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A Company Aims to Do Good. But Is It Alienating Its Customers?

July 23, 2018
New research from Marketing Professor Susan Dobscha highlights the risk of ‘Pay What You Want’.

Can Your DNA Predict Opioid Addiction?

June 11, 2018
New research partnership between Bentley University and Gravity Diagnostics will explore the genetic link to opioid abuse. 

What’s the Link Between Public Funding and Scientific Breakthroughs? Bentley Hosts Event with Congresswoman Katherine Clark and Biotech Executives

April 19, 2018
Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine Clark and biotechnology industry leaders recently visited Bentley for a conversation about the essential role of government in funding basic biomedical science and how companies use this science to create new medicines, jobs and successful companies.

What Does Martin Luther King Mean to Latinos Today?

March 10, 2018

As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we must ask ourselves the question: has his dream become a reality for Latinos?

We know that Dr. King inspired many Latinos, including Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. Latinos, just like other Americans, consider Dr. King a great leader of the civil rights movement. If he were alive today, he likely would be working side by side with Latinos to address issues of inequality.

Bentley University study shows NIH spent more than $100 billion on basic science for new medicines

February 13, 2018
Federally funded research contributed to the science underlying all new medicines approved by the FDA over the past six years, according to a new study by Bentley University.

Head-On: Bentley Professor Explores Schools’ Liability with Student-Athlete Concussions

February 1, 2018
David Missirian, assistant professor of law, taxation and financial planning at Bentley University, sees a growing legal and financial risk to colleges, universities, and high schools connected to student athlete concussions. He published on this topic most recently with the Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law, and thinks now is a critical time for schools to get well positioned on what he calls “an overlooked legal and ethical minefield.”

For Bentley’s Dean of Arts and Sciences, the Debate Over How Language Began May be at an End

January 19, 2018
Dan Everett has spent a lot of time looking into the past. Now, with his latest book acting as a kind of closing argument for his side of anthropology’s “language wars,” he’s looking toward the future, shifting his inquiries from the ancient origins of language to the philosophical implications of culture and cognition. 

Select Publications, Awards and Honors January 2018

January 17, 2018
Please peruse the following select examples of our faculty research efforts that have either been published or accepted by leading outlets, as well as examples of awards and honors our faculty have received. For previous lists, click here.

When the War on Drugs Hits Home: Bentley Professor Offers Personal Narratives of A Hurting Generation

December 19, 2017
Associate Professor of Sociology Miriam Boeri’s new book, Hurt: Chronicles of the Drug War Generation (University of California Press), tells the stories of drug users from the “Baby Boomer” generation, whose teenage years and adulthood coincided with the punitive “War on Drugs.” Boeri shares their stories, including that of her own brother Harry, with an eye toward the influences of law, race, gender, and class on the lives of drug users.

According to Bentley's Jon Ericson, The Future of Health Care is a Virtual Reality

December 19, 2017
He may be an expert in virtual reality, but Assistant Professor Jon Ericson’s work has very real implications for the future of health care and its study at Bentley University.