Dean Zlateva Surveys the Advantages of Lifelong Learning in a Changing Job Market in Recent Interview
In an interview that appeared in the November 2022 edition of EvoLLLution, Boston University’s Metropolitan College Dean Tanya Zlateva outlined the reasons that, in the modern professional market, continuing education is paramount.
MET Professors Discuss Security, Disinformation with CIA Director John Brennan
MET Senior Associate Dean Lou Chitkushev and finance Professor Irena Vodenska, chair of the Department of Administrative Sciences, attended a private reception and dinner with former CIA Director John Brennan on Wednesday, November 2, at the Lenox Hotel in Boston. The event, hosted by the Boston Speaker Series, preceded Director Brennan’s lecture at Symphony Hall. […]
Fulbright Specialist Award for Cybersecurity Sends Professor Chitkushev to Ecuador
Metropolitan College Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Lou Chitkushev has been granted a prestigious Fulbright Specialist Foreign Scholarship award for work that takes him to Ecuador, where the associate professor of computer science and director of health informatics and health sciences will lend his expertise in cybersecurity to the nation’s military academy. Funded primarily […]
Return to Workplace Makes Lunch Hour More Important, Gastronomy Director Says
As author of Lunch: The History of a Meal, Dr. Megan Elias is an authority on the midday meal. The Gastronomy program director and associate professor of the practice, who has previously noted that lunch was the meal most impacted by the pandemic, was quoted in a recent Boston Globe story regarding the challenges faced […]
MET Faculty Among BU’s Inaugural Fellows to Develop Antiracist Curricula
Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research has a mission to build an antiracist society that ensures racial equity and social justice. Now, a pair of MET faculty will take significant steps in advancing that mission by redesigning courses in ways that thoughtfully foreground antiracist practices in curricula and pedagogical strategies. Danielle Rousseau, assistant professor of […]
Irena Vodenska to Lead Focused Research Program on Climate Misinformation
A new research effort led in part by Dr. Irena Vodenska, MET professor of finance, will not only grapple with the critical role of trust in communication as it relates to public opinion on climate change in the US, but also seek to find demonstrable solutions to the disinformation crisis. The project, entitled “Data and […]
MET Cybercrime Expert Illustrates Investigative Acumen Ahead of Third Annual White Hat Cybersecurity Conference
A BU Today profile put the spotlight on MET’s director of Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity (CIC) programs, Professor of the Practice Kyung-shick Choi, highlighting his unique expertise at training law enforcement on matters of crime pertaining to personal data, hacking, and cyber-theft ahead of next week’s third annual International White Hat Conference. As Choi illustrates […]
Administrative Sciences Chair Offers Finance Tips for Rookie Investors
Dr. Irena Vodenska—professor of finance, director of the MS in Financial Management (MSFM) program, and chair of the Department of Administrative Sciences at BU MET—lent her professional and academic expertise to The Ascent, weighing in with tips for first-time investors, clearing up common misconceptions around stock trading, and providing guidance for how consumers should decide […]
MET Computer Science and Distance Education Authors Team Up for a Second Book
Hot on the heels of Best Practices for Administering Online Programs (New York: Routledge, 2021), three BU Metropolitan College coauthors have regrouped to produce another book: Winning Online Instruction: A Q&A for Higher Education Faculty (New York: Routledge, 2022) Dr. Dan Hillman, associate director of instructional design for BU MET’s Office of Distance Education; Dr. […]
BU MET Gastronomy Director Megan Elias Guests on the BBC’s The Food Chain
Dr. Megan Elias, associate professor of the practice and director of MET’s Gastronomy programs, was a featured guest on the BBC podcast The Food Chain. In the episode “The Recipe Collectors,” released March 3, 2022, Dr. Elias—a cultural historian who collects recipes—joins fellow preservationists from Ghana and India to dig into the cultural value of […]