City Planning & Urban Affairs Lecturer Adam Chapdelaine Lands Top Post at Massachusetts Municipal Associations
Adam Chapdelaine, a lecturer in Boston University Metropolitan College’s City Planning & Urban Affairs program, has been named executive director of the Massachusetts Municipal Associations Board of Directors, an organization which unites regional municipal officials to articulate clear and united municipal messages, develops and advocates for unified policies, and collaborates to better the efficiency and effectiveness of municipal service delivery, acting as a voice of cities and towns across Massachusetts.
Criminal Justice Professor Rousseau Wins BU Grant to Investigate Resilience in At-Risk Communities
Criminal justice is about more than just arrests and investigations. The applied social science also encompasses finding scalable solutions to the causes of crime, as well as reckoning with the roots of criminality, the traumatic legacies that crime and violence can leave behind, and the perseverance that sustains those in its wake.
Gastronomy Director Offers Lesson on Bygone Refrigerated Dessert
Every kind of food has a history. Food has context, character, and, above all, it has people who love it—otherwise, how would it withstand the test of both taste and time?
Criminal Justice Expert Shea Cronin Quoted in Harvard Gazette
Crime policy and administration expert Shea Cronin, assistant professor of criminal justice at Boston University Metropolitan College (MET), was tapped by the Harvard Gazette to comment on the Harvard University Police Department’s recently deployed dashboard.
Applied Business Analytics Celebrates 5 Years of Unmistakable Growth and Success
On Friday, April 21, the Metropolitan College Department of Administrative Sciences community gathered at Agganis Arena to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the launch of Master of Science in Applied Business Analytics, which has now helped professionals transition into data-driven roles as business analysts, data scientists, or consultants for half a decade.
Research Identifies Origins of Climate Misinformation Crisis: Fossil Fuel Companies
Across the world, scientists agree: energy emissions affect climate. And yet despite that broad consensus, the topic of climate change has become one rife with dispute.
Urban Affairs Teacher Joins Healey Administration in Tourism and Economic Development Role
In the City Planning & Urban Affairs program at BU’s Metropolitan College, you get a hands-on education led by professors making a real-world impact in the civics field through both research and policy. Now, a part-time BU MET faculty member is enlisting in Massachusetts state government after being appointed to a critical role.
Computer Science Research Team Wins Best Search UX Award for Fitness Tracker Chatbot
A BU Metropolitan College Department of Computer Science research team won a prestigious award for an innovative project that gives people new means to draw the most out of the data collected by the fitness trackers they wear—a search engine-powered chatbot conversational agent.
For Mentorship, Commitment to Cause, Pair of MET Community Members Honored by Innovate@BU
MET alum and vice chair of the BU Board of Trustees Cynthia Cohen (MET’77) and Arts Administration Lecturer Wendy Swart Grossman both won awards at BU’s Innovator’s Night.
Criminal Justice Research Examines Intersection of Gun Laws, Theft & Violence
What is the correlation between firearm law, gun theft, and violence? BU MET Criminal Justice Assistant Professor Shea Cronin recently led a lecture that provided an overview of his research’s findings on the subject.