MET Arts Administration Director Joins Cultural Conversation at NYU
Lanfranco Aceti, director of Metropolitan College’s Arts Administration program, visited New York University earlier this year to participate in a public forum discussion regarding the increasingly conflicted relationship between citizens and state hierarchies as a result of modern financial and social upheaval. Read more about the event, entitled “Cut Loose: On... More
MET Student Memorializes Holocaust Victims
In observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Metropolitan College student Lea Benarousse participated in a public reading of the names of victims—a moment which was captured as part of BU Today’s Close Up photo-series. Visit BU Today for more.
Chef “Egg-splains” Lessons Learned from Julia Child at BU
Iconic chef, author, and television personality Julia Child, who co-founded the Metropolitan College programs in both Culinary Arts and Gastronomy, inspired countless epicures to try their hand at French-style cooking. In the Boston Globe, famed Boston chef and restaurateur Gordon Hamersley (CGS’71, SED’74) recalls being recruited by Child (Hon.’76) to... More
Speaker Announced for MET Commencement 2016
Ira D. Cohen (MET’07) will be the speaker at the 2016 Commencement ceremony for Boston University Metropolitan College. Mr. Cohen is a managing director and board member of Signal Hill Capital, the largest investment-banking firm in the U.S. that focuses on technology, media, and telecom for growth companies. Respected as one... More
CPE Program Head Discusses Value of Court Interpreters
For legal interpreters, nearly every day is their day in court. Michael O’Laughlin, director of the interpreting certificate program at BU's Center for Professional Education, was recently quoted in the Boston Herald championing the value of court interpreters. Along with legal interpretation, the Center for Professional Education offers certificate programs in... More
Professors Channel Energy into Problem-Solving Climate Change
MET City Planning & Urban Affairs program coordinator Dr. Madhu Dutta-Koehler was part of a fourteen-professor panel on climate change and environmental policy held at the Rafik B. Hariri Building earlier this month. The symposium, part of the “Research on Tap” lecture series, saw BU educators present relevant findings and... More
Anthropologist, Food & Wine Instructor Dishes on History of Chinese Food in Boston
Many American cities have their own “Chinatown” neighborhoods, but do they also have their own varieties of Chinese food? And how did they come to be? BU Anthropology Professor Merry White weighed in on the history of Boston’s Chinatown, and the characteristics of regional food, on WBUR—sharing insight into those dishes... More
Chef, Author, and MET Instructor Pierre Thiam Champions Senegalese Delicacies
Chef, restaurateur, and author Pierre Thiam has made a career introducing the world to the flavors of his native Senegal. Thiam, who wrote the first Senegalese cookbook to be published in the English language, recently taught a Metropolitan College Food & Wine seminar in which he demonstrated the deep, multifaceted... More
Women’s Prisons in Dire Need of Reform, Says MET Expert
Amid the growing national sentiment that America’s prison system are in drastic need of reform, one area that demands greater attention, according to a Metropolitan College expert, is addressing the unique challenges faced by incarcerated women. Assistant Professor Danielle Rousseau teaches in MET’s criminal justice graduate program, ranked as the... More
MET Biology Teacher Examines the Visualization Process of the Human Mind
Neuroscientist Dr. Andrey Vyshedskiy, who teaches undergraduate biology at MET, is at the head of groundbreaking research into the science of the imagination. His experiments in “mental synthesis,” which have drawn attention worldwide, reveal fresh insights into the neurological mechanisms that allow the human brain to conjure new images. Read about... More
MET Administrative Studies Alum Receives Prestigious Finance Award
Daniel Miele (MET’00) has been named a 2016 Five Star Wealth Manager, an honor awarded to those financial advisors that exhibit excellence in their field and meet requisite criteria which includes objective assessments of client retention rates, client assets administered, and a favorable regulatory and complaint history. Miele, an alumnus... More
Incarceration Specialist and Criminal Justice Professor Debunks Solitary Myths
Solitary confinement for inmates may be a controversial practice, as the phrase can conjure images of borderline cruel and unusual isolation, but according to MET professor and incarceration authority Dr. Mary Ellen Mastrorilli, the way prisons actually utilize “solitary” is essential, and greatly misunderstood. “Restrictive housing is a necessity in... More
Former MET Dean Says BU’s Top Marks on Federal Test Prove School to be “Financially Solid”
Boston University has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a model of financial responsibility, receiving a perfect score in a recent survey conducted by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The study examined the way both for-profit and not-for-profit private institutions of higher education allocate federal funds and... More
War on Drugs Innovator & MET Alum Campanello Joins School of Public Health Seminar
Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello (MET’05), who has been hailed as a trailblazer for his unconventional approach to combating the opiate crisis, lent his expertise to BU’s School of Public Health for a seminar entitled The Opioid Epidemic: Why Cops Are Sending People with Addiction to Treatment Instead of Jail. More
MET Criminal Justice Expert Cited in Cop Profiling Report
Boston police may be making progress in resolving the racial disparities among those they stop and frisk, but according to a MET professor of Criminal Justice, the purported improvement in profiling practices is being overblown by the department. Read the remarks by Assistant Professor Shea Cronin at ABC News.