Why Research?

Research is an essential and instrumental part of academia. Faculty build their knowledge, expertise, and skills upon continuous scientific and research endeavors. For our students, doing independent research, or assisting in research projects led by faculty, adds to academic experience and and helps to develop a wide-range of useful skills in critical thinking, qualitative and quantitative analysis, field work, survey methodologies, and more. The Valente Center's arts & sciences-focused research programs offer multiple opportunities for both faculty and students.

Research Opportunities

Student Opportunities

The Valente Center offers exciting research programs and programs for undergraduate students. Please visit our programs and reach out to us to explore this opportunities.

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Faculty Opportunities

The Valente Center partners with faculty across Bentley and we pride ourselves with offering great opportunities to showcase faculty talent and networking opportunities throughout the academic year.

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FUSIO Journal

Established in 2016 following Bentley University’s mission of creating impactful knowledge within and across business and the arts and sciences, Fusio is a multidisciplinary undergraduate journal committed to the dissemination of original, high-quality undergraduate research.

[Please Note: The journal is currently open only to undergraduate students at Bentley and will consider original research by students as well as student/faculty joint work. All submissions undergo a blind peer review process.]

Please visit the Fusio site here and learn about the latest published research!

FUSIO Journal

Council on Undergraduate Research

Bentley University has recently become a member of The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). The Council on Undergraduate Research is an organization of members from around the world who have a shared focus of providing high-quality and collaborative undergraduate research, scholarly, and creative activity opportunities for faculty and students. This is a source for undergraduate research open to ALL Bentley undergraduate students.

CUR has five strategic pillars to help plan and visualize the future of undergraduate research. These pillars are important to the mission of CUR and are the following:

Integrating and Building Undergraduate Research into Curriculum and Coursework;
Assessment of the Impact of Undergraduate Research;
Diversity and Inclusion in Undergraduate Research;
Innovation and Collaboration in Undergraduate Research;
Internationalization and Undergraduate Research;

For more information, please contact Ryan Bouldin (NAS), Christian Rubio (Honors Program), or Johannes (Hans) Eijmberts (Valente Center for Arts & Sciences).

Learn more about CUR here