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Bentley Hosts Forum on Free Speech on College Campuses with Legal Expert Harvey Silverglate

March 1, 2024
Bentley recently hosted Harvey Silverglate, free speech advocate and co-founder of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, for a conversation on academic freedom and freedom of speech. Sponsored by the Jeanne and Dan Valente Center for Arts and…

Rainbow Scholars Program Named NASPA Program of the Year

February 29, 2024
Bentley University's Rainbow Scholars program has been awarded Region I Program of the Year for the state of Massachusetts by NASPA, or the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. The program, which celebrated its inaugural class last summer…

Bentley Partners with Boston Celtics to Educate Boston-area Teens on Careers in the Business of Sports

February 27, 2024
Twenty Boston-area high school students recently got an inside look at pathways to a career in sports during Celtics Career Day, presented by Bentley University. The career day, which took place at TD Garden and in the Celtics headquarters, helped students to…

How Kimberly Dowd Uses UX to Elevate the Google Experience

February 26, 2024
When she was first searching for a college, Kimberly Dowd ’13, MSHFID ’16 thought of Bentley as a place for accounting and finance — industries she says she ‘never quite fit into.’ But after she gave it a chance and ultimately decided to enroll, the…

Breanna Durand ’24 Finds Her Stride as a Sneaker Entrepreneur

February 23, 2024
Breanna Durand ’24 is a proud sneaker enthusiast; she owns between 25 to 30 pairs of sneakers including Nike dunks, Jordans, Off-Whites, Travis Scotts, Yeezys and Unions. But building her collection hasn’t been easy. When her sneaker passion took off during…

Professors Honored for Research and Teaching Excellence

February 16, 2024
Each year, Bentley University recognizes a select group of faculty members for their original and impactful research, innovative educational offerings and unwavering devotion to students’ success, both in and out of the classroom.  Here, we celebrate the…

Bentley Students Host Symposium on Intersectional Environmentalism

February 9, 2024
Sustainability student leaders from Bentley’s Office of Sustainability (OOS) planned this year’s Sustainability Student Leadership Symposium featuring celebrated environmentalist Leah Thomas, founder of Intersectional Environmentalist. The on-campus symposium…

‘The Business of Justice’ — Bentley Holds Campus-Wide MLK Day Celebration

February 2, 2024
This January saw a new tradition for the university as classes were put on hold for a day to allow the entire Bentley community to come together to celebrate and honor the work of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The MLK Day of Social Justice, Celebration,…

9 Fascinating Facts About Dan Everett

February 1, 2024
An internationally recognized linguist, anthropologist and philosopher, Dan Everett has been hailed as “the closest thing we have to a real-life Indiana Jones.”  During a distinguished career spanning nearly 50 years — the last 14 of them at Bentley,…

Professor, Alumna Hope to Educate and Inspire Readers in New Book, “This Era of Black Activism”

January 12, 2024
During a 1965 commencement address at Oberlin College in Ohio — the first institute of higher education in the U.S. to admit Black students — Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., shared his unwavering belief that Black Americans would prevail in the struggle for…