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New Bentley Research Looks into Investor Interest in Corporate Social Responsibility

July 15, 2019
New Research Looks into Rising Investor Interest in ‘CSR’ Food-borne illness at Chipotle and General Mills. The emissions scandal at Volkswagen. United Airlines forcibly removing a passenger from an oversold flight.…

Economics Professor to Study the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Vaccinations

July 10, 2019
                Onur Altindag
When it comes to preventing disease and reducing infant deaths, the health benefits of childhood vaccines are well-documented. But how do those same vaccinations…

Bentley Hosts Teaching Seminar for Diverse Future Professors

June 19, 2019
Katherine Lampley knows there are many benefits to having a diverse faculty at a university. Her top three: an enriched classroom experience, more creative curriculum design and research, and a more inclusive community. But Lampley, the executive director of…

Why the Travel Industry Isn’t Ready to Go Completely Digital

June 18, 2019
While there’s no doubt travelers rely on smartphones, tablets and other devices to ensure a great travel experience, it turns out those glossy, print brochures found in hotel lobbies are still an important tool, too. That’s according to hospitality…

Casablanca Capstone

June 3, 2019
As a high school student, Hannah Rauch ’19 never imagined doing research in college — let alone presenting it in a country halfway across the world. But that’s what she did in presenting her Honors Program capstone research at the International Conference on…

Bentley University Book Party Celebrates Faculty Authors

May 16, 2019
A gallery of books and articles published by Bentley faculty during the 2018-2019 academic year was on display as the community came together for the university’s annual book party. The event was sponsored by the Dean of Business, the Dean of Arts and Sciences…

Setting the Stage for Inclusion

May 6, 2019
“Inclusion” is an important piece of not only the Black United Body annual fashion show but also a big part of what Bentley’s Black United Body student organization stands for.  “I’ve come to understand the history of not just the fashion show but the…

Honoring Earl Avery

April 12, 2019
For 33 years, the ‘voice to help all students be heard’ In 1986, Earl Avery came to Bentley as the new equal opportunity offi­cer. He walked onto a campus where, as a friend had warned him, “no one looks like you.”…

Geography of the Heart

April 10, 2019
Charlie ’19 and Isabela ’22 Deichmann have known academic life a lot longer than most undergraduates. For that they can thank their father. “When I was a PhD student, I would strap Charlie into the BabyBjörn and teach class,” explains …

My First-Gen Story: Peterson Philippe ’20

April 9, 2019

I grew up in Cambridge in a Haitian household, with my mother, an older sister and two younger sisters. We’re all ­five years apart.

From eighth grade through high school graduation, I was part of Cambridge Housing Authority’s Workforce program, which taught low-income teens life and job skills. We had the opportunity to choose a technical path or academic route in higher education. I had a good idea of what I wanted to do after high school — something business-related — but I couldn’t put a name to it. The Workforce program introduced me to specialized areas of business.