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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…

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…

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…

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…

At universities across the country, what should be a core principle — the discussion of divergent opinions from different viewpoints  — has bumped up against a bureaucratic desire to avoid conflict and uncomfortable conversations. Avoiding hard…

Listen to This Article   Mentoring and Meaning Is it really all about the paycheck? For Gen Z, not so much. The Bentley – Gallup Force for Good survey found that 71% of young Americans say they’d switch jobs to work at a company…

Listen to This Article   Artificially intelligent (AI) technologies are positioned to disrupt the world of work. But creating a workplace where employees feel valued and able to bring their unique perspectives to the table still takes some very human…

Listen to This Article   More than 80 years after Bentley’s doors opened to women, four of ‘the firsts’ tell their tales    Much of history is a book filled with the stories of men, written by men — and the Bentley of 1917… In 1949, she took that Bentley wager herself. From their home above the family market, the sisters watched the Tobin Bridge rise and bemoaned the traffic it caused. “I was always late to class!” Eunice laughs. She, like Ros, loved math. In fact, a high school… The Stand-Up Standout Pat Flynn didn’t resign from her first full-time job because of the women’s liberation movement. She left the almost entirely male ranks at Paine Webber in 1972 because of something…

Listen to This Article   Emily Wilder, MBA ’19 is bringing a taste of the Pacific Northwest to customers near and far. Her 2-year-old online store, Salinity Seafood & More, features food and wares from Washington state.   “I’ve always…

Listen to This Article   Access and opportunity. Both are vital for creating a stronger, more supportive, more vibrant community. The best resources ensure the best and brightest not only arrive — they thrive. Whole-Hearted Service Trustee Rob Alan ’91 counts March 3, 2023, as his proudest day at Bentley, when more than 250 fellow Falcons joined him on campus to officially dedicate the Claudette Blot Multicultural Center Lounge.   The space is the first on… Generational Talent  “I am the grandson of immigrants,” Rick Oricchio ’78 told families at the First-Generation Pinning Ceremony in October. “They came with nothing but the desire to work and put their children and families in a place where they saw… Arriving and Thriving Once a student enrolls, how does Bentley help them thrive? It takes partners like Dan Farley, MBA ’95; the trustee has donated $250,000 for programs that support first-generation student success. Farley is impressed with the vision of… Securing Success Angelo G. Manioudakis ’88 is paying his father’s dream forward: He and wife Melani Cammett gave $10,000 to the First-Generation Student Success Fund as a match challenge during Falcons Forward. A first-gen student himself, the CIO of…