The Product: Environmental Water Bottle; inspired by natural forms made from recycled materials. The bottle is made from safe plastics that will not leach chemicals into the water, while helping people reduce their consumption of disposable water bottles. Project sponsored by Recycline, Inc.
The Team: David Ambrose, Melina Martinez, Joyce Pang, Crissy Cook, Ben Pratt, Jacques Deboi, Scott Lemke.
The Product: The Chef's Corner. For supermarkets, a modular recipe display center to service customers with all kinds of recipes for every need in a user-friendly, engaging design.
The Team: Jennifer Bonarrigo, Nick Stavros, Andrew Cagan, Veronica Chapman, Abhismek Jain, Carmel Ilka Bijoux, Erica Kim.
The Product: New children's furniture; functionally smart and playfully stylish. Project sponsored by P'Kolino.
The Team: Seth Snyder, Hoesung Pork, Cristina Belhido, Emilee Berner, Elizabeth Kneer, Charles Burckmyer, Andy Schiaretti.
The Product: Chappy; an innovative and beautifully designed eco-friendly chapstick targeted to outdoor enthusiasts that makes applying chapstick under extreme conditions easy and convenient.
The Team: Asher Dunn, Narasimha Naraharasetty, Ethan Ballweber, Travis Thompson, James Hawkins, Andy Chang.
The Product: Pet Gate; an innovative pet gate that combines aesthetics and function. It blends with your home decor allows ease of passage for people and permits visibility of your dogs on the opposite side, where you want them. Project sponsored by Midnight Pass, Inc.
The Team: Jim Barabe, Brian Bagdonovich, Vuthichai Jotisakulsatganana, Lizabeth Foxwell, Molly Rosenberg, Jo Ko.
The Product: Baby temperature monitor; that creates peace of mind for parents with sick children. It allows parents to wirelessly monitor their baby's temperature from a distance so that they may take immediate steps to reduce their baby's fever and discomfort.
The Team: Patricia Urias, Talia Cohen, Ching Jung Shih, Yena Lee, Anmed Siddqui.
The Product: Tribility (TM); that is more durable, highly stable, and easily maneuvered. In a tripod design that outperforms the bulky, conspicuous, traditional walker. Project sponsored by Essential Design.
The Team: Eason Huang, Loris Machielse, Danilo Sanchez, Lauren Turner, Meredith Otten, Danielle Doge, Kimberly Song.
The Product:Coupon Kiosk. A shopping incentive system that is simple and adaptable to various store environments. Computer card scan delivers coupons to customers. Project sponsored by Incentive Targeting, Inc.
The Team: William Choi, Bhavin Shah, Myungjoon Kim, Josh Herzig, A. Firat Ozpinar, Adam Newhard, Fernando De La Torre.
The Faculty (L to R): Sebastian Fixson, Babson College; Matt Kressey, RISD.
Richard Bottner Class of 2007 has authored 
The Glavin Center's Office of International Programs held a seminar on international/intercultural communication that was open to the entire community during International Education Week recently.
Karen Zuffante Pabon, Manager of International Student & Scholar Services, made this happen because of her own belief in the importance of understanding the nuances of translation and cultural interpretations.
Karen, with the help of Amir Reza, Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, and Management Professor Sydel Sokuvitz whose expertise is communication (language, power and gender) led the interactive, hands-on seminar.
Reynolds 241 was packed with a mix of Babson faculty, administration, and staff who shared experiences and learned new communication tools for intercultural understanding.
We learned to:
- Keep communication simple; speak slowly, thoughtfully, and deliberately
- Manage our tone of voice; watch volume; don't be defensive
- Be an empathetic listener
- Be patient; take time to truly understand the intended message or question
- Understand the challenge of communicating in a non-native language
- Watch facial expression and body language as both the speaker and the listener