Blogging with Professor Jay Halfond
In August, Associate Professor of Administrative Sciences Jay Halfond (former dean of MET) published two posts to his ongoing Huffington Post blog—“An Encore Professor” and “The Innovation Seesaw.” Professor Halfond has been blogging insights on higher education since October 2012—you can read the blog here.
Professor Merry White Quoted in Film Review
BU Professor of Anthropology Merry White, who also lectures in MET’s Seminars in Food, Wine & the Arts, was quoted in the Boston Globe film review, “Clash of culinary cultures in The Hundred-Foot Journey.” White—along with another anthropologist, a French chef, a French-born university lecturer, a Francophile, and an Indian-American... More
MET: Revolutionizing Boston’s Wine Industry
Metropolitan College’s Wine Studies Program was credited for producing “many of the region’s leading wine trade experts and professionals” in Scott Saunders’ article for Meininger's Wine Business International, “Wine market to watch: Boston.” Quoted in the article are Wine Studies instructor and Master of Wine Bill Nesto, along with former... More
Chadwick Fellows 2014–2015
Faculty: Danielle Rousseau Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Danielle Rousseau will take two qualitative research trips to Haiti to evaluate the cultural translation, adaptation, and implementation of a Trauma-Informed Mind-Body (TIMBo) program developed in response to gender-based violence following the 2010 earthquake. Read more about Rousseau’s ongoing efforts in Haiti in Metropolitan’s Commencement... More
Learning from Boston’s Top Cop
A BU Today series examining the building blocks of education at BU recently profiled Boston Police Commissioner William Evans, who is teaching MET’s criminal justice course Policing in a Democratic Society. Evans, who this year received a Roger Deveau Part-Time Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, is spending six hours a week... More
Student of Health Communication Awarded Scholarship
MET congratulates student Angela Hasemann, RD, CSP, who received the Fuschia Lucille Johnson Memorial Scholarship from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation. Hasemann, who is earning her master’s in Health Communication online, is an outpatient pediatric dietitian for the Children’s Fitness Clinic at University of Virginia Children’s Hospital. The Academy... More
MET Online Course Wins Catalyst Award with Distinction
Blackboard’s Catalyst Award, Director’s Choice for Courses with Distinction, was given to Associate Professor and Chair of Computer Science Anatoly Temkin and Senior Instructional Designer Dan Hillman for Quantitative Methods for Information Systems, a core course in MET’s online master’s in Computer Information Systems. As defined by Blackboard, the Catalyst Award... More
MET Commencement 2014 and Speaker Dr. Bacevich
On Saturday, May 17, 2014, this year’s class of MET graduates received their diplomas. While the students are now moving on to the next steps in their lives, we won’t forget the great strides they made here at MET or how they’ve enriched this university. Dean ad interim Tanya Zlateva introduced... More
Sandy Block on Why Restaurant Wine Sales are Slow—and How They can Recover
At a recent conference, Masters of Wine and Vice President of Beverage Operations at Legal Sea Food Sandy Block revealed insights into why on-premises wine sales have fallen. “Customers don’t just want to eat and drink; they want to be entertained,” he said. “And cocktails and draft beer are more entertaining... More
Gastronomy Graduate Catherine Smart Among LDEI Legacy Award Winners
2010 Gastronomy graduate Catherine Smart is in the news once again—this time as an award winner! The food writer and personal chef is the first-ever recipient of the new 2014 Food and Wine Journalism award category—from Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI), which provides mentorship and hands-on experience to female culinary... More
Commissioner Evans on the Role of Police in a Democratic Society
Commissioner William B. Evans—who was recently appointed in that role, as well as awarded MET’s Roger Deveau Part-Time Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching—will teach Policing in a Democratic Society (MET CJ 750) over 2014 Summer Term 2 starting June 30. More
Academic Events—Spring 2014
Project Management in Practice Conference May 16, 2014 This year, the popular project management conference focused on women in the field. Feature addresses were made by Roberta Chinsky Matuson, Dean Tanya Zlateva, Professor Virginia A. Greiman, and Gina Abudi—all accomplished presenters, researchers and practitioners. Visit conference site Author's Reception May 2, 2014 In May, MET faculty... More
Ask a Boston Sommelier
Sandy Block—one of only 279 Masters of Wine worldwide—is Boston-based. He is Vice President of Beverage Operations at Legal Sea Foods and sits on the Executive Board at the Elizabeth Bishop Wine Resource Center where he developed (and still teaches) BU’s curriculum for the highly regarded Certificate Program in Wine Studies. More
Online MSCIS Concentration in Health Informatics Ranked #6
MET’s online degree concentration in Health Informatics—one of six concentrations offered through the College’s Master of Science in Computer Information Systems (MSCIS) program—was ranked #6 in “The 20 Best Online Master’s in Healthcare Informatics Degree Programs” by TheBestSchools.org. The rankings balance several weighted factors, including academic excellence, course offerings, accomplishment... More
MLA Gastronomy Student Leigh Shaplen on Family Biscuits in the Boston Globe
Leigh Shaplen, MLA Gastronomy Student and Boston Globe contributor, wrote an intriguing lifestyle article on her grandmother’s coveted dinner biscuits. The recipe was a fiercely guarded secret, prompting other family members to even search the trash for clues on the biscuit recipe’s origins. Read more here…