City Planning & Urban Affairs Students Score Victory in Mobility Contest
Students in the City Planning & Urban Affairs program showed their preparedness to solve real-world challenges—like those they will face in their professional futures—earlier last month when they won the on-campus workshop contest designed to promote equality and access to those in need.. CPUA master’s students Alejandro Delgado and Luis Quintanilla... More
No Timetable for Certified Financial Planners at CPE
Becoming a Financial Planner through Boston University’s Center for Professional Education can take time. In fact, for financial journalist Robert Powell (COM’90), a 20-year hiatus was just a speed-bump between beginning the Financial Planning program and resuming his studies in preparation for the CFP® exam. Powell shared with MarketWatch readers that... More
Food Business is Booming, Says Gastronomy Alum
The food industry is growing in rapid and innovative ways, according to one MET alum, who says some businesses are even turning down opportunities for funding. After earning the Master of Liberal Arts in Gastronomy from BU, Natalie Shmulik (MLA’13) now serves a food business consultant at a Chicago-based food... More
MET Fundraising Expert Cautions Activists
Social activism is on the upswing, but a MET authority on high-end fundraising is urging advocates to be circumspect in the stands they take on where money-raising events should be held. Mary Simboski, who teaches in the Fundraising Management Graduate Certificate program, warned that once expensive venues have been booked... More
MET Alum Offers Advice to Developing Professionals
Michael McCabe (MET’86,’87) knows how essential lifelong learning is to a flourishing career. McCabe, who sits on the Metropolitan College Dean’s Advisory Board, transitioned from a career in engineering to one in computer science after getting his education at BU. Now a managing director at the world’s largest professional services... More
MET Criminal Justice Authority Says Treatment of Incarcerated Women Shapes Future
When it comes to criminal justice reform, women—who make up a relatively small but growing amount of the United States’ overall incarcerated population—get the short end of the stick. According to Boston University Prison Education Program Faculty Coordinator Danielle Rousseau, reform often overlooks the specific plight of female inmates. This... More
MET Lecturer Sour on Sugar Industry
The sugar industry would have you believe that there is no solid, specific link between sugar consumption and weight gain. But award-winning health and science journalist Gary Taubes, who recently delivered a lecture on the subject as part of MET Food & Wine’s Pépin Lecture Series, writes in the New... More
MET Night is Friday, January 27 at Agganis Arena
Join us as the BU Terriers take on the Merrimack Warriors. 5 p.m. / Pre-game Reception – Friends of Hockey Lounge 7:30 p.m. / Men’s Ice Hockey
Supply Chain Management Career Opportunities Put MET Graduate Certificate in Spotlight
The global economy has made navigating complex international networks more essential to businesses than ever and, according to Supply Chain Management Graduate Certificate program faculty director Dr. Canan Gunes Corlu, the management skills required for a career in this arena are now at an increased premium. Dr. Corlu told Boston.com that... More
Facing the Holidays in Prison
Dr. Mary Ellen Mastrorilli, associate professor of the practice and associate chair of Applied Social Sciences, was quoted in a Chicago Tribune article on families that face the holidays while a loved one is in prison. Dr. Mastrorilli, who spent two decades working in correctional facilities, and who is faculty... More
MET Instructor’s New Winery Gives Students a Taste of Winemaking
Certified Specialist of Wine Jacquelyn Groeper, who teaches in the Metropolitan College Certificate Program in Wine Studies—and who is also a graduate of the program—recently opened Artis Winery in Pembroke, Massachusetts. Her winery has already hosted MET’s Red Winemaking Laboratory—taught by Groeper and Master of Wine Bill Nesto—which offers lessons... More
MET Criminal Justice Veteran Elected Sheriff in Arizona
Lead facilitator of the Metropolitan College Master of Criminal Justice online program Mark Napier (MET ’04) has been elected sheriff of Arizona’s Pima County, which includes the city of Tucson. Napier, who has attributed past law-enforcement promotions to be the “direct result” of the master’s degree in criminal justice he earned... More
What Constitutes “Reasonable Suspicion”?
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Shea Cronin was quoted in a recent Christian Science Monitor article entitled “‘Reasonable suspicion’ defined: Black men who run from police can't be assumed guilty.” The article outlines a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that takes aim at racial profiling and states that black males... More
Corrections Expert Joins Community Effort to Reduce Racial Disparities
Dr. Danielle Rousseau, a Metropolitan College Criminal Justice professor and faculty coordinator of the Boston University Prison Education Program, will give a presentation on how the BU community can affect change in bringing greater harmony and equality to vulnerable populations, close achievement gaps, and promote positive social growth in the... More
MET Master of Wine’s History of Chianti Earns Global Respect
Programs in Food & Wine instructor Bill Nesto explores the history of Italy’s Chianti region and its signature wine in his recently penned book, Classico: The Search for Tuscany’s Noblest Wine—which the Boston Globe says “provides a jumping-off point toward discovering bottles [of Chianti] available here on shop shelves.” Nesto, a Master... More