MET Night is Friday, January 27 at Agganis Arena
Join us as the BU Terriers take on the Merrimack Warriors. 5 p.m. / Pre-game Reception – Friends of Hockey Lounge 7:30 p.m. / Men’s Ice Hockey
Corrections Expert Joins Community Effort to Reduce Racial Disparities
Dr. Danielle Rousseau, a Metropolitan College Criminal Justice professor and faculty coordinator of the Boston University Prison Education Program, will give a presentation on how the BU community can affect change in bringing greater harmony and equality to vulnerable populations, close achievement gaps, and promote positive social growth in the region. The Reducing Disparities and […]
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 […]
Shedding Light on Darknet Risks
Adjunct Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Kyung-shick Choi (MET’02) addressed the 2015 International Symposium on Cyber Crime Response in Seoul, South Korea, on June 9. His topic was “New Challenges for Law Enforcement: The Prevalence of ‘Darknet’ Marketplaces and Synthetic Drug Abuse.” Read more about Dr. Choi and MET’s cybercrime/cybersecurity curriculum.
MET Faculty and Leaders Host Global Gathering on Computer Science Education
The Charles River Campus was the site for the eleventh annual International Conference on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science, which ran from June 4 to 7 and was co-sponsored by BU. Metropolitan College’s deans and Computer Science faculty were well-represented on the program and in the planning. See the agenda and other details […]
View BU’s Seminar on Policing the City
On February 23, BU’s Initiative on Cities hosted Policing the City, “a conversation on race, municipal leadership, and public safety,” as part of its monthly Urban Seminar Series. The panel discussion featured experts on law enforcement and community issues, including Boston Police Commissioner William Evans, also a MET lecturer in criminal justice; the Rev. Jeffrey […]
Middle Eastern Food and the Making of an Israeli National Cuisine
By Dr. Ari Ariel Tuesday, March 3 at 1:00 PM 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 109 Ari Ariel is a visiting assistant professor at the University of Iowa. He has a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern studies from Columbia University and a diploma in Classical Culinary Arts from the French Culinary Institute (now the International Culinary Center). […]
The Rise of a “New Style Cuisine” in 19th Century Istanbul: A Historical Analysis of Ottoman Cookbooks
By Dr. Özge Samancı Friday, February 27 at 10:30 AM 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 121 Dr. Özge Samancı is Assistant Professor of food History in the Gastronomy and Culinary Arts Bachelor Degree program in the Faculty of Fine Arts, Yeditepe University in Istanbul, Turkey. She holds a PhD in history and Civilizations from the Ecole […]
Advocacy in Action: Understanding the influence of advocacy organizations on local affordable housing policy in the U.S.
By Anaid Yerena Monday February 23, 2015 at 2:30pm 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 109 Anaid is an architect, planner, and researcher who investigates public participation processes and activities related to housing and community development. Her research has a strong community-based component that provides knowledge to advocate for and empower disenfranchised groups. As an undergraduate at […]
Cultural “Other” in Colonial New England: The Duality of Maize
By Dr. Karen Bescherer Metheny Tuesday, February 24 at 2:00 PM 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 109 Karen Bescherer Metheny, PhD, is a Lecturer for the Gastronomy Program, Metropolitan College, Boston University and Visiting Researcher in the Department of Archaeology at Boston University. She is senior editor of Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia (July 2015, with […]