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Listen to This Article One of the first things John Brown ’88 did after moving to Chelsea, Mass., was put in a garden full of peppers. It included the legendarily hot ghost pepper variety.   His kitchen became a lab for perfecting a recipe that…

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   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 was no… 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 she knew…

On Tuesday, April 4, Bentley held its first-ever induction ceremony for Alpha Alpha Alpha (Tri-Alpha), a national honor society recognizing academic excellence among first-generation college students. The university welcomed 53 students and 27 faculty and…

President of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker will deliver the keynote address at Bentley University's 104th undergraduate commencement ceremony in May. Baker’s commencement address – his first…

For most of her life, Erin Flynn believed that running was an inherently inclusive sport. A standout cross-country runner — first at her high school in Milton, Massachusetts, where she helped lead her teammates to a state championship, and later at…

Endorsement deals — agreements for a company to use an individual’s name, image and likeness (NIL) for promotion to represent their brand — have typically been reserved for large corporations, celebrities and elite professional athletes. But in July 2021, the…

Growing up in Panama City, Panama, Anastasia Liakopulos ’24 enjoyed weekly dinners where her family’s Greek and Latin cultures were reflected. The group would linger over dessert, Liakopulos says, “talking to our ‘tios’ and ‘tias’ (uncles and aunts) and ‘yayi…

Bentley University President E. LaBrent Chrite has been named one of Boston’s most influential men of color.  Chrite joins a list of prominent honorees that includes Deval Patrick, former governor of Massachusetts; Scott Uzzell, CEO of Converse; Quincy…

Africa’s potential as a growth market for business remains both underestimated and misunderstood — as does the potential for business to play a transformative role in solving the continent’s biggest challenges, according to The Brookings Institution. To help…