Bentley University News

Fred D. Ledley, Professor of Natural & Applied Sciences and Management, and Director of the Center for Integration of Science and Industry, was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He will be recognized at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Chicago in February 2014.

Bentley Accountancy Professor Mahendra Gujarathi wants his students to understand that contrary to textbooks, the answers to accounting issues in the real world are not black and white but shades of gray. He teaches this through experiential education using real-world cases. One such case earned Gujarathi the Emerson Ethics Award from the North American Case Research Association (NACRA).

As part of Bentley’s Annual Culture Fest, Qais Akbar Omar, 30, a Boston University graduate student and author of “A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story,” addressed the community about how he came to write a memoir recounting his coming of age among unimaginable violence.

“Afghanistan will see peace but it will take time,” said Robert McNulty, director of Programs at the Center for Business Ethics and founder of Applied Ethics and the Pax Populi initiative, who introduced Omar. “It is not just about ending war, it is about finding a way to create peace.”

The millennial workforce is expected to be the largest in U.S. history, yet the national rate of unemployment for graduates stands at nearly eight percent. Millennials think they’re ready for work, but many employers beg to differ.

Got an important event and nothing to wear? Try wardrobe sharing. The idea earned Bentley master’s student Amrita Aviyente a finalist spot in Boston’s Lean Startup Challenge business model competition for her Date My Wardrobe website — an online marketplace for sharing and renting high-end wardrobe items with other users.

It may have been 8 a.m., but Diversity Trainer Maura Cullen captured the attention of more than 250 students from 26 universities at this year’s Diversity Student Summit hosted by Bentley University in October. The one-day, high-energy conference is designed to mobilize students and staff to be innovative in creating and sustaining more inclusive campus communities.

I'm sure most of you must have the read the Calvin and Hobbes (CnH) collection. I'm a big fan of the comic strip series. Some think the kid in me never goes to sleep, some think i'm thinking less and imagining more, and some.... some simply ignore my addiction! ... Calvin is one of those kids who imagines of saving the world along with his faithful tiger (who by the way is a fiction in a fiction.. as in he is a figure of Calvin's imagination)...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized Bentley University among theTop 30 College & University listof the largest green power users.

At Bentley University’s 20th Raytheon Lecture in Business Ethics on November 5, Georg Kell addresses the United Nations’ challenge to move from incremental change and progress on a massive scale as it continues to promote cooperation among governments, businesses and civil service organizations.

Bentley senior Evan O’Keeffe, along with other students from across the nation belonging to Beta Alpha Psi honors organization for financial information students, won first place in the 2013 Project Run With It case competition.