Boston University Receives Prestigious USDLA Distance Learning Award for Best Practices
The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) presented the Boston University School of Social Work (SSW) with the Platinum Award in Best Practices in Distance Learning Programming. The USDLA, a nonprofit association founded in 1987 as the nation’s leading distance learning organization, announced its 2014 International Distance Learning Awards in... More
Gastronomy Graduate, Reporter, and Personal Chef Catherine Smart in the Boston Globe
MLA Gastronomy graduate Catherine Smart, who has her own personal chef business, is also a frequent Boston Globe contributor. Recently, she reported on how renters with small apartments can achieve more workable kitchen space by renovating or adding small touches like magnetic knife strips, portable counter blocks, and overhead drying... More
MLA Gastronomy Student Michael Floreak Reports on Our Broken Food System
Michael Floreak, MLA Gastronomy Student and Boston Globe contributor, recently interviewed documentarian Laurie David, the producer of the Academy Award-winning climate change documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth.” This time around, David touches on the American food system, obesity rates, and fitness fads in “Fed Up.” Narrated by Katie Couric, the film... More
Andrew Bacevich, MET’s 2014 Commencement Address Speaker
Dean ad interim Tanya Zlateva will introduce MET’s 2014 Commencement Speaker: Dr. Andrew J. Bacevich, chair of international relations, professor of international relations and history; Boston University College of Arts & Sciences. More
MET’s Enrique Silva Helps Organize BU Pardee Event
Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Latin American Studies Program, and Initiative on Cities co-sponsored the event “Latin American Urban Experiences: Crisis, Creativity, and Renewal.” More
MET Professors Coauthor BU Today Article
In “POV: Memo to Boston’s Mayor on How to Fight Inequality,” two Metropolitan College faculty members examine how Mayor Marty Walsh can keep his promises to fight inequality in Boston. More
Arts Administration’s Daniel Ranalli and the Art of Museum Viewing
On Friday, April 11, Associate Professor and Director of Arts Administration Daniel Ranalli participated in the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement series “Fridays @ HILR.” During The Art of Museum Viewing, Ranalli, Harvard Art Museums Director Thomas Lentz, and Boston Globe art critic Sebastian Smee discussed the following questions:... More
Dr. Jay A. Halfond on Higher Education in Post-Conflict Societies
MET’s former dean and current Associate Professor of Administrative Sciences, Jay A. Halfond, wrote an article for New England Journal of Higher Education called “From Arab Spring to Academic Blossoming? Transforming Nations after their Liberation.” The article examines notions of higher education in post-conflict societies such as Libya, and how... More
MET Professor John Sullivan Quoted
An expert in health care policy, finance, and asset valuation, Administrative Sciences Associate Professor John Sullivan was quoted in an article in Crain’s Chicago Business on April 3. In an analysis of Chicago-area Highland Park Hospital’s decision to get out of the outpatient dialysis business, Sullivan observed that “Hospitals have... More
Lessons from the “Big Dig”: MET Professor on Syracuse Elevated Highway Project
WAER 88.3, Syracuse Public Media, mentioned a presentation by MET Assistant Professor of Administrative Sciences Virginia Greiman. Invited to address a Syracuse audience as part of “I-81 Speaker Series”—a series of discussions on the future of the elevated highway dividing Syracuse—Greiman shared her experience as deputy chief legal counsel and... More
MET Project Management Expert on Syracuse Viaduct
Photo: flickr/Doc Searls Assistant Professor of Administrative Sciences Virginia Greiman, an internationally recognized expert on mega-project management and infrastructure development, was invited to address a Syracuse audience as part of that city’s “I-81 Speaker Series.” Greiman offered insight on the Syracuse elevated highway project based on her experience as deputy chief... More
Boston Globe Highlights Culinary Arts Program 25th Anniversary Dinner
MET’s Certificate Program in the Culinary Arts—founded by Julia Child and Jacques Pépin—celebrated its 25th anniversary on Tuesday, March 25. For the event, some of the program’s chef-instructors— including Chris Douglass, Jeffrey Fournier, Michael Leviton, Barry Maiden, Janine Sciarappa, Jeremy Sewall, and John Vhynanek—recreated their favorite recipes. Read the Globe article.
MET Master of Wine Wins Book Award
On March 26, a book authored by Master of Wine Bill Nesto, an instructor in MET’s Wine Studies Program, and his wife Frances di Savino, won an André Simon Food and Drink Book Award. The book, The World of Sicilian Wine, was published by the University of California Press in... More
Collaborating Minds: CEU–MET Partnership
Madrid, Spain: Six faculty from the Metropolitan College (MET) Department of Administrative Sciences travel to Madrid annually to lead three intensive business modules on campus at the Universidad CEU San Pablo. Part of a firmly established collaboration between the Administrative Sciences department, MET International, and CEU, the modules are attended by... More
President Obama Appoints CPE’s Robert Glovsky
On March 11, 2014, Robert Glovsky, director emeritus of the Financial Planning Program offered through MET’s Center for Professional Education, was appointed to the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans. “It gives me great confidence that such dedicated and capable individuals have agreed to join this Administration... More