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Why a Business University and Its Students Should Be Invested in Healthcare Reform

What can a university do to prepare tomorrow’s future business leaders to help reform the healthcare system? Dr. Donald Berwick, president emeritus and senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, raised this question to Bentley students, faculty and staff at a recent forum. ...

Bentley Professor Receives First “Friend of Africa” Award

Professor Diane Kellogg of Bentley University is the first recipient of the Friend of Africa Award, presented at the annual African Women of Excellence Awards Gala in New York City. ...

Bentley University Reception Showcases Faculty Research, Thought Leadership Networks

Annual research reception highlights both individual and collaborative scholarly success. ...

Select Publications of Bentley Faculty 2014-2015

From among a large portfolio of publications, we’d like to bring the following articles and books that have either been published or accepted by leading outlets to your attention as examples of the type of research our faculty are engaged in.  ...

Bentley Dean Argues There’s No “Self” Without Culture

Dean of Arts and Sciences Daniel Everett’s forthcoming book, The Dark Matter of the Mind: The Culturally Articulated Unconscious, takes aim at theories that posit an essential human nature.  ...

Bentley Professor Leads Effort to Detoxify Local Child Care Centers

Thanks to a grant from the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) at UMass Lowell, Ryan Bouldin, Assistant Professor of Natural and Applied Science at Bentley University will collaborate with local child care facilities to reduce exposure to several toxic chemicals. ...

Business Tips from Baseball History

Take a close look at the history of baseball and you’ll find a rich treasure of business lessons.  ...

Attention, Math Geeks: Businesses Want You

Considering a math major? Here are 3 reasons why it's a good way to go.  ...

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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