Arts Administration Grad Named Head of Boston’s Boch Center
Congratulations to MET MS in Arts Administration grad Casey Soward, who has accepted the position of CEO at Boston’s Boch Center—the organization responsible for operating the historic Wang and Shubert Theatres.
Inaugural Queer Food Studies Conference at BU MET Makes History
Gastronomy is less a narrow field of study than it is an expansive prism through which scholars can assess all manners and facets of the human world. It’s a field designed to challenge boundaries, and that quality was on display when BU’s Metropolitan College hosted the first-ever Queer Food Conference.
In Gas vs. Electric Stove Debate, Culinary Chef Instructor Chris Douglass Sees Promise in New Practices
Recent years have seen restaurants increasingly pivot from preparing meals on traditional gas stoves to electric ones, as concerns about emissions and climate change climb. In fact, Massachusetts cities like Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Newton have either enacted or announced plans to ban the use of fossil fuels in new buildings and significant renovations.
Chef Jacques Pépin Reflects on Life Lived Through Food in New Chicken-Centric Cookbook
Chef Jacques Pépin, cofounder of BU MET’s Certificate in the Culinary Arts and MA in Gastronomy programs, has released a new book; Jacques Pépin Art of the Chicken: A Master Chef’s Paintings, Stories, and Recipes of the Humble Bird. As featured in a recent news article in the Boston Globe penned by MET gastronomy instructor […]
Gastronomy Master’s Grad Launches Cheese and Charcuterie Catering Business
Kimi Ceridon, a master’s degree in gastronomy graduate, was recently featured in a Boston Globe story highlighting her Stoneham-based cheese and charcuterie catering business, Life Love Cheese. The former engineer pivoted to specialty food services after completing her studies at MET, where she also earned the Certificate in Culinary Arts. Read more in the Boston […]
While Bringing Change as Rhode Island City’s First Black Chief of Police, MET Alum Calls Higher Education an Officer’s ‘Most Important Tool’
On January 4, 2021, Anthony Roberson (MET’11) was sworn in as police chief of the Central Falls, Rhode Island police department. It was the culmination of a long journey for the public servant, a believer in the power of positive relationships who is dedicated to leading a culture shift in the Central Falls Police Department […]
Home Economics Historian Elias Weighs in Amid Betty Crocker Controversy
When the Boston Globe investigated a new marketing initiative by Betty Crocker, purportedly designed to encourage women in STEM fields by reconceiving of the kitchen as a home for culinary experimentation, it brought new scrutiny to archaic ideas about gender roles and the kitchen. As the author of “Stir It Up: Home Economics in American […]
In Nonprofit World’s Fraught Financial Future, BU MET Arts Admin Director DeNatale Sees Security in Scale
Like so many industries, the businesses of arts and culture have been rocked by setbacks amid the global coronavirus pandemic. Now, as occupancy bans begin to lift, vaccines are distributed, and resilience funding remitted to organizations and individuals dedicated to keeping the world afloat through arts, decision-makers are figuring out how the shows that must […]