Bentley University News

Bentley University is one of the country's most environmentally-responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review (www.PrincetonReview.com).  The nationally-known education services company selected Bentley for inclusion in a new resource it has created for college applicants: "The Princeton Review's Guide to 286 Green Colleges."

A business co-founded by sophomore Danny Wong is garnering national media attention. Blank Label, an online custom-design dress shirt company, has been featured by outlets such as Boston.com, Forbes, FastCompany and Bloomberg/BusinessWeek. Wong, who is majoring in Information Design and Corporate Communication, serves as the company's marketing guru. He launched the business in October 2009 with co-founder and CEO Fan Bi.

The Bentley University McCallum Graduate School of Business was ranked among the top 100 graduate business schools in the country and one of the top 10 in New England in the recently released U.S. News & World Report rankings of America's Best Graduate Business Schools 2011.

The Women's Leadership Institute at Bentley University will present its fifth annual career advancement conference for junior professional women on Friday, May 7 from 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. in the Executive Dining Room in the La Cava Center at Bentley University. 

On April 22, 2010 Bentley University and TIME will present a thought-provoking half-day symposium featuring progressive leaders who are making a difference in healthcare, environmental change, commitment to society and acting responsibly, corporate philanthropy, and leadership development at the annual Bentley Leadership Forum.

This year's Leadership Forum, the sixth in a series of annual events designed to spotlight critical issues in business ethics, leadership and social responsibility, will explore the need for accountable leadership. 

During the Fall 2009 semester, four Bentley University students enrolled in the Human Relations in Healthcare Organizations class led by Natural Sciences Professor Helen Meldrum, were invited to work with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals to help the company assess and develop solutions for the growing problem of low health literacy, or individual's lack of ability to read, understand and use healthcare information to make decisions and follow instructions for treatment.

During the past decade, neuroscience has made enormous progress with regard to the question of how humans and non-human primates perceive the intentional dimension of actions. The Valente Center for the Arts and Sciences at Bentley University is hosting a one-day conference, Mirror Neurons and Social Cognition, on Thursday, April 8, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in LaCava Room 305B, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, Mass. The free workshop will bring together philosophers of mind and neuroscientists to discuss the relevance of mirror neurons in social cognition.

In February, Professor and Chair of Mathematical Sciences Richard Cleary was appointed to a two-year term as chair of the Joint Data Committee of five mathematical organizations: Mathematical Association of America; American Mathematical Society; American Statistical Association; the Institute of Mathematical Statistics; and So

In recognition of Mathematics Awareness Month in April, an essay from Bentley Professor and Chair of Mathematical Sciences Richard Cleary is featured on the web site for Math Awareness Month (www.mathaware.org), which this year focuses on the theme "Mathematics and Sports." 

The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) honored Bentley University academic adviser Henrietta Genfi, with 2010 Academic Excellence Advising Award for Region 1 (Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and the eastern provinces of Canada.) An academic adviser in the Undergraduate Academic Advising Center, Genfi received the award at the regional conference March 10 to 12 in Newton, Massachusetts.