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Tis the season for holiday parties and get togethers are a great networking opportunity. You never know who you will meet -- it might be someone who could be helpful to your career now or in the future. But you won’t know unless you work the room. Bentley University Director of Undergraduate Career Education & Outcomes Alyssa Hammond shared her tips for taking the stress out of holiday networking in a recent discussion on Facebook Live.

He may be an expert in virtual reality, but Assistant Professor Jon Ericson’s work has very real implications for the future of health care and its study at Bentley University.

Associate Professor of Sociology Miriam Boeri’s new book, Hurt: Chronicles of the Drug War Generation (University of California Press), tells the stories of drug users from the “Baby Boomer” generation, whose teenage years and adulthood coincided with the punitive “War on Drugs.” Boeri shares their stories, including that of her own brother Harry, with an eye toward the influences of law, race, gender, and class on the lives of drug users.

Bentley University has launched an accelerated online MBA program that allows students to earn their degree in as little as 18 months, one of the fastest MBA degrees in Greater Boston.

A national information technology association has honored Bentley Professor of Computer Information Systems Heikki Topi for his teaching and research. 

Moody's Investors Service has upgraded Bentley University's bond rating from A3 to A2, a sign of the university’s excellent financial position.

Bentley University’s student-athletes have the highest graduation rate in the country at 98 percent along with two other institutions, according to the latest NCAA Division II graduation report.

President Gloria Larson, along with guest experts, joined Bloomberg Radio to talk about how business schools are staying relevant to answer market demand, what kind of graduate school experience students should look for to get ahead, and what hiring managers really look for when they see a graduate degree on a resume. 

By Jaclyn Leduc ’18 After a long and restful summer, the week before the start of senior year crept up faster than I thought it would. Feelings of excitement and anxiety were also creeping up on me. I felt excited because being at Bentley is something I enjoy and I was starting to miss it; […]

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