Around Campus

Fashion first found Lucius Firmin ’23 as a grade schooler getting ready to go out in a winter storm. Like any good mother would, his told him to put on boots. Young Lucius, however, had his mind set on a new pair of stylish, if less practical, sneakers. “My…

When Ashley Keegan ’21 signed up for Assistant Professor Betsy Stoner’s Oceanography course, she expected to learn more about environmental challenges affecting marine…

For as long as she can remember, Kiana Pierre-Louis ’99 wanted to be a lawyer. As a young girl, her role models included Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court justices whose commitment to racial and gender equity impressed and inspired her…

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…

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…

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…

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…