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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.”

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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Lynne Rosansky, Ph.D., an experienced higher education leader who has served as a college president, provost and dean, has been named interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Bentley University. 

Bathrooms are essential to the design of any building, and the LGBTQ rights movement has brought gender-specific bathrooms into the national spotlight. But even if you do not identify as LGBTQ, all-gender bathrooms might affect you, too. Here are a few reasons why.