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Bentley Student-Athletes Achieve Highest Graduation Rate in the Nation

November 23, 2020
For the fourth straight year, Bentley University’s student-athletes once again have the highest graduation rate in the country at 99 percent, according to the latest NCAA Division II Academic Success Rate report.  The Academic Success Rate is the…

International Center Director Remembers President Joseph Cronin

October 7, 2020
Our sincere condolences go out to the family of Bentley’s fifth president, Joseph M. Cronin, as we remember him and celebrate the impact he had on our university. In his Nov. 15, 1991 inaugural address, Bentley and the World: Setting a Course for the Future…

The Passing of President Joseph M. Cronin

October 5, 2020
Dear Members of the Bentley Community, It is with great sadness that I share with you today news of the passing of Joseph M. Cronin, Bentley’s fifth president. A lifelong educator from Milton, MA, President Cronin led our university, then Bentley College,…

Bentley Joins College Presidents Opposing Department of Education’s Princeton Investigation

October 2, 2020
Chair of the Board and Acting President Paul Condrin has joined college presidents from around the country in signing a letter asking the U.S. Department of Education to stop investigating whether Princeton University is in compliance with federal anti-…

Vaughn Williams Named Bentley's New Athletics Director

August 17, 2020
Vaughn Williams, a senior associate athletics director at Boston College, has been named the new athletics director at Bentley University. He brings more than 25 years of experience in sports administration and will begin in mid-September.  As…

Task Force for Racial Justice

August 4, 2020

Racial Justice at Bentley

August 4, 2020

We, the Cabinet members of Bentley University, are committed to creating a campus community that promotes racial justice, equity and inclusion. With the Task Force on Racial Justice created and its work underway, today we are sharing a first set of strategic initiatives that will guide our next steps on racial justice at Bentley, designed to overturn policies, practices and structures that enable systemic racism on our campus.

Important Cabinet Update and a New Board Committee

August 3, 2020

Dear Members of the Bentley Community,

Bentley's response to the Blackbaud data security breach

July 24, 2020
On July 16, 2020, Bentley University was notified by a former third-party vendor, Blackbaud, that the company had been the target of a data security incident involving cybercriminals in May 2020. Blackbaud is one of the world’s largest providers of education…

Financial Times ranks master's degree in Finance #2 in the U.S.

July 20, 2020
Bentley’s master’s degree in Finance has been rated one of the best in the world by the Financial Times, coming in at #2 among all U.S. programs and #42 among the top programs in the world. In the Financial Times’ 2020 Master’s in Finance rankings, Bentley…