Bentley University News

The Design and Usability Center (DUC) at Bentley University hosts a User Experience Boot Camp for software and hardware engineers, industrial designers, and user experience specialists on March 14 - 18, 2011. The state-of-the-art program focuses on the growing importance of the user experience as a strategic business advantage and a point of differentiation in mature or hypercompetitive markets. The current curriculum will also reflect emerging market conditions and the latest employer demands.

In the 2011 “Best Undergraduate Business Schools” rankings by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Bentley University ranks among the top 35 in the country, ranking #32 overall.

In overall student satisfaction, Bentley moved up from #25 to #18.  The rankings also assign grades in key areas based on student surveys.  Bentley received:

The Bowles Performing Arts Series at Bentley University presents the post-genocide Rwanda documentary film, Coexist, on Wednesday, March 23, at 5:00 p.m. in Wilder Pavilion on the Bentley campus in Waltham, Mass.

Bentley University Provost Michael J. Page was elected to the AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) board of directors for a three-year term which takes effect July 1, 2011.

Bentley kicked off the 2011 RecycleMania Tournament in February. During the eight-week national recycling contest, Bentley competes against approximately 630 schools from across the country in the following recycling and waste reduction categories:

Grand Champion: Highest diversion rate (tons of material recycled compared to tons trashed)

Per Capita Classic: Largest amount of recyclables per person

Bentley University, a leader in business education, and City Year, a leading nationwide youth service organization, recently announced the 2010-2011 “give a year” scholarship winners.

Bentley University announced two high school students as winners in the "Break into the Business of Baseball" program, sponsored by Bentley and MLB.com. During summer 2011, each winner will complete a one-month internship with a Major League Baseball team - the Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets website.

Bentley University students will offer free tax return preparation for residents of Waltham, Massachusetts, and surrounding communities, through  April 12 (with the exception of Spring Break, March 12-21). This is the thirteenth consecutive year Bentley has offered this service through the IRS-sponsored Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Residents and community organizations seeking more information about this valuable program, please call 781.891.2714 or e-mail  ga_VITA@bentley.edu.

Joshua Boger, founder and former CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, will speak at Bentley on Monday, April 11, at 3:30 p.m.in Wilder Pavilion. Following his address, "Biotechnology in the 21^st Century," a reception will be held.

The Space Foundation named Bentley University faculty member George Fishman one of 38 outstanding space science educators for its 2011 Flight of Teacher Liaisons.