Alumni Book Profiled on PBS
In June, Metropolitan College Dean’s Advisory Board member Gary Grossman (MET’75), a graduate of MET’s Urban Affairs program, discussed hisnew thriller Old Earthon the multiple Emmy Award-winning PBS series Between the Lines with Barry Kibrick.
U.S. News Ranks MET Online Programs among Best for Vets
U.S. News & World Report has named several Metropolitan College online graduate programs among the top choices for military veterans and active service members. BU’s top performers and their category rankings: Master of Criminal Justice (#2), Master of Science in Computer Information Systems (#3), and the master’s degree programs in management (#7). Learn about the […]
Commencement Speaker Pépin’s “Recipe for Fulfillment”
Jacques Pépin (Hon.’11)—who with Julia Child (Hon.’76) cofounded MET’s MLA in Gastronomy program and Certificate Program in Culinary Arts—inspired graduates at MET’s Commencement. BU Today 05.21.15 Read “Pépin Shares Recipe for Fulfillment” »
Food and Wine Instructor Maiden Wins Top Culinary Award
Barry Maiden, food and wine instructor for Metropolitan College, received the coveted James Beard Foundation Award as Best Chef: Northeast for 2015. The ceremony took place in Chicago on May 4. Maiden is chef/proprietor of the Hungry Mother (for which he won the award) and State Park restaurants, both in Cambridge’s Kendall Square. Specializing in […]
MET Students Assist Quincy with Coastal Protection Plan
BU Today has reported on the Boston Urban Symposium, the capstone course for students of MET’s City Planning and Urban Affairs master’s programs. This year students collaborated with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council and the City of Quincy to help the city plan for climate change. Their project was also covered in the Patriot Ledger. […]
BLCS grad takes to the screen to encourage would-be scientists
How can you inspire a high school student to pursue a career in science? Share an inspirational story. In a brief video on the PBS Learning Media site, Sandra Bustamonte (MET’10)—who holds a bachelor’s in Biomedical Laboratory & Clinical Sciences (BLCS)—discusses her love for biotech and a few words of encouragement. The BLCS program is […]
Biomed Program Wins Life Sciences Grant
BU’s Biomedical Laboratory and Clinical Sciences (BLCS) Program, which is offered jointly by MET and the School of Medicine, has received $180,000 in funding from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) “to enhance the quality of the training and the competencies of the students.” In accepting the award, Assistant Professor Constance Phillips, director of the […]
Coast Guard Honors MET Grad as ‘Inspirational Student’
Executive Petty Officer Colin Smith (MET’14) has received the Vander Putten Inspirational Student of the Year Award from the U.S. Coast Guard. According to the news release, this award “recognizes the student who clearly demonstrated sustained high standards of academic proficiency and dedication, served as a role model in off-duty education accomplishment, and demonstrated the […]
Life at the Chocolate Factory
Talk about tasty career choices: Lucia Austria (MET’13) and Sydney Oland (MET’09) discuss their roles as production manager and product developer, respectively, for Somerville’s Tazo Chocolate in a recent BU Today article. Both are graduates of Metropolitan College’s Master of Liberal Arts in Gastronomy program. The article also explains the process of creating stone-ground chocolate—and […]
Art Management and Fundraising in the Age of Economic Crises and Social Networks
by Lanfranco Aceti Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 2:00-3:00 p.m. 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 109 The complexity of the contemporary social and economic crises has created a new scenario in which networks, audiences and their behaviors become assets to be cultivated, harvested and sold. What are the challenges that artists, curators, producers and institutions face […]