Bold New Horizons Take the Stage at Performing Arts Administration Panel
The theater business never stared down a crisis more dramatic than the 2020 onset of a global pandemic. All across the world, stages went dark for an unscheduled and indeterminate intermission, cheating audiences out of performances they rely on to inspire awe and wonder, and leaving theater managers, along with... More
Finding Supportive Mentors Key to Sustained Career Success in Changing Arts World
Dr. Douglas DeNatale, director of Arts Administration at BU’s Metropolitan College (MET), has good news for those committed to a career in the arts: despite the field’s massive sea changes amid a worldwide pandemic, there are still ample professional opportunities to be had, given the proper guidance. Contributing to USA... More
MET Cybercrime Investigation Chief Wins National Award for Contribution to Criminology Field
Dr. Kyung-shick Choi, director of Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity at Boston University’s Metropolitan College, has won the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Cybercrime’s Outstanding Contribution Award. Nominated by peers from higher education institutions across the country, the award comes in recognition of Dr. Choi’s exceptional commitment to cybercrime investigation mentorship, More
Criminal Justice Alum Brings Cybercrime Knowledge to Canadian News
Chris Kayser (MET’16), founder, president, and CEO of the Calgary-based security firm Cybercrime Analytics, Inc., has been on a prolific run of making news as a cybercriminologist. It began with an April interview in the Kingsville Observer (Canada) titled “OPP major crimes unit to probe racist fake help wanted ad.” From there, Kayser... More
MET Computer Science Department Appoints Cybersecurity Director
Metropolitan College has appointed Dr. Yuting Zhang as director of Cybersecurity programs. An assistant professor since 2011, Dr. Zhang has long played a significant leadership role at Boston University in the important field of security. As faculty coordinator of information security programs, she developed a proposal for a new joint... More
Inspired to Give Back, Steven Akers (MET’94) Names Three MET Offices
Through generous donations to Metropolitan College, alumnus Steven G. Akers (MET’94) has funded the naming of three offices in the BU MET building at 1010 Commonwealth Avenue: The Izabella Temkina Computer Science Chair’s Office The Annie Wilcox Applied Social Sciences Chair’s Office The Mabel A. Akers Administrative Sciences Chair’s Office The... More
American Heritage® Chocolate Grant to Support Gastronomy Research
Sweet! On July 13, 2021, the Master of Arts in Gastronomy program at Boston University’s Metropolitan College was awarded a Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Chocolate History Research Grant in the amount of $2,800. Winners were announced at a virtual event hosted by the Heritage Chocolate Society. The grant—named in honor... More
US Chamber of Commerce Recognizes Wine Studies Scholarship Sponsors Urban Grape with ‘Dream Big’ Small Business Award
Thanks in large part to reflecting “the core aspects of what makes businesses such a powerful source for good in their communities,” the founders of the BU Food & Wine Urban Grape Wine Studies Award for Students of Color were named the 2021 ‘Dream Big’ Small Business of the Year... More
New Data on Boston Crime a ‘Good Sign,’ Cronin Says
Nine months into 2020, the city of Boston had seen an alarming 45 homicides. That number is down to 32 this year, according to data recently released by the Boston Police Department. Speaking about the findings with WGBH, BU MET Associate Chair of Applied Social Sciences and Assistant Professor of... More
Urban Grape Award Founders Get Bold in Globe Series
TJ and Hadley Douglas, owners of Boston’s South End wine retailer Urban Grape and founders of the BU Food & Wine Urban Grape Wine Studies Award for Students of Color, were the subject of the latest entry in the Boston Globe’s Bold Type series, which spotlights Boston-area entrepreneurs dedicated to... More
City Planning Alum Helps Score Legislative Win for Home-Based Food Entrepreneurs
As a student in BU MET’s City Planning & Urban Affairs programs, Andree Entezari (MET’21) developed the know-how it takes to envision and execute practical solutions to challenges in urban life, through partnership and policy. So, when local regulations forbade Entezari from selling lavashak—the Iranian dried fruit snack made from... More
Out of Control: MET Lecturer Makes Sense of People and Weather
The world can be hard to understand, and the weather even harder. In a new Boston Globe “Ideas” editorial, Dr. Regina Hansen, faculty coordinator of the Metropolitan College online Undergraduate Degree Completion Program (UDCP) and master lecturer of rhetoric at BU’s College of General Studies, lent her perspective on the... More
Higher Education’s Biggest Challenge? Finding a Model that Meets the Demands of a Changing Workforce, MET Dean Zlateva Tells ‘Modern Campus’ Podcast
As dean of Boston University Metropolitan College (MET), Dean Tanya Zlateva is steeped in matters of online course delivery, development, and the means of bringing professional education approaches to traditional research university settings. In a conversation featured in a recent episode of Modern Campus’s “Illumination” podcast, Dean Zlateva explained that... More
One of the Internet ‘Founding Fathers’ John Day Lauded for Network Research Foresight
Few have a stronger command of the workings of internet architecture than BU Metropolitan College (MET) Master Lecturer in Computer Science John Day. When recent widespread outages to high-profile websites like Spotify, Reddit, and Twitter once more revealed the faults in the foundation of the digital superhighway that Day has... More
MET is Hiring! Part-Time Lecturer in Computer Science Sought
Boston University’s Metropolitan College is seeking applicants for part-time teaching positions in Computer Science with expertise in one of the following disciplines: Data Analytics Software Development Candidates with strong backgrounds in other related areas are also encouraged to apply. Metropolitan College, one of the 17 degree-granting schools and colleges of Boston University, is... More