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 […]
MET Alums Create Site for Health Communicators, by Health Communicators
There are plenty of websites dedicated to healthy lifestyles. But HealthComU is something different. To quote the About Us page, it’s “a blog where passionate health communicators across the United States come to connect and collaborate online.” HealthComU was founded in November 2013 by five former classmates from MET’s online Health Communication master’s program: Lisa […]
Mastrorilli cited on what sets an online criminal justice education apart
Mary Ellen Mastrorilli, faculty coordinator for MET’s online Master of Criminal Justice Program (MCJ), was recently quoted by U.S. News and World Report on “What to Expect Out of an Online Program in Criminal Justice.” She mentions BU’s weekly posting requirement as one powerful way to keep students engaged. “You see a lot of learning […]
MET Professor Quoted on Juggling College, Home, and Work Life
Given the challenges of balancing grad school and other responsibilities, it’s important to be committed right from the start. That’s the advice Richard G. Maloney, PhD, assistant professor and director ad interim of Metropolitan College’s Arts Administration Program gives prospective students in the 2015 issue of Graduate College & Universities. “In my experience, self-awareness and […]
New, Online Pre-Analytics Lab Preps Students for Advanced Data Studies
A basic understanding of business analytics is the gateway to advanced analytic studies, and to deep managerial insight. Pre-Analytics Laboratory (AD 100), a hands-on course offered by the Department of Administrative Sciences, immerses BU graduate students in an “interactive working environment’’—to get them ramped up for in-depth data analytics classes. All in seven weeks and […]
MET’s Regan Explains Why the T Broke and How to Fix It
Terrance Regan, a MET adjunct professor of city planning and urban affairs, is using the current snow-related breakdowns in the Green Line and other MBTA services as a prime teaching moment. Read more »
MET Online Programs among Best in Nation, According to U.S. News
U.S. News & World Report has announced its 2015 rankings of Best Online Programs—and Metropolitan College has placed high with the Master of Criminal Justice (#2); the Master of Science in Computer Information Systems (#3); and the master’s degree programs in management (#9).
Merry White, Professor and Food, Wine & Arts Instructor, in BU Today
The BU Today article “Studying Brahmins, Baked Beans, and Baseball” profiled a course taught by College of Arts & Science Professor of Anthropology Merry “Corky” White. Among the BU students enrolled in “Boston: An Ethnographic Approach” were three students from MET’s Evergreen program, which allows those 58 or older to audit BU classes. The course […]
Food & Wine Instructor Shares the Secret to Real Egg Nog
In “Eggnog: We Never Said It Was Health Food” MET Food & Wine Administrator, David Tomov-Strock, provides his quintessential recipe for eggnog that’s “so much better than what you can find in the supermarket”. Read the full article »
Professor John Day on the Net Neutrality Debate
MET Computer Science Lecturer John Day authored an article on net neutrality for Hightechforum.org, called “Be Careful What You Wish For: Caution on Net Neutrality.” According to Day, “Net Neutrality seems to be the hottest topic around these days. The good guys are for it and the bad guys are against it, at least according […]