Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Visits BU MET to Congratulate City Scholars
On Thursday, February 9, Metropolitan College held its 12th Annual City of Boston Scholar Recognition Event at the College’s 1010 Commonwealth Avenue location. Joining to offer her support and admiration was Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who recently finished her first year as the person in charge of City Hall. More
BU Professors Discuss Security, Disinformation with CIA Director John Brennan
MET Senior Associate Dean Lou Chitkushev and finance Professor Irena Vodenska, chair of the Department of Administrative Sciences, attended a private reception and dinner with former CIA Director John Brennan on Wednesday, November 2, at the Lenox Hotel in Boston. More
Amid Calls for Massachusetts to Prioritize Prison Education, MET Head Outlines Obstacles
For over 50 years, BU MET has given incarcerated individuals in the Massachusetts prison system the opportunity to pursue personal growth via higher education through its Prison Education Program. Now, a diverse cohort of nonprofit leaders and correctional specialists have called on the incoming administration of Massachusetts Governor-elect Maura Healey to commit to expanding and prioritizing programs of this kind. More
Thanks to Hands-On Instruction, BU’s New Pastry Arts Program Makes the Perfect Preparation to Launch a Career in Food
In January 2023, Boston University’s Programs in Food & Wine launches a new, on-campus Professional Pastry Arts Program, which equips students with the skills they need to launch a career in baking and the greater food industry. More
Dean Zlateva Surveys the Advantages of Lifelong Learning in a Changing Job Market in Recent Interview
In an interview that appeared in the November 2022 edition of EvoLLLution, Boston University’s Metropolitan College Dean Tanya Zlateva outlined the reasons that, in the modern professional market, continuing education is paramount. More
Latest MET Makes Conversation Podcast Highlights Importance of People Skills in Project Management
In the newest episode of MET Makes Conversation, the podcast where the Metropolitan College academic community lends perspectives on the real-world challenges facing their fields, our experts examine the newest trend in the field of project management: namely, the growing importance placed on what the Project Management Institute has dubbed... More
Culinary Arts, Gastronomy Alum Highlights Importance of Oft-Ignored Seafoods
As an alum of Boston University’s MA in Gastronomy and Certificate Program in the Culinary Arts, Claudia Catalano (MET’16) is well versed in the intersection between what we eat and what it means to our environment. In addition to running her own personal chef service, Wild Carrot, Catalano writes about... More
Arts Administration Alum Makes Impact Capturing Historic Boston Architecture
When Matthew Dickey (MET’13) graduated with his MS in Arts Administration, he entered the working world equipped with the know-how to take on leadership roles in the nonprofit sector. Today, he’s putting that expertise to work in multiple ways: not only is he employed in an important role at a... More
Federal Grant Will Allow BU MET Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity to Aid in Combatting Online Child Abuse
The US Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has awarded the Boston University Metropolitan College Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity (CIC) program a grant of $437,500, dedicated to producing a new training program to support police investigations pertaining to online crimes against children, sex trafficking, cryptocurrency, and the dark web. More
Cybercrime & Cybersecurity Director Choi: Uber Hack Evidence of Need for Cyber-Vigilance, Training
Professor of the Practice Kyung-shick Choi, Metropolitan College’s director of Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity programs, was interviewed by BU Today to share his thoughts on the recent high-profile data breach of international rideshare company Uber. In the Q&A, Dr. Choi outlined the importance of applied learning, as offered by the... More
Chef Jacques Pépin Reflects on Life Lived Through Food in New Chicken-Centric Cookbook
Chef Jacques Pépin, cofounder of BU MET’s Certificate in the Culinary Arts and MA in Gastronomy programs, has released a new book; Jacques Pépin Art of the Chicken: A Master Chef’s Paintings, Stories, and Recipes of the Humble Bird. As featured in a recent news article in the Boston Globe penned... More
Culinary Arts Core Chef Dishes on Dining in Boston
Acclaimed restauranteur Jody Adams, a core chef in BU MET’s Certificate Program in the Culinary Arts, was recently interviewed by the Boston Globe, where she offered her thoughts on Boston’s current restaurant scene, changing neighborhoods, and what it was like keeping businesses afloat during the global pandemic. Adams, one of the... More
3rd Annual White Hat Conference Puts Combating Crypto Crimes in Focus
The third annual International White Hat Conference was held June 1–2, hosted once again by Boston University Metropolitan College and the Center for Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity. Bringing together stakeholders from government, the private sector, and academia, the events were emceed by one of the first-ever graduates of MET’s Master of... More
Fulbright Specialist Award for Cybersecurity Sends Professor Chitkushev to Ecuador
Metropolitan College Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Lou Chitkushev has been granted a prestigious Fulbright Specialist Foreign Scholarship award for work that takes him to Ecuador, where the associate professor of computer science and director of health informatics and health sciences will lend his expertise in cybersecurity to the... More
City Planning & Urban Affairs Interim Director Yeşim Sungu-Eryilmaz Receives Initiative on Cities Grant
Assistant Professor Yeşim Sungu-Eryilmaz, director ad interim of MET’s City Planning & Urban Affairs programs, has been awarded a grant by BU’s Initiative on Cities dedicated to investigating the relative community impact of private sector real estate development projects in the city. As part of the grant, Sungu-Eryilmaz, whose research... More