University News

Bentley University is giving two high school students the chance to play in the big leagues and learn about the business aspects of professional sports through internships with the Boston Red Sox and Yankees.com.

A team of students went head-to-head with top tier schools in the world’s largest student competition in the quest for social good and $1 million USD in start-up funding. On March 1 and 2, the group competed in the regional finals of the 4th Annual Hult Prize, recently named one of the top five ideas changing the world by President Bill Clinton and TIME Magazine.

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Small-business owners can take advantage of free tax advice at a series of taxpayer workshops at Bentley University on Monday, March 4. The program is geared toward entrepreneurs of all kinds, and even those just starting to think about opening a business.

A packed room full of students, staff and faculty recently came together to hear from Bentley’s newest partner in learning, Kweku Anno. As a Ghanaian engineer, inventor, social entrepreneur, and global health and sustainability champion, Anno discussed his efforts to improve public health through his company, BioFil.

National Biomedical Research Foundation awards a $1.3M grant to Bentley to establish Center for Integration of Science and Industry, directed by Dr. Fred Ledley.

With higher education institutions facing tough questions about the value of their offerings, Bentley’s 2012 graduates report encouraging news: 98% of the responding class is employed or attending graduate school.

Interpersonal relationships prove to be critical to the success of projects for globally distributed virtual teams, according to Bentley University professors S. Balaji, Donald Chand and Gary David. Their research earned a Best Paper Award from the Global Business Development Institute.

Bentley advanced to the top 16 out of 80 teams competing in the American Collegiate Moot Court Association National Tournament at Regent University Law School in Virginia in January.

Daniel Everett discussed the documentary of his life living among the Pirahã people of Brazil in what began as a Christian mission and grew into an in-depth study of the tribe’s singular language and culture in which there is no God. The film, Grammar of Happiness, was featured in The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science Film Showcase on Wednesday, February 13.