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“Some partnerships just seem natural. When Bentley students can utilize their business skills to empower our local community, everyone wins,” says John Casassa ’17 MST ’18.    As program director for Bentley’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, a…

As a kid, Cem Özsümer ’23 was either building the latest LEGO set or sitting in front of a computer screen. Both helped him lean into an interest in creative problem solving that eventually led him to a Computer Information Systems (CIS) major at Bentley.  “…

It’s common for expectant mothers to have concerns about giving birth. But that’s not the only kind of labor they should be worried about, says Dhaval Dave.    Women who work during their pregnancies, the Stanton Research Professor of Economics explains, face…

In a teaching career spanning more than four decades, Mahendra Gujarathi — the recipient of Bentley’s 2021 Adamian Award for Lifetime Teaching Excellence — has drawn constant inspiration from the words of Irish poet William Butler Yeats: “Education is not the…

Barbados is perhaps best known as the birthplace of rum and Rihanna. But the Caribbean island nation has far more to offer than sugar cane-derived spirits and pop music superstars, as six graduate students from Bentley’s Masters of Accounting and MBA programs…

She re-created a movie scene from “The Devil Wears Prada.” She developed a retail strategy for Tracksmith New England, an elite running apparel brand. She wrote a business plan for Mamie’s Pies. These are just a few examples of how Lindsay Toia ’22 is getting…

Yaro Fong-Olivares is the executive director of the Center for Women and Business at Bentley University. A member of the Bentley community since 2019, Fong-Olivares draws on her background in personal training and leadership development to make an impact in…

When it comes to female employees and workplace wellness programs, Liz Brown is adamant: “What seems like a benefit can actually be a source of bias.”   In her latest research — for which Brown was awarded…

A record-breaking heat wave in August 2020 triggered rolling blackouts in California, leaving 800,000 homes and businesses without power. The following February, a freak snow and ice storm in Texas cut off…