Trauma Expert Champions Resilience in the Face of 2020 Holiday Blues
Today, the world is faced with common trauma. Associate Professor Danielle Rousseau, an authority on the roles trauma and mindfulness play in personal and social well-being, writes in Psychology Today that the ongoing global pandemic has brought about greater than usual burdens this holiday season, as many struggle with experiences... More
Chadwick Fellows 2019-2020
Recipients of the 2019-2020 Chadwick Fellowship are: Staff: The MET Analytics Team, compromised of Dalia Yassa, Anton Konovchenko, Michele Lok and Omkar Hagavane The MET Analytics Team, compromised of Dalia Yassa, Anton Konovchenko, Michele Lok and Omkar Hagavane, has the mission of supporting Metropolitan College with the data necessary to make analytically... More
Pandemic’s Most Impacted Meal? Lunch, Says MET Food Historian
As a historian, MET Director of Gastronomy Megan Elias takes the long view of the way society interacts with food. The author and associate professor of the practice put the midday meal in focus with her 2014 tome, Lunch: A History, and was recently interviewed by Quartz to shed light... More
Cybersecurity Alum’s New Book Weighs Social Engineering’s Impact on Hacking
Before coming to BU MET, Christopher Kayser (MET’16) wanted to take the career skills he already had and learn a new expertise with which to blend them, so he could foray into a new field. “My objective,” he says, “was to combine my extensive computer and financial markets background with... More
Chef Pépin Shares His Favorite Poem in BU Today
In a BU Today video, renowned chef and television personality Jacques Pépin (Hon.’11) recites his favorite poem, Rimbaud’s “Le Dormeur du Val” (“The Sleeper of the Valley”). The reading is part of the Favorite Poem Project, which was launched in 1997 by former poet laureate Robert Pinsky, a William Fairfield... More
While Boston Police Reform Ideas a Strong Start, MET Experts Say Greater Efforts Would Bring Greater Returns
Writing in the “POV” section of BU Today, BU MET Associate Chair of Applied Social Sciences and Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Shea Cronin and Rebecca Anne McKnight (MET’21), a graduate student in MET’s criminal justice program, offered their perspective on a new set of recommendations made by the Boston... More
Credit Cards Pose Dangers During Pandemic, Says MET Finance Director
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of everyone. According to Associate Professor Irena Vodenska, people with low credit scores are especially vulnerable. As Vodenska told WalletHub.com, “During an emergency, people’s credits could rapidly deteriorate, not due to irresponsibility or overspending, but rather due to adverse circumstances.” As MET’s director of... More
Triple Helping of Culinary Classes Bring Pépin Lecture Series Online
With his pivotal role in the launch and development of BU MET’s MLA in Gastronomy and Certificate in the Culinary Arts programs, legendary chef Jacques Pépin helped Boston University pioneer scholarly pursuits of the human science of food in the United States. Through the Pépin Lecture Series in Food Studies &... More
Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity Program Gets $430K Department of Justice Grant for Digital Evidence Education
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded a new block of grant funding to the BU Metropolitan College Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity graduate program, dedicated to aligning the development and refinement of programs in computer forensics and digital evidence with the emerging and ongoing needs of law enforcement agencies. With... More
Desire to Protect Vulnerable Youth Motivates Cybersecurity Student
Rossana De Gaspari, a student in MET’s Master of Science in Criminal Justice program, is featured as part of the Boston Globe’s “Aging Strong” series, which spotlights the achievements of those who continue to set ambitious, fulfilling goals as they get older. De Gaspari, a former school teacher who began... More
Supernatural Scholar Dishes on 2020’s Lunar, Timely, Scary Halloween
As author of “Supernatural, Humanity, and the Soul: On the Highway to Hell and Back,” Dr. Regina Hansen is an expert on all matters of Halloween, from its pagan origins through its modern celebration as a community candy swap. Dr. Hansen, faculty coordinator of the Metropolitan College online Undergraduate Degree... More
Rewarding Excellence—MET Hosts Virtual Award Ceremony
Each year at Commencement, Boston University’s Metropolitan College presents Awards of Excellence to undergraduate and graduate students, part-time faculty, and distinguished alumni. Though this year’s Commencement was postponed until May 2021, a virtual ceremony was held over Zoom on Thursday, October 1, 2020 for the presentation of the awards. “On-campus activities... More
MET Computer Science and Learning Team Authors New Tome on Best Practices in Online Education
Best Practices for Administering Online Programs, a new book to be published later this month by Routledge Press, is a collaborative effort by BU MET leadership, faculty, and staff that lays out the principles of one of the College’s major strengths: affordable, accessible, and scalable online learning. Digital, distance-based instruction is... More
The New Normal: Dean Zlateva Welcomes MET Students in Virtual Ceremony
Boston University’s Annual Matriculation Ceremony occurred on Sunday, August 30—and it was historic for being the University’s first virtual matriculation, another harbinger of the new normal unfolding amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Attending in person were Metropolitan College Dean Tanya Zlateva and the other BU college deans, along with top administrators... More
Words as Weapons: Heated Summer Brings New Relevance to MET Rhetoric Class
Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development Megan Sullivan’s MET course, Art of Rhetoric in Life and Work (MET IS 421), generally focuses on the power of writing, and how language can make an impact in our real world. But during this turbulent summer of 2020, as the world reckons... More