Spring Pépin Lecture Series offers Global Perspectives on Food
The Pépin Lecture Series at Boston University is your chance to learn from some of the world’s foremost gastronomy and food studies experts, free of charge. Sponsored by the Jacques Pépin Foundation, these lectures explore issues of the day through the prism of food. This spring’s slate of Pépin lectures features... More
MET Computer Science Student Wins Top Prize at BU Innovation Awards
An app that simplifies the circuit design process made a winner of one MET student at this year’s BU Spark! Fall 2021 Demo Day, held in December. Harunobu Ishii (MET’22), who is pursuing his Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS) with a concentration in Data Analytics, was part of the... More
How Catholic Symbolism, Mysticism Feeds Horror in Mass Media
Hollywood has a long tradition of drawing inspiration from diverse sources, but according to Dr. Regina Hansen, editor of Giving the Devil His Due: Satan and Cinema, one of the movie industry’s favorite creative wellsprings is the Catholic Church, thanks in large part to the religion’s relationship with the supernatural. Writing... More
International Students Get Warm Introduction to Vital American Cultural Institution: S’mores
There’s something of a new annual tradition among the students of American Institutions and Culture (MET MG 545), thanks to BU MET lecturer Jamie Robertson. As part of the course’s primer on American history and culture, its cohort of visiting MET International students have also gotten introduced to a classic, More
Urban Grape’s TJ Douglas Interviewed in Yankee Magazine
On October 28, 2021, TJ Douglas—owner of Boston’s South End wine retailer Urban Grape with his wife and business partner Hadley—was featured in Yankee Magazine’s “Weekends with Yankee Q&A.” In the Q&A, TJ discusses his approach to making wine approachable and accessible to those of us who fall between “connoisseur”... More
For Decade of Service, Associate Professor Canan Gunes Corlu Wins INFORMS Meritorious Award
BU MET Associate Professor Canan Gunes Corlu has been recognized by the leading international association for professionals in operations research and management science, INFORMS, for her decade of exceptional dedication and leadership within the organization. INFORMS President Stephen C. Graves, of MIT’s Sloan School of Management, presented Dr. Corlu with... More
How Health Equity Relies on Health Literacy
The language of healthcare can be hard to understand. For those with basic or marginal health literacy, it can even be a hazard. At last month’s annual meeting of the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD), Leigh Curtin-Wilding, director of the BU MET Health Communication program, shared insights on the evolution... More
With LVNGbook, Gastronomy Alum Shaun Chavis Provides Custom Guide to Eating Healthy
Eating and cooking are personal endeavors. Not only do we each have our distinct cultures and individual preferences as they relate to food, there’s also the element of health to consider, like dietary restrictions and allergies. Enter LVNGbook, a platform that helps users build their own custom cookbook, tailored to their... More
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