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With their powder-soft white sand and astonishingly clear turquoise waters, the beaches of the Bahamas have long enticed visitors to lounge on their tranquil shores. But when Betsy Stoner heads to the Caribbean island nation next spring, she’ll be focused on…

Torrential rainstorms and prolonged droughts. Diminishing polar ice caps and increasing ocean acidification. The effects of climate change are ubiquitous and…

Dear Bentley Community, Welcome to the start of the new academic year at Bentley. Whether you’re joining our community for the first time or are returning after what I hope was a summer that allowed for rejuvenation, I am thankful that you are here. The fall…

Dear Bentley Community, It’s my honor to welcome all of you to the start of a new academic year at Bentley University—a day that I know we have all been looking forward to. For me and my wife, Phyllis, today is special because it marks the beginning of the…

Bentley has joined a network of more than 100 business schools — including Columbia Business School, MIT Sloan School of Management and NYU Stern School of Business — to improve access to locally relevant management and entrepreneurship education for people in…

President Chrite welcomes new students at 2021 convocation Good afternoon!  It is my great privilege to welcome the class of 2025 to the Bentley University community and to the 2021 convocation. I also want to…

During an October 2019 press conference, Donald Trump claimed credit for inventing the term “fake news.” While it’s true the former president helped popularize the phrase, the idea of intentionally spreading false or misleading information has been around for…

In Congressional briefing, professor shares new research indicating consumer affordability isn’t a barrier to innovation …

Professor Mounia Ziat awarded $71,500 Google grant to create tactile communication device for Deafblind students (Above: An original HaptiComm prototype, which Professor Mounia Ziat will modify to fit a child-sized…

Debora Spar is an expert on the interplay between humans and technology, particularly how technological change impacts social structures like marriage and family. A New York Times bestselling author, she has been helping people and businesses re-imagine their…