Around Campus

Lauren Makhlin ’22 came out as a lesbian when she was 14 — by accident. “I just started talking about a crush I had at camp and thought to myself, ‘Oh, I guess I just came out.’” In the Makhlins’ New York City home, life for her went on pretty much as normal…

(Above and in the slideshow below: Photos by Casey Hayward, associate professor of English and Media Studies.) “I can trust the people I’ve met who use drugs more than I can trust some of my own…

Bentley lecturer James Fitz Gerald recognized that the transition to college for first-year students is difficult enough — never mind in a worldwide pandemic. So he invited them to write about it.  “COVID-19 had shifted the order of things, dramatically…

Bentley recognizes its faculty, staff, and students for their awards, honors and other achievements.

The irony isn’t lost on Tony Buono.  Indeed, as the Management and Sociology professor points out, “I’ve been fascinated by change my entire professional life — studying it,…

Rahul Bhojwani '22 likes solving problems — especially when his work will benefit others. After learning in eighth grade about the impact that the 2008 recession had on Wall Street and the rest of the country, he figured he'd do so through a career in finance…

When you’re a collegiate student-athlete, you learn to use both sides of your brain.  So it’s not a huge surprise that cross country and track runner Samantha Bilodeau ’22 is pursuing studies in two very…

Like many Americans, Bill Gribbons wasn’t thrilled to find a jury duty summons in his mailbox.   His apprehension, however, soon gave way to curiosity. A professor of Information Design and Corporate Communications, Gribbons has devoted much of his life to…

For Annette Choy ’22, a business law course during her first semester at Bentley had a profound impact. Choy began research into racial profiling in the court system and soon realized how deeply ingrained were the problems with the nation’s justice system.…

“There are many classes here that teach you how to make a living,” says Barbara Paul-Emile. “But only a handful that teach you how to live…