 percent—the lowest acceptance rate in Babson’s history. First-year applications reached 7,649—the highest application total Babson has ever received. Applications rose 25 percent since 2013. Unprecedented yield rate…
By Michael Chmura | October 28, 2016
Dan Ustayev ‘12 has opened the 4th location of Los Amigos Taqueria, a very successful and popular Mexican fast-casual restaurant in the greater Boston area. The Brighton Center location on Washington Street has opened for business, joining locations at Coolidge Corner, West Roxbury and Newtonville. According to Dan, Los Amigos Taqueria is a new fast-casual…
By Shannon Sweeny | October 26, 2016
Babson undergraduate students Waseem Shabout ’19, Gabe Ficht ’19, Eagle Wu ’19 and Arpit Bansal ’19 along with Derek Canton won the Money 20/20 Hackathon on Sunday October 23, 2016 is Las Vegas, Nevada. All four students belong to Babson’s CodeClub and are very active in Babson’s IoT Initiative. At the Hackathon they were awarded…
By Michael Chmura | September 7, 2016
Ian So ’08, co-founder of The Chicken & Rice Guys, is among the new Boston Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 honorees. According to BBJ: “This year’s Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40 honorees are all young and extremely talented professionals. As a group, they represent a wide variety of business industries in the for-profit, nonprofit…
By Shannon Sweeny | August 9, 2016
Jamie Steenbakkers ’18 and Michael Leahy ’18 are the founders of Busy Beauty, a personal care and beauty company that helps women get ready and look better, faster. Their first product is a Showerless ShaveTM gel that helps women feel clean and look shaved whether they are travelling, in a rush, or not in the…