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Supporting our Bentley Family

May 13, 2020
Bentley Faculty, Staff and Students, Ever since I was a child, the month of May has been special to me. Perhaps it was growing up in the world of higher education—I watched every spring as my father, clad in regalia, marched off to commencement at the…

Shielding the Front Line

May 13, 2020
Unlike other alumni who are running into production roadblocks due to a lack of materials amid the pandemic, Daryl Flynn ’93, co-president of Plastic Design, Inc. is lacking people. Namely, workers at his custom plastic fabrications company in Chelmsford…

Stepping Up for Women

May 11, 2020
Above, President Davis-Blake with students on campus in spring 2019. Bentley has a track record of leading conversations about gender equity, and President Alison Davis-Blake is all-in when it comes to leveling the playing field for women in business and…

When “I Did Everything Right” Isn’t Enough

May 8, 2020
“But, I did everything right.” Of the 30 million Americans who filed for initial unemployment claims in the last two months, were furloughed or laid off as a result of the coronavirus, this is most likely a common thought. They studied hard and got to work.…

Bentley Police video spoofs 'Tiger King' to wish seniors well

May 8, 2020
University Police Officer Travis Rixford had just watched the Netflix series “Tiger King” with his family when an idea hit: What if he dressed up as the show’s main character, Joe Exotic, to film a spoof video wishing graduating seniors well?One fake mustache…

Turning Expertise to a Social Mission

May 7, 2020
Students Learn What It Takes to Lead a Nonprofit Nonprofit organizations, like college students, often operate on lean budgets. At Bentley since 2017, a $500,000 award from the Yawkey Foundations has been a…

Gain the Analytics Skills You'll Need

May 6, 2020
By 2022, the World Economic Forum predicts 85 percent and 75 percent of US-based companies will have expanded their adoption of big data analytics and app-enabled markets, respectively. McKinsey and Company calls Artificial Intelligence (AI) the “…

Kimia Pourshadi, 2020 Recipient of The David A. Fedo Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts & Sciences

May 6, 2020
Dear Kimia,
    Kimia Pourshadi
The David A. Fedo Award for outstanding contributions to the arts and sciences is given to a student pursuing a liberal arts degree…

Become a Better Manager

May 6, 2020
The World Economic Forum reported that by 2022, a majority of workers will need to upgrade their skills either for a new position or for their current job; and today’s managers are no exception. Managers who can harness the power of…

Containing Coronavirus

May 5, 2020
           Professor Dhaval Dave 
With at least 24 states lifting or easing COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and more expected to join them in the coming weeks, a Bentley professor’s research is the…