The Future of Sustainable Cities Explored at Urban Affairs Summit
Imagining a future where floods shut down the Massachusetts Turnpike and Park Street MBTA subway stop, and trying to envision possible solutions, might be a nightmare for most Boston residents, but for Metropolitan College City Planning & Urban Affairs students, it was just one element of the day’s lesson. The workshop exercise was a part […]
Trio of Gastronomy Students Nab Julia Child Awards
The Julia Child Awards for Academic Excellence are conferred upon BU Gastronomy students that excel in the field of interdisciplinary food studies, and this past semester saw the prize granted to a triumvirate of budding gastronomes. Valencia K. Baker, Samantha Dolph, and James Moran were the Fall 2016 winners of the Julia Child Awards, earning […]
Boston Police Commissioner and MET Law Enforcement Expert Preaches Alcohol Safety
Boston Police Commissioner William Evans, who previously was awarded the Metropolitan College Roger Deveau Part-Time Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching for his work as an instructor in MET’s Criminal Justice program, delivered an address on the dangers of college drinking and the challenges it poses to law enforcement during a Boston Town & Gown […]
Prisoner Safety a Human Rights Issue, Says MET Corrections Authority
According to Dr. Mary Ellen Mastrorilli—MET professor, recognized incarceration authority, and faculty coordinator for MET’s online Master of Criminal Justice program—prisoner’s rights issues as they relate to sexual assault must be treated as human rights issues, and protecting them is a key tenet to ethical leadership. In an essay featured in the March/April issue of […]
City Planning & Urban Affairs Students Score Victory in Mobility Contest
Students in the City Planning & Urban Affairs program showed their preparedness to solve real-world challenges—like those they will face in their professional futures—earlier last month when they won the on-campus workshop contest designed to promote equality and access to those in need.. CPUA master’s students Alejandro Delgado and Luis Quintanilla were named winners of […]
No Timetable for Certified Financial Planners at CPE
Becoming a Financial Planner through Boston University’s Center for Professional Education can take time. In fact, for financial journalist Robert Powell (COM’90), a 20-year hiatus was just a speed-bump between beginning the Financial Planning program and resuming his studies in preparation for the CFP® exam. Powell shared with MarketWatch readers that though professional obligations had […]
MET Fundraising Expert Cautions Activists
Social activism is on the upswing, but a MET authority on high-end fundraising is urging advocates to be circumspect in the stands they take on where money-raising events should be held. Mary Simboski, who teaches in the Fundraising Management Graduate Certificate program, warned that once expensive venues have been booked to host charitable events, attempts […]
MET Lecturer Sour on Sugar Industry
The sugar industry would have you believe that there is no solid, specific link between sugar consumption and weight gain. But award-winning health and science journalist Gary Taubes, who recently delivered a lecture on the subject as part of MET Food & Wine’s Pépin Lecture Series, writes in the New York Times that many industry […]
MET’s Prison Education Program Featured in New Yorker Article
Metropolitan College’s Prison Education Program, established in 1972, was mentioned in an article in the New Yorker. The article, focusing on the Obama Administration’s new Second Chance Pell Pilot Program, cites Boston University as the only school to continue its prison education initiatives after Pell Grant eligibility for prisoners was withdrawn in 1994. Read “The […]
New Certificate in Supply Chain Management
The Department of Administrative Sciences at MET has introduced a new graduate certificate program in Supply Chain Management. Offered evenings on campus as well as online or in a blended format, the new certificate program curriculum will appeal to industry professionals who seek expertise in the applications of global supply chain management, international trade, and […]