Bentley University News

Only about 16% of donated clothing is reused or resold in the U.S., according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The rest often ends up in landfills or incinerators. For Naeelah Desanges ’27, thrifting is a strategy to help address that major…

When it comes to premium chocolates, you can’t always trust what your taste buds are telling you. New research from Bentley’s Mounia Ziat reveals that packaging cues — including color, texture and how it opens — secretly influence our perceptions of…

According to research from the Boston Consulting Group, 74% of companies struggle to achieve and scale value from AI — even as large language models like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude AI seem to be everywhere. While industries across the board are talking…

Once rooted in manual tasks and repetitive processes, accounting today is defined by innovation. AI-powered audits, predictive modeling and data-driven advisory services have replaced much of the rote work of decades past.  Bentley’s STEM-designated…

When I applied to college, I knew I wanted to help people but didn’t want to be a physician. Other than that — and an interest in business — I was like most students my age. I had no clear career path. It was Bentley’s Health Industries major that spoke to…

For Doug Bard ’94, quitting is not an option. Whether he’s advancing his sales career, surfing a massive wave off the coast of Indonesia or pursuing his 20-plus-year quest to become a successful inventor, Bard stays focused until he reaches his goal. …

Joe Ciccariello ’91 and Jim Furlong ’91 hit it off as soon as they stepped onto campus for orientation. All it took was a pickup basketball game in the Dana Center.“There was no filling out a survey to make sure we were a match,” says Ciccariello with a laugh.…

Lisa Haynes ’87 thrived in the classroom, although she never did warm up to tax accounting. But she discovered that knowing what she didn’t like was just as important as knowing what she did. “I learned that you can’t be great at everything, but if you…

In the small New Hampshire town where Jim Burnham ’80 grew up, a family friend named John E. Webster was an owner of a lumber mill who had graduated from Bentley in 1921. A proud alum, Webster set up a campus visit for Burnham when he learned the teenager was…

When Martin Luther King Jr. Day was first observed as a federal holiday in 1986, it established a national moment not just for commemoration, but for continued pursuit of justice. That same year, Bentley launched its own MLK observance — an event that has…