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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…

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…

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…

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

March 21, 2025
Caitlin Landy, a doctoral candidate in Bentley’s PhD in Accounting program, has received a $25,000 Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship. The prestigious award recognizes the top 10 PhD candidates in accounting doctoral programs across the U.S. who plan to…

Annual Faculty Awards Celebrate Research and Teaching Excellence

March 18, 2025
Each year, Bentley University recognizes a select group of faculty members for their original and impactful research, innovative educational offerings and unwavering devotion to students’ success, both in and out of the classroom.  Here, we celebrate the…

Bentley Students Honored for Collaboration with People with Disabilities

March 13, 2025
Opportunities for Inclusion, a nonprofit organization in Waltham, presented the 2024 “Rags” LaCava Community Service Award to the Bentley Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Center (BSLCE). For more than a decade, Bentley students have facilitated art…

What I Learned About AI (and Myself) in Southeast Asia

March 4, 2025
When I heard about Artificial Intelligence in Emerging Markets [CS444], a two-week faculty-led study abroad course in Southeast Asia, I was excited: It fit with my goal to immerse myself in a global experience and support my professional interests and my…