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A Hat Trick for Bentley

August 19, 2019
If there’s a Bruins game on, the Giannettos are likely gathered in their living room, glued to the television screen. Three of the five family members now have something else in common. Michael ’85 studied accounting and, at graduation, took a corporate…

Spotlight: Susan Brown ’88

August 19, 2019
Going to the playground. Splashing around in the ocean. Walking down Main Street with an ice cream cone. For alumna Susan Brown (above right), the moments she calls “small miracles” became scarce when her daughter began having seizures at age 3.  “…

Examining Research at Bentley

August 19, 2019
Projects by Faculty and Students have Real-World Impact How do you strengthen the economy in parts of the world where most people have little access to banks? In sub-Saharan Africa, a developing region of more than…

Five Reasons that Failing is Good for You

August 19, 2019
Peter Forkner. Photo by Melody Smith.
“Congratulations on your recent failure” may never be a Hallmark-worthy sentiment. But there are reasons to value — even welcome — the experience. Here, Peter Forkner of Bentley’s Counseling…

Inside Job

August 19, 2019
Art and activism blend perfectly for Maria Rivero ’09. The Venezuela-born alumna couples her expertise in marketing with a keen social conscience. The work is twofold: managing a private collection dedicated to contemporary art and helping emerging artists…

Falcon Files

August 19, 2019
Bentley’s first Commencement, for 18 graduates, took place on June 29, 1920. The site was Whitney Hall, in the famous Pierce Building at Brookline’s Coolidge Corner. As class sizes grew, ceremonies moved to the Boston Opera House on Huntington Ave. (pictured…

Meet the Interim Provost

August 19, 2019
Donna Maria Blancero is on a mission to show that successful people represent all types of identities, including race, gender, sexual orientation and ethnicity.  Your commitment to inclusion has very personal roots. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a…

Conference Call

August 19, 2019
“The Morocco conference is on!” Hannah Rauch ’19 was astounded when the email arrived from her Honors Program adviser: She would be the sole undergraduate student, among doctoral candidates and faculty members worldwide, to present at the International…

Fitness: Making it Personal

August 19, 2019
Personal fitness is big business.  The U.S. health club industry serves more than 71.5 million consumers, and about one in five Americans belong to at least one health club or studio, according to the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub…

Spotlight: Fast Track Your Career

August 17, 2019
Spotlight: Fast Track Your Career Alumnus co-leads job search group for fellow grads Between “what you know” and “who you know,” Bob Leahy ’74, MBA ’90 and Barbara Lipps know which one typically needs the most work…