Health Care Policy Expert and MET Chair Diagnoses Hidden Costs of Transplants
MET Associate Professor John D. Sullivan says that managing the cost of health care and wellness faces a crossroads, and that the most remedying route is early action. Dr. Sullivan, who chairs MET’s Department of Administrative Sciences and specializes in health care policy and finance, rebutted a recent op-ed relating to organ donation and transplants […]
MET’s Mega-Project Expert Says Rhode Island’s Highway Plans “Easier” Than Big Dig
Few know more about the challenges that accompany sprawling mega-projects than Metropolitan College Assistant Professor Virginia Greiman, who served as deputy chief legal counsel and risk manager on Boston’s years-long $15 billion Big Dig, and currently lends her significant expertise in grand-scale project coordination to MET’s Administrative Sciences faculty and students. With Rhode Island facing […]
MET Administrative Studies Alum Receives Prestigious Finance Award
Daniel Miele (MET’00) has been named a 2016 Five Star Wealth Manager, an honor awarded to those financial advisors that exhibit excellence in their field and meet requisite criteria which includes objective assessments of client retention rates, client assets administered, and a favorable regulatory and complaint history. Miele, an alumnus of Metropolitan College’s Administrative Studies […]
MET to Host Global Cybersecurity Meet-Up
Information security has become a principal strategic concern of governments around the world, and with leading graduate programs in cybercrime investigation and cybersecurity offered at MET, BU has been selected to host the 11th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security. The conference, which unites academics, specialists, and officials from around the globe, will be […]
Continuing Education Essential to Evolving Universities, Says Former Dean
Continuing education serves a key role for universities seeking to adapt to the evolving professional landscape, according to former MET dean and current Professor of the Practice Jay Halfond. In an interview with The evoLLLution about challenges facing the higher education leadership of today, Halfond advocates for the importance of foundational learning like liberal arts […]
Analytics Scholar’s Findings Land in Top-Rated A.I. Journal
Dr. Canan Gunes Corlu, a MET assistant professor in the Department of Administrative Sciences and faculty coordinator to the Applied Business Analytics programs, authored a paper that has been accepted for publication in a highly prestigious scientific journal. Dr. Corlu’s paper, “Empirical Distributions of Daily Equity Index Returns: A Comparison,” will see publication in the […]
U.S. News & World Report Ranks BU Programs in Top 6
The rankings are in and U.S. News & World Report has ranked three BU online programs in the top 6 with MET’s online Master of Criminal Justice ranked the #1 program of its kind.
Faculty Paper Accepted for Publication
“Subset Selection for Simulations Accounting for Input Uncertainty,” a paper by Assistant Professor of Administrative Sciences Canan Gunes Corlu (who also serves as faculty coordinator for MET’s applied business analytics programs), was accepted for publication in the proceedings of the 2015 Winter Simulation Conference. During the conference, which took place in Huntington Beach, Calif., Professor […]
Allston Railyard Development Discussion Trains Attention on Urban Future, Opportunity
BU’s Initiative on Cities held a recent seminar in which Metropolitan College Assistant Professor of Administrative Sciences Virginia Greiman and College of Arts & Sciences Professor of the History of Art & Architecture Daniel Bluestone were joined by representatives from the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the Harvard Graduate School of Design for a forum discussion […]
New Applied Business Analytics Programs Delivers In-Demand Skills
MET is now offering three new graduate programs in Applied Business Analytics, providing a highly sought-after skill set—the ability to understand, analyze, and improve data-driven business processes. Offered through the Department of Administrative Sciences, the programs include the Graduate Certificate in Applied Business Analytics (online or on campus), the Master of Science in Applied Business […]