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Viruses and Vaccines

April 10, 2020
It seems hard to imagine now, when virtually every aspect of our daily lives has been disrupted by COVID-19, but just four months ago, few people had ever heard the term “coronavirus.” What began as a cluster of mysterious respiratory illnesses in Wuhan, China…

Munich Honors

April 7, 2020
(Above: Bentley Professor Jane Fedorowicz with Professor Helmut Krcmar of the Technical University of Munich. The pair served as co-chairs of the 2019 International Conference on Information Systems, which was held before the spread of the coronavirus.)…

How Politics Impeded America’s Response to COVID-19

March 26, 2020
Professor Rob DeLeo explains why elected officials choose to react to crises instead of preventing them Most Americans are familiar with Benjamin Franklin’s celebrated axiom: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound…

New research shows pharma companies are more profitable than most S&P 500 companies

March 3, 2020
                Professor Fred Ledley
Large pharmaceutical companies are more profitable than most companies in the S&P 500 according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) titled “…

Mining Data to Help the Homeless

February 4, 2020
         Professor Monica Garfield
On any given day, approximately 20,000 people in Massachusetts — and more than 560,000 nationwide — experience homelessness. And while not having a home to call your own is challenging in any season,…

Can Common Cholesterol Drugs Prevent Alzheimer’s?

January 8, 2020
                      Professor Mingfei Li
On any given day, roughly 1,300 Americans develop Alzheimer’s, a degenerative brain disease characterized by memory loss, personality changes and dementia. With more than 5.8 million Americans…

Faculty Recognized for Research Excellence

January 3, 2020
Annual Awards Honor Outstanding Academic Contributions The annual Outstanding Scholarly Contribution awards recognize faculty members for significant academic achievements made in their fields within the past three…

Should Your Boss Be Monitoring Your Blood Pressure?

December 2, 2019
             Liz Brown
Workplace wellness programs are a booming business. Introduced in 1979 to encourage employees to adopt healthier habits — thus boosting productivity and lowering health-care costs — they now constitute an $8…

On-Campus Discussion Explores Facts and Myths about E-Cigarettes

October 24, 2019
     Professor Dhaval Dave
In September, Massachusetts became the first state to ban the sale of all electronic cigarettes and vaping devices, as Governor Charlie Baker declared that e-cigarette use had become a public health emergency…

Discussion Explores Americas Opioid Crisis

September 23, 2019
                 Liz Brown
Last month, an Oklahoma judge made history, ordering the consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million to the state after finding it liable for aggressively and deceptively marketing its…