MET Criminal Justice Alum Police Chief Named Deputy Mayor in Colorado
Steven Christopher Noeller (MET’17), who earned his MS in Criminal Justice at BU’s Metropolitan College, has received a promotion by the mayor of Pueblo, Colorado. Already the city’s chief of police, Noeller will now serve as its deputy mayor. More
MET Criminal Justice Lecturer Advocates for Correctional Reform at Massachusetts State House
Like so many Metropolitan College instructors, James Matesanz brings to his criminal justice classroom a wealth of practical experience in the field. During his career, Professor Matesanz was a leader in corrections, serving as superintendent in the Department of Corrections and Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office. It’s a history that informs... More
Global Marketing Management Grad Earns ‘Profoundly Motivating’ BU Innovation Grant for Conscious Dining App
Ghazale Asadi Damavandi was one of seven winners of BU’s Sustainability Innovation Seed Grants on the strength of her “conscious dining” app, GreenFoodx. More
Master Lecturer Richard Maltzman Chats ‘Meeting Goblins’ on ‘Project Management Happy Hour’ Podcast
Richard Maltzman, BU Metropolitan College master lecturer and certified Project Management Professional, was recently a guest on the Project Management Happy Hour podcast, hosted by Raidlog CEO Kim Essendurp. More
Campus Climate Lab Awards Funding to Trio of MET Students for Research Effort in Support of BU Climate Plan
These students’ research will help BU facilities managers make critical decisions about what measures to take in planning for climate change. More
Conservation Nonprofit Founder Cites MET Degree for Business Acumen
Beth Allgood (MET’93) is the founder of OneNature, an organization dedicated to balancing human well-being with conservation efforts. She has extensive experience in the nature-oriented nonprofit field, but there’s one thing that sets her apart from her peers—her managerial expertise. More
Professional Genealogy Course Helps Researcher Unlock African American History
John Mills has been on a mission—he wants to help Black Americans like himself learn more about where they come from, even when the past is shrouded by injustice. More
Citing Art’s ‘Infinite Capacity for Reinvention,’ Arts Administration Director DeNatale Offers Positive Forecast for Evolving Field
Like so many spaces, the art world is in the midst of massive change. Technology, an evolving post-pandemic economy, and dynamic reevaluations of cultural norms are only among some of the disruptors facing the field. More
Criminal Justice Master’s Graduate Takes Post as University of Colorado Boulder Public Safety Head
Marlon Lynch (MET’05), who earned his Master of Science in Criminal Justice at BU’s Metropolitan College, was recently appointed associate vice chancellor for public safety at the University of Colorado Boulder. More
In First Year, Administrative Sciences’ Entrepreneurship & Technology Symposium Gathers Dozens of International Innovation Leaders
Innovation is like planting a seed—out of which we hope surprising beauty will come.” So said Irena Vodenska, MET’s chair of administrative sciences, at the inaugural Entrepreneurship & Technology Symposium, which gathered researchers from more than a dozen countries and nearly two dozen research institutions to “Explore New Challenges in Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship in Education. More
Food Business Launched by Global Marketing Management Student Gets International Distribution
Global Marketing Management master’s degree student Parth Mutha is believed to be the first BU student with a product available on Amazon—PROMUNCH, the vegetarian snack he launched during the pandemic. More
MET Online Master’s Programs Climb U.S. News & World Report Poll for 2024, with 3 Top-10 Placements
For the 11th straight year, Metropolitan College online master’s degree programs have been deemed among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. This year, three graduate programs netted top-10 ratings, with each climbing above last year’s rankings. More
Urban Affairs Award-Winning Graduate Takes Aim at Career in Higher Ed
Award for Excellence winner Corey Louis Coleman came to Boston University’s Metropolitan College (BU MET) with a clear set of goals. Motivated by the academic legacy of his grandfather, he wanted to take his career skills in the field of construction and amplify them with a Master of Urban Affairs, to further his ambitions to make an eventual transition into higher education and teaching. More
Computer Science Professor Earns $98K Grant to Improve Speech Recognition Technology
Assistant Professor Shengzhi Zhang, of the Metropolitan College Department of Computer Science, has been awarded a grant in the amount of $98,197 from Cisco as part of a project which will help build better speech recognition systems by improving the ways they deal with misidentified inputs. More
Cybersecurity Director Choi: In the Cybercrime Fight, Help Wanted
Every day, our lives become more and more interconnected through the digital space. From our phones to our bank accounts, our work lives to our personal ones, all of it can be accessed through technology—and not just by us ourselves. More