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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 …

Our Next Steps on Racial Justice at Bentley

April 9, 2020
This summer, the Cabinet has been carefully working on a strategic, university-wide approach to ensuring racial justice at Bentley. It is important to affirm that Black lives matter, but we know words are not enough…

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.…

Announcing the Racial Healing Practice Challenge

April 9, 2020
The RJTF has been actively engaging in conversations and planning to achieve our goal of identifying and recommending changes to reduce the impact of systemic racism in our community.  In this first stage of our work we have been exploring foundational…

Greetings from our Virtual Campus

April 9, 2020
Hello from our virtual campus!Even though we are not physically on campus, I can feel the pride of our entire community following Saturday’s announcement that women’s basketball coach Barbara Stevens had been inducted into to the Naismith Hall of Fame with the…

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…

Why Women are Undervalued at the Negotiation Table and How to Change That

April 8, 2020
A new report from the Center for Women and Business explains why and how to change that While women are increasingly negotiating for wages at rates similar to men, gender discrimination and related biases…

Munich Honors

April 7, 2020
(Above: Bentley Professor Jane Fedorowicz with Professor Helmut Krcmar of the Technical University of Munich. The pair served as co-chairs of the 2019 International Conference on Information Systems, which was held before the spread of the coronavirus.)…

Coach Stevens Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame

April 4, 2020
Women’s Basketball Coach Barbara Stevens, the fourth winningest women’s basketball coach in NCAA history, has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The 2020 Hall of Fame class also includes NBA legends Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and…