Money in the Mattress: Recession Taught Millennials Tough Budgeting Lessons
A new study reveals that the Great Recession has taught millennials some tough lessons about saving for retirement. ...
Research
Think Like a Shrink to Succeed
Internet and web-based technologies are changing the traditional marketplace — and human emotion is helping reinvent this consumer culture. ...
Bentley Celebrates Faculty Book Authors
Hosted by the Dean of Business, the Dean of Arts and Sciences, and the Jeanne and Dan Valente Center for Arts and Sciences, the Bentley community recently came together to toast faculty members who have published a book in the past year (2014-2015). ...
Why We and the Rest of the World Are Getting Fatter — and What We Can Do About It
In a way, getting fat makes sense.
Indeed, people are growing obese on a global scale. As nearly the whole world gets steadily fatter, economists are taking a closer look at why we make the unhealthy choices we do. Our fattening decisions make rational economic sense, they say, but only if we ignore the future.
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Finding the Signal in the Noise of Big Data
The concept of Big Data is constantly changing depending on the state of the art in technology. ...
The Promise and Threat of Big Data: Inside Bentley's Research Colloquium
How can big data be used to benefit us, and how may it threaten our privacy? Bentley researchers explored these questions at the annual Research Colloquium. ...
When Googling Goes Bad
In the United States, there's little you can do about what shows up when someone Googles you. But it doesn't have to be that way. ...
Digital Health Data Matters for Cancer Survivors
Electronic medial records hold promise as a way to manage care for cancer survivors — but not without potential complications for privacy and security. ...
The Millennial Mind Goes to Work
Bentley and its media partner, Bloomberg Radio, aired two live shows from the university’s campus on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 featuring the latest survey results from The PreparedU Project on the millennial mind, plus perspective from top CEOs who recruit them. ...
Listen & Learn
Jonathan White calls hunger in the United States an invisible epidemic. His research on the subject includes interviews with 54 Americans who battle under-nutrition as a result of poverty; a survey of over 200 college students to assess their awareness of the issue and their beliefs about those who are hungry; and an intensive literature review of national and regional data. White tackles the issue in his forthcoming book, Hungry to Be Heard: Voices From a Malnourished America.
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