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Students Connect in Online Trivia Night

April 23, 2020
(Above: Grace Lee '20 co-hosts an online Trivia Night. Photo by Kevin Maguire.) Which candy is known as “the Freshmaker”? What is the name of Star Lord’s ship in Guardians of the Galaxy? Which classic Disney Princess has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame…

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
(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 leaf shapes.)“Manatee poop is really,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…