University News

Bentley University Professor and Clifford F Youse Chair of Research Pierre Berthon and Senior Lecturer of Marketing Perry Lowe received the 2010 Excellence in Practice Award from the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), a global organization devoted to the continuous improvement of management education, for their project  "Prism, KickApps and Bentley University: An Innovative Case of Synergistic Learning and Development between Venture Capital, Startup and University." The case study was co-writte

Pam and Jack Cumming, current Bentley parents, have presented a generous $1.125 million gift to Bentley University to support programs focused on developing leadership skills in young women.  

Host of the "Dr. Oz Show" and one of America's foremost cardiothoracic surgeons, Dr. Oz delivered the keynote address to an audience of more than 1,200 at the Bentley/TIME Leadership Forum on April 22, 2010. "People don't really change what they do in life based upon what they know. They change what they do in life based on what they feel. So if you don't get people emotionally engaged in a decision - whether it's losing weight or paying attention to what's happening in Africa- they're not going to act on it."

Daniel Everett PhD, has been appointed Dean of Arts & Sciences at Bentley University, effective July 1, 2010.

Everett will join Bentley from Illinois State University, where he has served as Department Chair for Languages, Literatures and Cultures since 2006.  In February of this year, he was also named that institution’s first University Professor.

Bentley University is one of the country's most environmentally-responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review (www.PrincetonReview.com).  The nationally-known education services company selected Bentley for inclusion in a new resource it has created for college applicants: "The Princeton Review's Guide to 286 Green Colleges."

A business co-founded by sophomore Danny Wong is garnering national media attention. Blank Label, an online custom-design dress shirt company, has been featured by outlets such as Boston.com, Forbes, FastCompany and Bloomberg/BusinessWeek. Wong, who is majoring in Information Design and Corporate Communication, serves as the company's marketing guru. He launched the business in October 2009 with co-founder and CEO Fan Bi.

The Bentley University McCallum Graduate School of Business was ranked among the top 100 graduate business schools in the country and one of the top 10 in New England in the recently released U.S. News & World Report rankings of America's Best Graduate Business Schools 2011.

The Women's Leadership Institute at Bentley University will present its fifth annual career advancement conference for junior professional women on Friday, May 7 from 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. in the Executive Dining Room in the La Cava Center at Bentley University. 

On April 22, 2010 Bentley University and TIME will present a thought-provoking half-day symposium featuring progressive leaders who are making a difference in healthcare, environmental change, commitment to society and acting responsibly, corporate philanthropy, and leadership development at the annual Bentley Leadership Forum.

This year's Leadership Forum, the sixth in a series of annual events designed to spotlight critical issues in business ethics, leadership and social responsibility, will explore the need for accountable leadership. 

During the Fall 2009 semester, four Bentley University students enrolled in the Human Relations in Healthcare Organizations class led by Natural Sciences Professor Helen Meldrum, were invited to work with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals to help the company assess and develop solutions for the growing problem of low health literacy, or individual's lack of ability to read, understand and use healthcare information to make decisions and follow instructions for treatment.