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Tis the season for holiday parties and get togethers are a great networking opportunity. You never know who you will meet -- it might be someone who could be helpful to your career now or in the future. But you won’t know unless you work the room. Bentley University Director of Undergraduate Career Education & Outcomes Alyssa Hammond shared her tips for taking the stress out of holiday networking in a recent discussion on Facebook Live.

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.

Bentley University has launched an accelerated online MBA program that allows students to earn their degree in as little as 18 months, one of the fastest MBA degrees in Greater Boston.

Moody's Investors Service has upgraded Bentley University's bond rating from A3 to A2, a sign of the university’s excellent financial position.

Bentley University’s student-athletes have the highest graduation rate in the country at 98 percent along with two other institutions, according to the latest NCAA Division II graduation report.

President Gloria Larson, along with guest experts, joined Bloomberg Radio to talk about how business schools are staying relevant to answer market demand, what kind of graduate school experience students should look for to get ahead, and what hiring managers really look for when they see a graduate degree on a resume. 

Bentley University played a key role in the New England Board of Higher Education summit, “Employability: A National Imperative”, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The event highlighted Bentley’s leading role in connecting universities and employers to better prepare the workforce of the future.

Are colleges effectively preparing graduates with the skills they need for their careers? Employers and educators recently came together at Bentley University to discuss the future of jobs and how they can partner to make sure graduates are ready for the changing market.

Though new technology appeals to some, the majority of Americans still prefer the familiar. Why the resistance? Calestous Juma, PhD, professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and author of Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies aimed to answer this when he spoke to business students at Bentley University.

Bentley University Director of Undergraduate Career Education & Outcomes Alyssa Hammond shares her top tips for making the best impression during an job interview.