Global Marketing Management Alum Parth Mutha Named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List for Soy-Snack Promunch
Parth Mutha (MET’24), the MSGMM graduate responsible for the soybean snack business Promunch, has been named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30: Asia” list. Join us in congratulating him for this success!
Boston Symphony Orchestra President & CEO Champions Humanities in Fourth Annual Daniel Ranalli Lecture
Chad Smith, president and CEO of @BostonSymphony, joined the BU MET Arts Administration program to deliver the fourth annual Ranalli Lecture, where he argued for the essential vitality of the humanities.
Student Puts Global Marketing Management Skills to Use with Recycled Tennis String Venture
One Global Market Management graduate student is making quite the “racket” with his sustainable clothing company—which recycles old tennis racket strings into new fabric for clothing!
MET Assistant Director of Educational Technology & Innovation Wins BU’s 2025 Perkins Award for Distinguished Service
Andrew Abrahamson (CFA’91), Metropolitan College’s assistant director of educational technology and innovation, is among the three winners of Boston University’s 2025 John S. Perkins Award for Distinguished Service.
Health Communication Lecturer Warns: When It Comes to Patient Dialogue, Culture is Key
What’s the right way to speak with an older medical patient, and how can health communication help to do a better job at this sensitive form of dialogue? One BU MET lecturer lent the New York Times his perspective.
Hear from Mass Cultural Council Exec. Director in New MET Podcast on Innovation in the Arts
In the latest episode of the MET Makes Conversation podcast, “Innovation in the Arts in an Era of Transformation,” Mass Cultural Council Executive Director Michael J. Bobbitt and Arts Admin. Director Douglas DeNatale survey the modern state of the arts.
Tariffs to Drive Up Cost of Lab Research, Supply Chain Professor Tells Science
Associate Professor Canan Gunes Corlu, an expert in supply chain management, recently told Science Magazine that America’s global tariffs will make scientific equipment more expensive, to the detriment of laboratory research.
Innovation Conference to Continue Growing Thanks to Gift from Distinguished MET Alum
Thanks to a gift made by BU MET alum and Dean’s Advisory Board member Cynthia Cohen, Innovate@BU’s IDEA Con will be funded for five years. Please join us in thanking Cynthia for her generosity!
MET’s Faculty Angle: When Calculating the Impact of Tariffs on Agriculture, Don’t Forget Flavor
Food Studies lecturer José López Ganam joined MET’s new Faculty Angle series to delve into the implications of Trump’s tariffs on agriculture, the dynamic between the US, Mexico, and Canada, and food and flavor diversity.
In Memoriam: Jean-Claude Szurdak
It is with profound sadness that Metropolitan College says goodbye to an extraordinary chef and educator, Jean-Claude Szurdak, who passed away on February 2, 2025, at age 87.