Words as Weapons: Heated Summer Brings New Relevance to MET Rhetoric Class
Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development Megan Sullivan’s MET course, Art of Rhetoric in Life and Work (MET IS 421), generally focuses on the power of writing, and how language can make an impact in our real world. But during this turbulent summer of 2020, as the world reckons with both airborne and social […]
In BU Today, Dean Zlateva Shares Positive Experience of Her Negative COVID-19 Test
In an editorial contribution to BU Today, Metropolitan College Dean Tanya Zlateva relayed to the University community the first steps of her personal Back2BU story—her experience using BU’s Healthway portal to arrange a coronavirus swab test on-campus, and the perspective it gave her. “I was curious and hopeful and apprehensive about how a system of […]
MET Cybercrime Director Pens New Book on Statistics in Criminology
As director of MET’s Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity (CIC) programs, Professor of the Practice Dr. Kyung-shick Choi is deeply ensconced in the manners in which human behavior and technology interact with criminal justice systems. Now, the cybercriminology expert has unlocked new means of quantifying those interactions. Dr. Choi’s new book, The Foundations of Statistics in […]
New Book Empowering Trauma Survivors from MET’s Danielle Rousseau
MET Criminal Justice Assistant Professor Danielle Rousseau is committed to helping survivors work through the physiological and psychological impacts of sexual trauma. In Yoga and Resilience: Empowering Practices for Survivors of Sexual Trauma, Dr. Rousseau, serving as editor, offers tangible tools, rooted in empirical and experiential data, to support survivors of sexual violence. As the […]
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 […]
Rare Uplifting COVID-Related News Story has Health Communication Instructor to Thank
As director of communications for the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, Tim Sullivan (MET’06) is frequently reminded of the adage he often shares with students in his online Media Relations for Health Communicators (MET HC 758) course: “Having a job in communication means having communication responsibilities, as well as ‘other duties as assigned,’” the MET health communication […]
MET Professor James Stodder to Washington Post: Crises Bring Back Bartering
On May 11, MET’s James Stodder was quoted in the Washington Post article, “Bartering is back: When life gives you lemons, trade them for a neighbor’s hand sanitizer.” A visiting professor of the practice in the Department of Administrative Sciences, Dr. Stodder is an economist with unique expertise in areas like bartering and the countercyclical […]
WCVB’s ‘Chronicle’ Calls Cybersecurity ‘The Future of Law Enforcement’
In March, WCVB-TV Channel 5’s “Chronicle” news team paid a visit to the classroom of BU Metropolitan College’s Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity (CIC) Program Director Dr. Kyung-shick Choi as part of its investigation into the professional field of cybercrime prevention, investigation, and cybersecurity. The long-running, Boston-produced newsmagazine show dubbed cybersecurity “the future of law enforcement” […]
Urban Studies Capstone Proposes Green Opportunities in Hyde Park
As reported in the Hyde Park Bulletin (Volume 19, Issue 19), on May 5 students from Metropolitan College’s Urban Studies Capstone course (MET UA 805) presented The Power of Green! Strategic Proposals for the Hyde Park Community. The virtual event focused on actions that could be taken to enhance access to, and quality of, the […]
In New Interview, Dean Zlateva Explains How CE Units Can Help Universities Serve Non-Traditional Learners
University continuing education units are in the spotlight, thanks to their role in helping their institutions establish protocols for remote learning in a COVID-19 world. The lessons learned now will inform how traditional universities serve their student populations in years to come, suggests Metropolitan College Dean Tanya Zlateva in “Continuing Ed’s Responsibility to Help Universities […]