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 active and supportive member […]
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 my grandmothers’ recipes alive—that was […]
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 company are several luminaries from […]
New Podcast from Health Communication Alum gives a Dose of Joy
Thanks to the efforts of one MS in Health Communication alum, there’s a new resource out there for people faced with cancer diagnoses, or those supporting someone in cancer treatment. Joy Huber (MET’18) has recently launched a podcast, Dose of Joy, which provides ideas and inspiration for ways to thrive even in the midst of […]
MET Alum Leads Museum of African American History to Greater Heights
In a recent interview with Bostonia: Boston University’s Alumni Magazine, Leon E. Wilson (MET’75), the president and CEO of the Museum of African American History, explains the ways his nonprofit organization found growing success even amid the challenges of operating during a global pandemic. Wilson, who earlier in his career earned his degree in business […]
With LVNGbook, Gastronomy Alum Shaun Chavis Provides Custom Guide to Eating Healthy
Eating and cooking are personal endeavors. Not only do we each have our distinct cultures and individual preferences as they relate to food, there’s also the element of health to consider, like dietary restrictions and allergies. Enter LVNGbook, a platform that helps users build their own custom cookbook, tailored to their particular needs. Shaun Chavis […]
Criminal Justice Alum Brings Cybercrime Knowledge to Canadian News
Chris Kayser (MET’16), founder, president, and CEO of the Calgary-based security firm Cybercrime Analytics, Inc., has been on a prolific run of making news as a cybercriminologist. It began with an April interview in the Kingsville Observer (Canada) titled “OPP major crimes unit to probe racist fake help wanted ad.” From there, Kayser took to authoring his […]
Inspired to Give Back, Steven Akers (MET’94) Names Three MET Offices
Through generous donations to Metropolitan College, alumnus Steven G. Akers (MET’94) has funded the naming of three offices in the BU MET building at 1010 Commonwealth Avenue: The Izabella Temkina Computer Science Chair’s Office The Annie Wilcox Applied Social Sciences Chair’s Office The Mabel A. Akers Administrative Sciences Chair’s Office The Izabella Temkina Computer Science […]
City Planning Alum Helps Score Legislative Win for Home-Based Food Entrepreneurs
As a student in BU MET’s City Planning & Urban Affairs programs, Andree Entezari (MET’21) developed the know-how it takes to envision and execute practical solutions to challenges in urban life, through partnership and policy. So, when local regulations forbade Entezari from selling lavashak—the Iranian dried fruit snack made from apples, plums, and strawberries he’d […]
MET Alum Leading NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Sees Promise, Possibilities in Private-Public Partnerships
For Janet Petro (MET’88), humanity’s grand aspiration for space travel was always within arm’s reach. Growing up on Florida’s “space coast” during the earliest days of the international race to reach beyond Earth’s atmosphere, her father worked on the NASA test programs that made the famed Apollo lunar missions possible. Now, the West Point and […]