Posts Tagged ‘Babson College’
More Caps and Gowns: NE College Commencement Season Shifting to High Gear
by John O. Harney
April 11, 2011
Premier of Quebec Jean Charest will keynote Champlain College's 133nd commencement on Saturday, May 7, at 10 a.m. in the college's Memorial Auditorium. Former Vt. Gov. Jim Douglas will speak on behalf of honorary degree recipients during the ceremony.
Author and sustainable agriculture activist Gary Paul Nabhan will deliver the commencement ...
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Amid Focus on Science Literacy and Business Ed, Liberal Arts Blossoms
by John O. Harney
February 1, 2011
"Science courses belong in the liberal arts curriculum for the benefit of both science and non-science majors."
That's one of the main findings in a study released by the Cambridge, Mass.-based American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Science and the Educated American: A Core Component of Liberal Education warns that the pace of scientific and technological change ...
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Conference on Immigrants as “Jet Fuel” for Jobs in Mass.
by Christine Cassis
November 12, 2010
The Malden, Mass.-based Immigrant Learning Center Inc. (ILC) and Babson College will collaborate on a statewide conference for immigrant entrepreneurship to be hosted at Babson's Executive Conference Center in Wellesley, Mass. on Wednesday, Nov. 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The ILC says immigrants are "jet fuel" for entrepreneurship in Massachusetts, from neighborhood revitalization to ...
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Tell Me a Story: Reporting from the BIF-6 Conference in Providence
by John O. Harney
September 27, 2010
A few hundred people packed the Trinity Rep theater in downtown Providence Wednesday, Sept. 15, and Thursday, Sept. 16, with ears and minds open. More than a dozen entrepreneurs and artists told stories of how they used innovation and social technologies to help solve problems from protecting mothers in childbirth to ...
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Educators Convene at Babson to Talk About Tech in Education
by Shoshana Akins
June 15, 2010
Educators from around the world gathered at Babson College last week for a conference on topics ranging from campus connections to global classrooms.
Sponsored by the multinational computer-maker Lenovo, conference sessions centered on a new participatory and social approach, with the podium open to audience members.
Keynote speakers for the three-day ...
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