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Be A Force Campaign Reaches $90M with Generous Gifts Toward $100M Goal

September 29, 2022
Be a Force: The Campaign for Bentley University reached a milestone this month, raising $90 million toward its campaign goal of $100 million. The last six months have given the university a solid push toward the finish line, with new Great Benefactors joining…

Bentley Football Celebrates 50 Years

September 29, 2022
More than 250 former football players returned to the field on Saturday, September 10 to see Bentley beat Pace 41-20 in the home opener and to celebrate 50 years of football. To mark the milestone, Bentley has launched a campaign to officially dedicate Peter…

Ambassador of Bahrain Speaks with Students on the Relationship Between Business and Government

September 20, 2022
Shaikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Khalifa ’01, MBA ’03, ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain, visited Bentley on Sept. 19 to discuss how Bahrain is working with countries to strengthen economic and geopolitical ties and to speak with students, faculty and staff on…

Designing for a Difference

September 7, 2022
When Ankita Dutta MSHFID ’22 first walked down the hallways of Boston City Hall, she felt empowered about the public service work she was about to begin as a summer design intern in the Mayor’s Office of Language and Communication Access. That included…

Bentley Welcomes Historic Number of First-Generation Students

September 1, 2022
It may have looked like a typical college move-in week — with carloads of boxes, spirited welcome cheers and high-fives from new friends and emotional good-byes with family — but the beginning of the 2022-2023 academic year marked historic milestones for…

‘We welcome, celebrate and affirm a broad and inclusive community’

September 1, 2022
Good afternoon! It is my great privilege to welcome members of the Class of 2026, as well as 87 upperclassmen transfer students, to Bentley University.   This is the start of my second year as president at this university and my wife, Phyllis, and I are…

How Sexism Sustains the Gender Pay Gap

August 25, 2022
In 1963 the U.S. established the Equal Pay Act, becoming one of the first countries to prohibit gender-based wage discrimination. At the time, American women earned an average of 61 cents to every dollar earned by men. Nearly 60 years later, that gap has…

Bentley Announces New Executive PhD Program

August 22, 2022
Bentley University has launched an Executive PhD program that allows seasoned business leaders to enhance their industry expertise and influence through an intensive research-based curriculum. The program expands upon the university’s existing PhD in Business…

Champion of Persistence

August 11, 2022
Victor Obetta MSBA ’22 likes hearing ‘no’ — because he believes it always has the power to become a ‘yes’ with hard work and a positive mindset. The philosophy helped him survive on the streets of Nigeria when he was experiencing homelessness and financial…

A Spirited New Look for Falcon Athletics

August 8, 2022