Award-Winning Father/Daughter Gastronomy Pair Keep MET Tradition Alive, Proud
Gastronomy, and a sense of the exceptional, must run in the Long family blood. Madeline Long (MET’18), an alum of what is now BU MET’s MA in Gastronomy program, is putting her degree to good use. She owns two cafés in the lakes region of New Hampshire, and one of them, More
When It Comes to Cybercrime and Defense, AI a Double-Edged Sword, 6th Annual White Hat Conference Finds
“AI is both a driver of innovation and a disruptive force in cybersecurity,” says Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity Director Kyung-shick Choi, who recently led the 2025 White Hat Conference in León, Spain. Read all about the conference. More
City Planning & Urban Affairs Lecturer Puts Boston’s Economic Future, Challenges Under the Microscope
City Planning Lecturer James O’Connell recently wrote a book, Boston and the Making of a Global City. His forecast for the city is fraught: while Boston has strong qualities working in its favor, its housing and public transit challenges could hold the region back. More
MET-Led Team Wins Department of Defense-Sponsored Cyber Games Competition
A team representing BU’s Metropolitan College emerged victorious at the annual Cyber Games Competition, put on by the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity. It marked the second straight year BU MET’s team placed in the regional event. More
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