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Students Co-Found Bentley Active Minds to Change the Conversation Around Mental Health

May 16, 2023
When Ellie MacMillan ’24 and Joe Maselli ’23, MSF ’24 were running for Student Government Association vice president and president, respectively, they decided early on to make the focus of their campaign on mental health advocacy — specifically expanding…

Students Lead Bentley Spring Day Festivities

May 12, 2023
The skies were overcast, but that didn’t dampen the mood as thousands of Bentley students gathered for Spring Day, a popular annual end-of-semester event held each year the weekend before spring finals and planned by students. The crowd — many of whom had…

Cashing in on ChatGPT

May 12, 2023
In the past six months, you’ve likely heard the buzz surrounding ChatGPT, the groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that has captured the attention of tech enthusiasts and novices alike with its remarkable ability to generate human-like text…

Bentley Holds Inaugural Cording Ceremony for First-Generation Graduating Students

May 11, 2023
In longstanding Bentley tradition, many seniors participate in cording ceremonies in the weeks leading up to graduation, where they receive a special cord to wear at commencement that designates an academic accomplishment or belonging to one of Bentley’s many…

Building Better Aid Programs for Refugees

May 10, 2023
In the time it takes you to read this sentence, approximately 20 people around the world will become refugees, forced to abandon their homes and flee to neighboring countries due to war, religious and political persecution or other human rights violations.…

Undergraduate Research Day 2023 Showcases Bentley’s Research Range

May 5, 2023
Together with the Honors Program and the Liberal Studies Major (LSM), the Valente center organizes an annual Undergraduate Research Day. The 2023 event on April 21 was a great success, some ninety students shared their work. The Undergraduate Research Day…

Faculty Awarded Bentley-Gallup Force for Good Grants

May 1, 2023
Business can be a powerful force for positive social change. But are businesses doing enough to live up to that potential and make the world a better place? That’s the central question posed by the Bentley-Gallup Force for Good survey, a multiyear study that…

New study shows NIH investment in new drug approvals is comparable to investment by pharmaceutical industry

April 28, 2023
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent $187 billion for basic or applied research related to 354 of the 356 drugs approved by the FDA from 2010-2019, according to a new study from Bentley’s Center for Integration of Science and Industry. The study…

La Cultura Latina’s La Raza Event Showcases the Latin Community’s Festive and Diverse Heritage

April 27, 2023
At this year’s La Raza celebration, the diversity of performances — including salsa, merengue, reggaetón and bachata dancers along with a mariachi band playing traditional Mexican music — captured the Latin community’s dynamic heritage. Hosted by the student…

Sweet Success

April 26, 2023
Listen to This Article   What do you do when your local celebrity author is also a chocoholic? Vermont’s Lake Champlain Chocolates jumped at the chance to honor Chris Bohjalian with a limited-edition chocolate bar. Green Mountain state native…