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Kassidi Thompson ’27 was a senior in high school when she first visited Bentley, though it wasn’t for a campus tour. Instead, she was in a Student Center conference room testing out her entrepreneurial skills at a Bentley-hosted Junior Achievement (JA)…

The supply chain has emerged from the business landscape as a critical determinant of a company’s resilience and viability — in recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic taught the business world that a company is only as strong as the weakest link in its supply… Challenges of Sourcing Sustainable Global Suppliers However, while the demand for sustainability is loud and clear, the path to achieving it in today’s globalized world is not without challenges. For multinational corporations, in particular, sourcing for…

A clean, renewable and cost-effective power source, wind energy is an ideal alternative to carbon-emitting fossil fuels, which are the key contributors to global warming. Yet, in 2022, wind energy accounted for just 10.3% of the nation’s electricity supply.  …

When a group of five Bentley students arrived in the Dominican Republic in June, they weren’t there to vacation on the sandy beaches of the Caribbean Island. Instead, they were headed to summer internships in the Santa Domingo office of Hire Horatio — named…

When Bentley students sign up for a sales course with Senior Lecturer in Marketing James “Pouli” Pouliopoulos MBA ’94, some may be expecting to learn industry-specific skills such as how to perfect the art of closing a deal. But it’s the unexpected lessons —…

Do accountants have the power to advance sustainable business practices?  Tracy Noga thinks so.   That’s why the professor and Accounting department chair decided to integrate sustainability into the syllabus of her Federal Taxation class (AC 350), which…

College is a time to focus your interests — and complete those required introductory courses — but it’s also a chance to try something unique and unexpected. Making space in your courseload for topics outside of your major can spark a creative journey or open…

Sandeep Purao says it’s time to debunk the myth of the “genius” entrepreneur.  To be clear, the Trustee Professor of Computer Information Systems (CIS) isn’t dismissing the ingenuity and achievements of business moguls like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark…

“As soon as I got to Bentley, I felt like it was my shot to dream big,” Medha Prakash ’22 says. She made a plan for what that dream would look like by creating a vision board. The No. 1 goal? A career in the beauty industry. And that happened in 2022 when she…