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Cashing in on ChatGPT

May 12, 2023
In the past six months, you’ve likely heard the buzz surrounding ChatGPT, the groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that has captured the attention of tech enthusiasts and novices alike with its remarkable ability to generate human-like text…

Bentley Holds Inaugural Cording Ceremony for First-Generation Graduating Students

May 11, 2023
In longstanding Bentley tradition, many seniors participate in cording ceremonies in the weeks leading up to graduation, where they receive a special cord to wear at commencement that designates an academic accomplishment or belonging to one of Bentley’s many…

Building Better Aid Programs for Refugees

May 10, 2023
In the time it takes you to read this sentence, approximately 20 people around the world will become refugees, forced to abandon their homes and flee to neighboring countries due to war, religious and political persecution or other human rights violations.…

Undergraduate Research Day 2023 Showcases Bentley’s Research Range

May 5, 2023
Together with the Honors Program and the Liberal Studies Major (LSM), the Valente center organizes an annual Undergraduate Research Day. The 2023 event on April 21 was a great success, some ninety students shared their work. The Undergraduate Research Day…

Faculty Awarded Bentley-Gallup Force for Good Grants

May 1, 2023
Business can be a powerful force for positive social change. But are businesses doing enough to live up to that potential and make the world a better place? That’s the central question posed by the Bentley-Gallup Force for Good survey, a multiyear study that…

New study shows NIH investment in new drug approvals is comparable to investment by pharmaceutical industry

April 28, 2023
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent $187 billion for basic or applied research related to 354 of the 356 drugs approved by the FDA from 2010-2019, according to a new study from Bentley’s Center for Integration of Science and Industry. The study…

La Cultura Latina’s La Raza Event Showcases the Latin Community’s Festive and Diverse Heritage

April 27, 2023
At this year’s La Raza celebration, the diversity of performances — including salsa, merengue, reggaetón and bachata dancers along with a mariachi band playing traditional Mexican music — captured the Latin community’s dynamic heritage. Hosted by the student…

Fundamental Figures

April 26, 2023
Listen to This Article   More than 80 years after Bentley’s doors opened to women, four of ‘the firsts’ tell their tales    Much of history is a book filled with the stories of men, written by men — and the Bentley of 1917 was no… In 1949, she took that Bentley wager herself. From their home above the family market, the sisters watched the Tobin Bridge rise and bemoaned the traffic it caused. “I was always late to class!” Eunice laughs. She, like Ros, loved math. In fact, a high school… The Stand-Up Standout Pat Flynn didn’t resign from her first full-time job because of the women’s liberation movement. She left the almost entirely male ranks at Paine Webber in 1972 because of something she knew…

Five Human Skills that AI Can’t Replace (Yet)

April 26, 2023
Listen to This Article   Artificially intelligent (AI) technologies are positioned to disrupt the world of work. But creating a workplace where employees feel valued and able to bring their unique perspectives to the table still takes some very human…

Sweet Success

April 26, 2023
Listen to This Article   What do you do when your local celebrity author is also a chocoholic? Vermont’s Lake Champlain Chocolates jumped at the chance to honor Chris Bohjalian with a limited-edition chocolate bar. Green Mountain state native…