2014 MET grad connects consumers to a handier kind of health care
As marketing and PR manager for American Well, a Boston-based company, Catherine Anderson (COM’10 and MET’14) is putting more convenient health care in the hands of people from coast to coast. As BU Today explains, her job is to spread the word about an app that enables video calls with... More
Potter Palmer on Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee Testing
Potter Palmer, director of MET’s Food & Wine Experiential Programs, provides expert insight in the recent Boston Globe article, “Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee Tester Has Clout.” He explains that while building a system for taste-testing coffee and other foods and beverages isn’t difficult, subjectivity can be a challenge. “The science of... More
BU’s Own Potter Palmer Named Food & Wine Director
Potter Palmer, formerly a lecturer in MET’s Master of Liberal Arts (MLA) in Gastronomy Program, has been appointed director of Food & Wine Experiential Programs. But his Boston University roots run even deeper: he’s a graduate of both the MLA program and our own Certificate Program in Culinary Arts. As Associate Dean... More
Mastrorilli cited on what sets an online criminal justice education apart
Mary Ellen Mastrorilli, faculty coordinator for MET’s online Master of Criminal Justice Program (MCJ), was recently quoted by U.S. News and World Report on “What to Expect Out of an Online Program in Criminal Justice.” She mentions BU’s weekly posting requirement as one powerful way to keep students engaged. “You... More
MET Professor Quoted on Juggling College, Home, and Work Life
Given the challenges of balancing grad school and other responsibilities, it’s important to be committed right from the start. That’s the advice Richard G. Maloney, PhD, assistant professor and director ad interim of Metropolitan College’s Arts Administration Program gives prospective students in the 2015 issue of Graduate College & Universities. More
New, Online Pre-Analytics Lab Preps Students for Advanced Data Studies
A basic understanding of business analytics is the gateway to advanced analytic studies, and to deep managerial insight. Pre-Analytics Laboratory (AD 100), a hands-on course offered by the Department of Administrative Sciences, immerses BU graduate students in an “interactive working environment’’—to get them ramped up for in-depth data analytics classes. More
Planning for Urban Resilience: Housing and Education for Vulnerable Communities
With Dr. Shomon Shamsuddin Thursday, February 26 at 2:30 PM 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 264 (Lab 1) Shomon Shamsuddin is a National Poverty Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. His research explores how institutions define social problems and develop policies to address urban inequality. His... More
MET’s Regan Explains Why the T Broke and How to Fix It
Terrance Regan, a MET adjunct professor of city planning and urban affairs, is using the current snow-related breakdowns in the Green Line and other MBTA services as a prime teaching moment. Read more » More
Middle Eastern Food and the Making of an Israeli National Cuisine
By Dr. Ari Ariel Tuesday, March 3 at 1:00 PM 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 109 Ari Ariel is a visiting assistant professor at the University of Iowa. He has a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern studies from Columbia University and a diploma in Classical Culinary Arts from the French Culinary Institute (now the International... More
The Rise of a “New Style Cuisine” in 19th Century Istanbul: A Historical Analysis of Ottoman Cookbooks
By Dr. Özge Samancı Friday, February 27 at 10:30 AM 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 121 Dr. Özge Samancı is Assistant Professor of food History in the Gastronomy and Culinary Arts Bachelor Degree program in the Faculty of Fine Arts, Yeditepe University in Istanbul, Turkey. She holds a PhD in history and Civilizations from... More
Advocacy in Action: Understanding the influence of advocacy organizations on local affordable housing policy in the U.S.
By Anaid Yerena Monday February 23, 2015 at 2:30pm 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 109 Anaid is an architect, planner, and researcher who investigates public participation processes and activities related to housing and community development. Her research has a strong community-based component that provides knowledge to advocate for and empower disenfranchised groups. As an... More
Cultural “Other” in Colonial New England: The Duality of Maize
By Dr. Karen Bescherer Metheny Tuesday, February 24 at 2:00 PM 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 109 Karen Bescherer Metheny, PhD, is a Lecturer for the Gastronomy Program, Metropolitan College, Boston University and Visiting Researcher in the Department of Archaeology at Boston University. She is senior editor of Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia (July... More
Policy Networks, Urban Economic Development, and the Arts
Photo: flickr/Harvey Barrison By Richard Maloney Thursday, February 19, 2015 1:30–2:30 PM 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 109 Rich is Assistant Professor of Arts Administration and Director ad interim of the Arts Administration program where he teaches classes in performing arts management, fundraising, internship, the art world and comparative cultural policy. As a professional musician, he has... More
Cooking as Cultural Security: Change and Continuity in Indigenous Foodways
With Dr. Ariela Zycherman Tuesday, February 17, 2015 1–2 PM 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 109 Introduced by Shea Cronin Ariela Zycherman is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Texas Christian University, and Adjunct Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Department of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of... More
Class Notes—January 2015
Brian Yates (MET’74) of Newton, Mass., is an alderman-at-large from ward five in Newton. Visit aldermanbrianyates.org. Jeffrey Arsenault (MET’85) of Old Greenwich, Conn., is the founder and principal of Old Greenwich Capital Partners, a New York-based investment management company. Jeffrey is a member of the Boston University Athletic Council, the Metropolitan College Dean’s... More