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From Bentley to Austin: First-Gen Students Empowered and Inspired by SXSW Conference

April 18, 2025

What happens when 18 Bentley University students — many of them the first in their families to attend college — walk into one of the most future-focused, innovative gatherings in the world? They rise. They connect. They begin to imagine more — not just…

Bentley University named #8 in U.S. for Return on Investment

April 17, 2025

When it comes to return on investment, Bentley University is ranked no. 8 in the country ahead of Harvard, Yale, Duke and Georgetown, according to a new U.S. News and World Report ranking. The value of a bachelor's degree from Bentley is $312,000…

Understanding the Emotional Toll of Alzheimer’s Disease

April 16, 2025

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are poised to overwhelm global health systems. More than 57 million people worldwide are currently affected by these brain disorders, a population experts anticipate will soar to 153 million by 2050. Associated health…

Pitch Perfect: Students Hit the Right Notes in Professional Sales Competition

April 9, 2025

Like many of her peers, Amber Kiricoples ’25, MBA ’25 began her college journey with no clear idea of what she wanted to study. That changed when she took a Sales Management (PRS 343) course with James “Pouli” Pouliopoulos, MBA ’94, senior lecturer in…

Communicating the Value of Undergraduate Research

April 4, 2025

“If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” The same question can be asked about research: If groundbreaking discoveries aren’t shared outside of academia, can they truly make an impact? Franchesca Vilmenay ’26…

Jerry M. Jacobs Jr. of Delaware North and the Boston Bruins and Mass. Sec. of Economic Development Yvonne Hao to Deliver Commencement Addresses

April 2, 2025

Jeremy “Jerry” M. Jacobs Jr., P ’20, chief executive officer of Delaware North and an alternate governor for the Boston Bruins, will deliver the keynote address at Bentley University’s 106th undergraduate commencement ceremony in May. Yvonne Hao, secretary of…

My Pursuit of (Im)perfection: Rebecca DePietro ’26 Shares Tips for Letting go of Perfectionism in College

March 25, 2025

Rebecca DePietro ’26 is president of the Student Government Association at Bentley. She is a Business Economics major with a concentration in Law, in the Bentley Honors Program, a lead program manager in the Bentley Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Center…

Bentley Students Enjoy Their ‘Day in Court’

March 24, 2025

For many, visiting a courthouse can be an anxiety-producing experience. But for the nearly 50 Bentley students who recently observed proceedings at Boston’s John J. Moakley U.S. Courthouse during the university’s first-ever Experience the Law Day, the…

99% of Bentley Class of 2024 is Employed or Attending Graduate School

March 21, 2025

Ninety-nine percent of Bentley University’s undergraduate Class of 2024 graduates are employed, attending or planning to attend graduate school, according to data reported six months after their graduation. Graduates also report an impressive $72,000 median…

Caitlin Landy, PhD ’27 Awarded $25,000 Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship