Long, Hard Times Ahead for Restaurants, Says Gastronomy, Culinary Arts & Wine Studies Alum
Fernanda Tapia (MET’09), a Gastronomy alum who also holds certificates from the Culinary Arts and Wine Studies programs, is former co-owner and executive chef at Comedor, a Chilean-American bistro in the heart of Newton, MA. As an experienced industry hand and executive, she knows well the challenges restaurants are facing during the ongoing pandemic, and […]
MET Winemaker Takes Home Silver in International Competition
Jacquelyn Groeper, instructor in BU’s Wine Studies Program and winemaker and co-owner of Artis Winery, was recently honored with a silver medal in the 2020 International Women’s Wine Competition. Held this past June in Sonoma, California, the competition fielded over a thousand entries and was judged by women of the wine industry via double-blind taste […]
Groundbreaking Urban Grape Wine Studies Award to Empower Students of Color in Field
Launching in time for the fall 2020 semester, the Urban Grape Wine Studies Award for Students of Color is a new opportunity for historically marginalized peoples to get an irreplaceable education in the beverage and hospitality industry. Founded by BU Certificate Program in Wine Studies alum TJ Douglas and wife Hadley Douglas, owners of Boston’s […]
Miraculous MET Alums Make Campus Return for 1980 US Olympic Hockey Celebration
One of the many ways Boston University’s impact can be seen in the world beyond its campus was the involvement of the “BU Four” in the historic US men’s ice hockey victory in the 1980 Olympics. Heavy underdogs, when Team USA pulled off an unlikely and powerfully symbolic victory, they counted four Terriers on the […]
What kinds of jobs can you get as a data scientist?
Ask Boston University alumnus Brian Zive (CAS’94, MET’07), who was included in BU Today’s “10 Alums Working in Data Science Share Their Career Path Stories.” A fundraising consultant in analytical solutions at Marts & Lundy, Zive uses his analytics skills to help fundraising organizations make important decisions around campaign strategy, including assessment of donor potential […]
Wedding Bells! MET Arts Admin Alum Featured in Bostonia Love Connection Series
Joshua Reynolds (CAS ’11, MET’13) may have come to Boston University Metropolitan College to get an education, but he left with a life partner. Reynolds, an alum of the Master of Science in Arts Administration program, and his fiancée Danielle Galloway (CAS’15) met during their time at BU, first at the Howard Thurman Center for […]
MET Analytics Alum Engineers Parking Inefficiency Fix
As a student living in Boston, Amal Radhakrishnan (MET’19) knew how difficult it could be to find decent parking. The Master of Science in Computer Science with concentration in Data Analytics grad also knew that with the right enterprising spirit, a solution to the urban problem was only an innovation away. Radhakrishnan founded Parkaze, a […]
Holiday Cookies from James Beard-Nominated MET Alum
In 2018, Jerrelle Guy (MET’18) graduated from Metropolitan College’s Master of Liberal Arts in Gastronomy and published her debut cookbook, Black Girl Baking: Wholesome Recipes Inspired by a Soulful Upbringing (Page Street Publishing). The book, which was nominated for the 2019 James Beard Book Award, is inspired by the stories and flavors of her Southern […]
Financial Planning Facilitator & Alum Wins “Rising Star Award”
When Phuong Luong was ready for a career change, she turned to the Center for Professional Education (CPE) at Boston University’s Metropolitan College. After successfully completing the CPE Financial Planning Certificate Program, Ms. Luong went on to first earn her Certified Financial Planner™ certification and then founded Just Wealth, a financial planning organization that works […]
Alum Sings BU Prison Education Program’s Praises
For over forty years, the MET Prison Education Program has offered incarcerated individuals in the Massachusetts prison system the opportunity to pursue undergraduate study. Jose Bou (MET’08) earned his Bachelor of Liberal Science in Interdisciplinary Studies through the program, and recently spoke with NPR about his experiences. “It’s like being released every day. The teachers […]