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Professor Vodenska Joins Bloomberg Podcast to Discuss Leveraging AI in Environmental, Social, and Governance Regulations

Finance Professor Irena Vodenska joined @BBGIntelligence’s ESG Currents podcast to discuss her latest ESG research findings and the ways AI and retrieval augmented generation can be used to better regulatory policy. More

Chef Jacques Pépin Recounts Life in Food as Part of NYT’s ‘Big Ideas’ Series

Chef Jacques Pépin, the trailblazing cofounder of BU MET’s Certificate in the Culinary Arts and MA in Gastronomy programs, recently authored a piece in the New York Times regaling readers with his personal history—a life dedicated to the championing of food’s value beyond mere nutrition. More

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! More

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. More

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! More

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. More

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. More

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. More

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. More

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! More

MET Shines in BU Global Photo Contest

Each year, Boston University Global Programs holds the annual Global Photo Contest, giving BU community members from all across the world the chance to capture the planet’s sprawling beauty on camera. This year, Metropolitan College represented itself exceptionally well, with both a student and faculty member earning recognition for their... More