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The definitive English-language book on Sicilian Wine
MET Wine Studies instructor and Master of Wine Bill Nesto coauthored The World of Sicilian Wine (UC Press, March 2013) with his wife Frances Di Savino. The book has received many positive reviews, including a recent one in the quarterly The World of Fine Wine (issue 43), which calls it... More
Culinary Legend Jacques Pépin Prepares for Final TV Series
Jacques Pépin, cofounder with Julia Child of MET’s Certificate Program in the Culinary Arts and MLA in Gastronomy, recently discussed his last scheduled cooking series (the 26-episode Jacques Pépin: Heart and Soul, scheduled to air in October 2015 on KQED Public Television), and his plans for the future as he... More
MET Faculty Receives Fulbright Scholarship
Dr. Beth Bennett, adjunct lecturer of English at Metropolitan College, was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to teach for nine months in the English Department at the University of Ghana. Bennett will teach African American literature and writing, undertake research in Accra and other sites in the country, and retrace the... More
Distinguished Alum Peter Raimondi (MET’80) to Deliver BU MET’s 2022 Commencement Address
Peter Raimondi, Esq. (MET’80, LAW’83), a titan of the wealth management industry and long-time member of the Metropolitan College (MET) Dean's Advisory Board will deliver an address to graduates at MET's Convocation Ceremony during BU's 2022 Commencement Weekend. Since earning his BLA in Interdisciplinary Studies at MET, Raimondi has remained an... More
Applied Business Analytics Graduate Student Danielle Song Wins Poster Award at Northeast Decision Science Conference
On April 8, 2022. Danielle Song, who is earning her MS in Applied Business Analytics at BU’s Metropolitan College, won the best graduate student poster award at the 52nd Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (NEDSI) conference, held in Newark, New Jersey. With a poster entitled, “MBTA Winter Storm Planning: Slick Road Prediction... More
New Research from MET Economics Professor Makes Case for Reinventing Money through Centralized Digital Currency
As faculty research fellow for BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, economist and MET Visiting Professor of the Practice James Stodder focuses his research on the enduring value of bartering and the countercyclical effectiveness of community-based digital currencies (CBDCs), such as Massachusetts’ BerkShares. In... More
Chadwick Fellows 2021–2022
Recipients of the 2021–2022 Chadwick Fellowship are: Shengzhi Zhang As winner of the Chadwick Fellowship, Computer Science Assistant Professor Shengzhi Zhang will build MET’s own computer server with improved Graphic Processing Units (GPUs) to train deep learning models. The benefits will be twofold: first, students will be able to conduct AI security... More
Administrative Sciences Chair Offers Finance Tips for Rookie Investors
Dr. Irena Vodenska—professor of finance, director of the MS in Financial Management (MSFM) program, and chair of the Department of Administrative Sciences at BU MET—lent her professional and academic expertise to The Ascent, weighing in with tips for first-time investors, clearing up common misconceptions around stock trading, and providing guidance... More
MET Computer Science and Distance Education Authors Team Up for a Second Book
Hot on the heels of Best Practices for Administering Online Programs (New York: Routledge, 2021), three BU Metropolitan College coauthors have regrouped to produce another book: Winning Online Instruction: A Q&A for Higher Education Faculty (New York: Routledge, 2022) Dr. Dan Hillman, associate director of instructional design for BU MET’s Office... More
BU MET Gastronomy Director Megan Elias Guests on the BBC’s The Food Chain
Dr. Megan Elias, associate professor of the practice and director of MET’s Gastronomy programs, was a featured guest on the BBC podcast The Food Chain. In the episode “The Recipe Collectors,” released March 3, 2022, Dr. Elias—a cultural historian who collects recipes—joins fellow preservationists from Ghana and India to dig... More
Arts Administration Students Team with Nonprofit on Capital Campaign Development
Students in the BU Metropolitan College Arts Administration course Capital Campaigns (MET AR 711) are getting valuable hands-on experience working with the nonprofit Manship Artist Residency + Studios (MARS) to develop an anticipated capital campaign to further MARS’ historic preservation efforts. The course, led by fundraising expert Mary Doorley Simboski, More
Cultivating Trust, Transparency the Key to Ethical Fundraising, Lecturer Says
As managing director of a leading fundraising and social impact consulting firm, lecturer Mary Doorley-Simboski understands how vital it is to maintain total integrity in nonprofit development, especially given the ongoing concern of donor skepticism. As she teaches in her course, Capital Campaigns (MET AR 711), a core component to... More
Special Arts Administration Lecture Puts Spotlight on Balance Between Academics and Artistry
The founder of the BU MET Arts Administration program is returning to MET to lead the first in what will be an annual series of lectures concerning careers in the arts. On Friday, April 29, 2022, at 6 pm, Daniel Ranalli, who established MET’s graduate program in arts administration in... More
Adherence to Organizational Mission, Values Emerging Keys to Project Management Success
According to the expert faculty in Project Management at Metropolitan College (MET), it’s time for project managers to take the long view. In a recent PMWorld Journal interview, BU MET Master Lecturer Richard Maltzman made a distinction between the usual parameters by which project management success has historically been measured and an emerging and increasingly important metric: strategic value. More
Fun, Games, and Cultural Exchange as Visiting Indonesian Students Lead Festival Celebration
In the fall 2022 semester, 20 recipients of the Indonesian International Student Mobility Award (IISMA) joined Boston University through MET International for an educational exchange. Part of a program fully funded by the Indonesian government, IISMA provides Indonesian undergraduate students with the chance to spend a semester overseas at top... More
BU Today Highlights Buttermilk Boutique Founder and Gastronomy Alum Tie Whittaker
Before earning her master’s in Gastronomy at BU’s Metropolitan College, Tie Whittaker (MET’12) stepped away from a looming career in law to follow a more sincere passion: to be a pastry chef. It started in the kitchens of her grandmothers, Whittaker says. “I had decided that I wanted to keep... More
Professor Shea Cronin Quoted in New Bedford Light Article on Police Data Mix-up
Dr. Shea Cronin, assistant professor of criminal justice and associate chair of the Department of Applied Social Sciences at BU’s Metropolitan College, was quoted in a March 9, 2022, article published by the New Bedford Light. The article, “New Bedford police submit inaccurate data to state agency reviewing officer misconduct,”... More
MET Alum Donda Mullis Makes Inaugural Forbes List
Focusing solely on women, the inaugural Forbes “50 over 50” list includes names such as Vice President Kamala Harris, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman Liz Cheney, actor Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek, Beetlejuice, Home Alone), Emmy-nominated TV creator Shonda Rhimes (Scandal, Bridgerton), and Miami Marlins General Manager Kim Ng. Keeping them... More