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College is a time to focus your interests — and complete those required introductory courses — but it’s also a chance to try something unique and unexpected. Making space in your courseload for topics outside of your major can spark a creative journey or open…

Sandeep Purao says it’s time to debunk the myth of the “genius” entrepreneur.  To be clear, the Trustee Professor of Computer Information Systems (CIS) isn’t dismissing the ingenuity and achievements of business moguls like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark…

“As soon as I got to Bentley, I felt like it was my shot to dream big,” Medha Prakash ’22 says. She made a plan for what that dream would look like by creating a vision board. The No. 1 goal? A career in the beauty industry. And that happened in 2022…

The crack of the bat. The roar of the crowd. Celebratory high fives in the dugout. These are some of the classic sights and sounds of baseball that Edward Monigan IV ’24 captures as an official Minor League Baseball team videographer for the Worcester Red Sox…

“A warm hug.” That’s how one student described Bentley Shabbat dinners to Julia Barron. Overseeing seven Greater Boston-area universities as director of engagement and leadership for the Hillel Council of New England, Barron has served as Bentley’s Jewish…

Rebecca Curry ’25 and Sal Ternullo ’14, MSA ’18 first heard about blockchain in 2011 and 2012, respectively; Ternullo was in his second year at Bentley and Curry was just 11 years old. Now, more than a decade later, the pair has teamed up to lead a Web3 event…

While the transition from high school to college can be challenging for any student, those who identify as LGBTQ+ — an acronym denoting a range of sexuality and gender identities, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning and non-binary…

For Tomás Hahn ’23, the decision to participate in a data analysis competition sponsored by Bentley’s Center for Analytics and Data Science (CADS) was an easy one. That’s because the event — which offered students access to a robust data set collected…

Research has shown that study abroad programs deliver on their promise to provide a transformative experience: college students who spend a semester or academic year living and learning in another country return home more confident, culturally competent and…

A first-generation student, Anyfern González ’23 admits she had somewhat of a rocky start adjusting to college life. But a retreat with Coming Full Circle (CFC), an on-campus affinity group for Bentley women of color, dramatically changed her experience for…