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Bentley Named No. 2 Undergraduate Business School for Its Graduates’ Earnings

September 7, 2017
Bentley University was named the No. 2 undergraduate business school in the U.S. for the highest earnings of its graduates, according to a new report by PayScale, a company that analyzes salary and benefits.

United Nations Honors Two Bentley Professors as ‘Pioneers’

September 5, 2017
Two Bentley professors have been honored as “Pioneers” by the United Nations Global Compact for their work to develop responsible leaders.

Approaching IT as a Business at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

September 1, 2017

Paul Brassil (MSIT ‘01) first got into tech in the early 1990s.

He studied business as an undergraduate but didn’t know what he wanted to do for a career afterward. Looking through job postings at the time, he saw that most were looking for programming and tech professionals. He thought: “I’ve got to learn this - this is where the future’s going.”

So Brassil took a risk and accepted an entry-level job at a help desk for a software company in Cambridge.

How Four Master’s Students Used Design to Help an Emergency Room in Haiti

August 31, 2017
Bentley students in the Master of Human Factors in Information Design program worked with Partners in Health to design an electronic triage system for a hospital in Haiti.

Bentley on Bloomberg: Why Higher Education Needs a New Kind of Curriculum

August 31, 2017
President Larson joined Bloomberg's Carol Massar, along with guest experts, to talk about how universities are implementing innovative curricula to meet market demands, how graduates are using their hybrid skills in the workplace, and what skills companies really want when hiring new graduates.

Teaching the Ethics of Social Media in Bentley University’s MSIT Program

August 28, 2017

When does technology cause more harm than good?

For Xinru Page, Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems at Bentley University, this question has been the focus of her research since she was a student at Stanford University.

Bentley President Gloria Larson Authors Book Outlining a New College Experience

August 28, 2017
After a decade of lessons learned as president of Bentley University, Gloria Cordes Larson shares the details for a type of educational experience she believes all 21st century college graduates need in her new book, PreparedU: How Innovative Colleges Drive Student Success.

Brad Walker: Developing the Next Generation of Basketball Stars

August 22, 2017

Name: Brad Walker Class Year: 1996 Major: Marketing Job Title: Head of Basketball Operations, NBA G League Brad Walker played basketball at Bentley for four years from 1992-1996. Though his athletic career got off to a rocky start freshman year, he played his final season as starting captain. Learning the power of hard work and […]

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Princeton Review Ranks Bentley University Career Services #2 in the Nation

August 1, 2017
Bentley’s nationally recognized Career Services Department has been ranked No. 2 in the United States by The Princeton Review in its just-released college guide, “The Best 382 Colleges.”

No Summer Internship? Don’t Panic.

July 20, 2017

Summer is here and many college students are worried that they don’t have a summer internship. But it’s not too late for them to find ways to build their résumé. In a recent talk on Facebook Live, Director of Career Education and Innovation Alyssa Hammond gave her top five tips to help students get the summer experience they need.

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