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Dear Detroit: Stop in the Name of Love

April 22, 2020
Alex DeMuth ’15 was driving around Detroit in mid-March, when he noticed the city — his new hometown — wasn’t taking the pandemic too seriously. To be fair, the country itself was still slowly adjusting to the new normal. Michigan hadn’t reached a thousand new…

Mangroves and Manatee Poop

April 21, 2020
Want the Scoop on Manatee Poop? (Above: Scenes from Assistant Professor Betsy Stoner’s “virtual field trips”: Getting to know a mangrove tree crab; a closer look at mangrove roots; examining manatee poop; distinguishing types of mangroves by their…

How Students Job Search in an Online world

April 17, 2020
Zoom Meeting with an Employer? Check. The Pulsifer Career Development Center Supports Students Remotely As classes move forward remotely for students, so do all other aspects of university life, including the search…

A Message from President Davis-Blake and Provost Blancero

April 17, 2020
Dear Faculty and Staff, As the second half of this semester has unfolded, we have been deeply moved by the many personal stories we have heard of students who are experiencing hardships as we have moved rapidly to our virtual campus. The world and Bentley…

Honors, Awards, and Recognition: Spring 2020

April 17, 2020
Bentley recognizes its faculty, staff, and students for their awards, honors and other achievements. Monica Garfield, professor of Computer Information Systems, and Sandeep Purao, professor of Information…

Doing the Write Thing

April 16, 2020
(Above: Adjunct Assistant Professor Joan Atlas and the Honors students who helped write winning grant proposals for their non-profit partners. From left to right: Top row: Sean Crowley ’21, Isabella Barrios ’22, Rahul Bhojwani ’22. Middle row: Emma…

Saving the World One Sip at a Time

April 13, 2020
Above: Sustainable Sippin' co-founder Shannon Fairweather ’20 with one of the company's reusable straws. ABC Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary (aka Mr. Wonderful) is known for meting out tough advice to aspiring business startups. So when Sustainable…

Viruses and Vaccines

April 10, 2020
It seems hard to imagine now, when virtually every aspect of our daily lives has been disrupted by COVID-19, but just four months ago, few people had ever heard the term “coronavirus.” What began as a cluster of mysterious …

Updates from the Racial Justice Task Force

April 9, 2020
Bentley Community Members, We write to you today to share an update on the progress of Bentley’s Racial Justice Task Force (RJTF). As previously announced, more than 100 faculty, staff, students and alumni volunteered to serve on the task force.…

One Community, One Team

April 9, 2020
More than 90 staff, from coaches to police officers, sign up as mentors to support remote students Above: Student Affairs staff member Antonio Willis-Berry (center) is one of the new NEST mentors. Photo illustration…