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August 13, 2009

White Coat, an on-line Boston Globe health care blog, picked up our press release in our partnership with Dana-Farber. 

Criminal Justice Prof. Tom Nolan was interviewed on WBUR on the Boston Police Dept.’s efforts to diversify its ranks

August 5, 2009

Director of Lifelong Learning Rebecca Alssid is quoted on her friendship with Julia Child – in today’s Cape Cod Times. 

BU lecturer Jacques Pepin refers to Rebecca Alssid in this Daily Beast article on Julia Child. 

Criminal Justice Prof. Tom Nolan is quoted in today’s Providence Journal on patient privacy and the police.

August 3, 2009

With this week's opening of the new movie drawn from two books that focused on Julia Child’s breakthrough publication on French cooking, there have been several articles reminiscing about Julia Child, with comments from her friends and compatriots.  Rebecca Alssid, our director of lifelong learning, is quoted in this article that ran in the Washington Post.

August 2, 2009

In today's Boston Sunday Globe's Career Development and Education Supplement, Roxolana Sawchuk is quoted in the lead article on certificate programs:

Boston University Metropolitan College & Extended Education offers a culinary arts program that takes just 14 weeks to complete. Founded in 1989 under the guidance of Julia Child and Jacques Pepin, this program runs twice each year, starting in September and January, and provides instruction through lecture, demonstration, and hands-on cooking experience. Students also learn nutrition, food writing, the economics of running a restaurant, the study of wines, sanitation training, and more.

"Even in today's economy, restaurants remain a generator of jobs and careers," says Roxolana Sawchuk, director of marketing at the BU Metropolitan College & Extended Education. "This intensive, hands-on cooking program is taught entirely by working chefs and experts in the food industry."

July 31, 2009

Criminal Justice Prof. Tom Nolan is quoted in an article by the Cape Cod Times about an investigation controversy in New Hampshire. He is also quoted in the TIME article, "Brief History: Disorderly Conduct."

MET Psychology coordinator Thierry Guedj is quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on humor and motivation in the workplace.

July 29, 2009

Freight and Volume Gallery in New York City has opened its new exhibit entitled “Heartbreak Hotel,” which features new work from twenty-one artists, among them, Arts Administration Program Director Daniel Ranalli's I Have Lost, from his CHALKBOARDS series. The exhibit runs July 16 - September 12, 2009.  For more information, please visit www.freightandvolume.com.  Daniel’s great solo show this past spring of the CHALKBOARDS series at Gallery Kayafas in Boston was favorably reviewed in the current issue of Art New England. 

Both Criminal Justice Prof. Tom Nolan and CAS Prof. Allison Blakely were quoted in a recent Boston Herald article.

July 27, 2009

Criminal Justice Professor Tom Nolan has appeared in the following articles regarding the Gates/Cambridge Police controversy:

"Device a boon to police"
The Boston Globe, 7/26/09

"In risky field, suspicion is key tool, officers say"
The Boston Globe, 7/25/09

"'The Gates Case: When Disorderly Conduct is a Cop's Judgment Call"
TIME, 7/25/09

"Experts: Disorderly conduct rap 'ambiguous'"
The Boston Herald, 7/23/09

July 20, 2009

BU Today profiles Sharon Sergeant (MET ’83), who teaches the Genealogical Research program.  She talks about applying genealogical techniques towards debunking a Holocaust hoax.

July 15, 2009

Tom Shamshak, who directs our Professional Investigators program, appeared in this NH news broadcast on an unsolved murder.

July 6, 2009

Criminal Justice Prof. Tom Nolan was quoted in this Boston Herald article on steroid use by police officers.

Arts Administration Professor Rich Maloney serves as the President of the Board of Directors of an early music nonprofit organization, the Society for Historically Informed Performance. In this capacity he was interviewed extensively for an article that appeared in the Metrowest Daily Newspaper this past Thursday.

Sharon Sergeant, a MET alumna and instructor in CPE’s Genealogical Research program, appears in a major, fascinating feature on debunking fraudulent Holocaust memoires in the current issue of Bostonia.

Also in this same issue of Bostonia, an alumna of our culinary certificate program, Katherine DeWitt See, is profiled as a "top chef".

June 15, 2009

Criminal Justice Prof. Tom Nolan was quoted yesterday in the Boston Globe on the use of surveillance cameras in local towns.

June 11, 2009

This weekend’s conference on food styling, hosted by MET’s Gastronomy Program, was featured in today’s BU Today.

May 30, 2009

BU's summer pre-college programs are highlighted in this New York Times article, and  Summer Term Assistant Director Alexandra Adams is quoted.

Tom Shawshak, who directs our Professional Investigators Program, is quoted in this CNN article and video.

Rob Nahigian, who teaches Commercial Lease Analysis for CPE's Real Estate Program, has been appointed by Gov. Deval Patrick to the Mass Highway Real Estate Appraisal Review Board.

May 24, 2009

Steve Delaney, who teaches in our Urban Affairs/City Planning programs, was recently hired as Human Resources director in Danvers, a town where he has worked intermittently throughout his career. This Salem News article traces his municipal career path through various towns north of Boston

May 19, 2009

During the Psychology Department Convocation this past Sunday, a MET student, Alexander Su, was one of two EMTs who saved the life of a father of one of the graduating students who had gone into cardiac arrest. Alex Su had trained at BU to be an EMT and was hired by BUEMS two days before this event for his first shift and first call as an EMT. He had been trained by a current student in our MCJ program, Ray McGrath.

Tom Shamshak, who directs our private investigation program, is interviewed in this Fox piece on an unsolved NH murder.

May 10, 2009

MET Criminal Justice Professor Tom Nolan is quoted in this Cape Cod Times article involving missing records in an unsolved shooting.

May 4, 2009

New MET Programs are mentioned in Inside Higher Ed: Leadership, Career Colleges, Environmental Science, Law and Aging, Arts Education, Prosthetics and Orthotics (Brussels’ MS in Leadership referenced)

May 3, 2009

General Keith Alexander, a MET alumnus, will be nominated for a new position in the Obama administration to coordinate the defense of Pentagon computer networks and improve US cyberwar capabilities. General Alexander is currently director of the National Security Agency.

This article on legislating a "cold case" unit in New Hampshire appeared in citizen.com and quotes both Tom Shamshak, who directs our Professional Investigators program, and David Goldstein, who teaches Criminal Justice at MET

May 1, 2009

Janine Sciarappa, former assistant director of lifelong learning and current part-time instructor in our culinary programs, appeared in Prevention

BU's Daily Free Press wrote about the closing of Sargent Center for Outdoor Education

MET Dean Jay Halfond is quoted in this MSN.com article on distance
learning quality

April 29, 2009

The United States Lawyer Rankings for the year 2009 were just released yesterday and MET alumnus John J. Maalouf has been ranked as one of the Top 10 International Trade & Finance Lawyers in the United States for the 4th year in a row

April 21, 2009

Community outreach manager Katherine Meyer and MET student Jo An Blake appeared on the Boston Neighborhood Network News to discuss the new Scholarships for Parents. Jo An is our first scholarship recipient and tells her story

April 7, 2009

Criminal Justice Prof. Tom Nolan was quoted in today's Boston Globe on "Police guidelines posted online, fuel concern":

Robert J. Nahigian, who teaches Commercial Lease Analysis in MET's Real Estate Studies program, was honored with the 2009 James Felt Creative Counseling Award for his work on relocating, expanding and arranging for financing for the Abby Kelley Foster Charter School (AKFCS) in Worcester. The award was presented March 30 at The Counselors of Real Estate's meetings in New York City.

April 6, 2009

The new Spring issue of Bostonia has many mentions of MET people:

March 19, 2009

Professional Investigators program (CPE) director Thomas Shamshak has been frequently featured on the Nancy Grace Show (CNN) and other television news programs: http://www.shamshakpi.com/inthenews.htm

The Bay State Banner ran an article today about MET’s Scholarship for Parents program, in which both Katherine Meyer and Jessica Hill are quoted

March 16, 2009

Summer Term Assistant Director Alexandra Adams earned the front-page pull quote in the Sunday Boston Globe in an article that highlights our various high school summer programs: "After participating in our programs, students find their transition into college easy."

An article in the Sunday Boston Globe on graduate certificates features one of our alumnae, Priscilla Claman, and quotes both of us on the value of pursuing an academic credential especially during this recession. 

In the Sunday Boston Globe, in an article on medical education, USS Director Ellen Peterson is quoted on our post-baccalaureate certificate in pre-medical studies. This program is "quite rigorous" -- often to the surprise of the ten students we admit annually. 

March 11, 2009

Arts Administration director Daniel Ranalli’s current exhibit was reviewed in Boston Globe

Criminal Justice Professor Tom Nolan was quoted in the San Jose Mercury News

Thierry Guedj, METs psychology coordinator, was quoted in the Financial Times.

March 5, 2009

Daniel Ranalli’s Opening Reception @ 5:30 tomorrow evening at Gallery Kayafas (450 Harrison Avenue) is mentioned in today’s Boston Globe and also on the gallery’s web site: http://www.gallerykayafas.com/

Today's BU Today has a wonderful profile of our first two scholarship recipients in our outreach to local parents of school-age children

Richard Cravatts, director of our Program in Publishing, wrote this op-ed piece for the Jewish Press: http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/38319

The BU Daily Free Press recently examined the impact of higher education on the economy

February 25, 2009

Read a Salem News article on current Arts Administration student Jen Markham, who was also featured recently in the Boston Globe.

Richard Cravatts, director of MET's Program in Publishing, wrote this commentary for American Thinker

February 18, 2009

BU Today interviewed alumna Sharon Sergeant. Sharon received her undergraduate degree summa cum laude from MET in 1983 in Business Administration, and now teaches in our new Genealogical Research program. This is a fascinating story of a sophisticated Holocaust hoax that Sharon helped expose: http://www.bu.edu/today/2009/02/18/hoax-buster

February 17, 2009

In today's Boston Globe, Bob Glovsky, director of our Financial Planners program, was interviewed on personal finances during the recession

Thierry Guedj, who heads MET's psychology offerings, was quoted on MSNBC on February 11th on romance during the recession

February 12, 2009

In this past Sunday's Boston Globe Magazine, Sargent Center for Outdoor Education's Adventure Camp was featured as one of three "favorites" in New Hamphire

MET alumnus and Advisory Board member Andrei Soran, who heads MetroWest Medical Center, was quoted in today’s Boston Globe

MET alumna and Advisory Board member Mary Kennard, Esq., was interviewed in bisnow.com: http://www.bisnow.com/res.php?p=997

February 11, 2009

In today’s BU Today, History/Gastronomy Professor Tom Glick presents a slide show on the legacy of Charles Darwin whose bicentennial birthday is being celebrated at BU this evening (with a 200-candle cake provided by MET’s Gastronomy students) and tomorrow (with a provost’s colloquium):
http://www.bu.edu/today/2009/02/10/why-darwin-matters

Yesterday’s Boston Herald included an article on reasons to return to schools like MET

February 8, 2009

In today's Sunday Boston Globe supplement, both Associate Dean Tanya Zlateva and CS Chair Lou Chitkushev were quoted in an article on "Protecting our Digital Environment."

Also, CPE Publishing Program director Richard Cravatts published this recent online editorial

February 3, 2009

Enrique Silva is interviewed for his views on the economic recovery bill in BU Today

Director of CPE’s Professional Investigators Program Tom Shamshak continues to play a major role in the ongoing Molly Bish case, especially on Channel 25 News, as well as CNN.com:

Criminal Justice Professor Tom Nolan appeared recently in the Cape Cod Times, in stories on January 31 and February 3

January 28, 2009

Richard Cravatts, director of CPE’s Publishing Program, wrote this recent commentary

The January 24th Boston Globe front-page article on “Worried Workers Race to Retool,” quoted Metropolitan College's Dean, Jay Halfond:

Rob Rubendall was quoted extensively in the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript on “Sargent Center Closing in August”

Today’s BU Today featured the Sargent Center closing, along with the responses that this news is evoking

Tom Shamshak, Director, CPE’s Professional Investigator Program, appeared in an extended news story on the Molly Bish case last evening on Fox 25 News: http://media.myfoxboston.com/news/crimefiles.html

January 23, 2009

In the Tucson Citizen, psychology faculty coordinator Thierry Guedj was quoted yesterday throughout an article on "A layoff can be a path to a happier job": http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/fromtopemails/108350.php

Current Arts Administration student and Graduate Assistant Jennifer Markham, who is also the children’s coordinator at the Boston Ballet, was profiled in the Boston Globe

January 18, 2009

Richard L. Cravatts, Director of the Program in Publishing in MET's Center For Professional Education, published an eesay on "Is Gaza’s Islamic University an Educational Institution Academics Should Be Defending?" in the online History News Network, where he discusses academic boycotts of Israeli scholars: http://hnn.us/articles/59958.html

Criminal Justice Professor Tom Nolan was quoted on January 18th, in the Guardian in the UK. on "The End of Mob Rule"

January 16, 2009

MET’s Brussels alumnus, Tom Costello, has been even more visible in the news since yesterday's emergency plane landing.  He has been the major news correspondent at NBC commenting on this drama.  A sample broadcast:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#28689463

Dean Halfond was interviewed in a Fox Channel 25 segment on "Back to School on a Budget."

Terri Trespicio, who edits Body+Soul Magazine and teaches in CPE's Publishing Program, appeared on two TV segments: The Secrets of Healthy Aging on Fox 25 Boston and Happy Winter How-To on the Martha Stewart Show

January 13, 2009

Professor Vijay Kanabar was pictured and quoted in PMI Today on the academic qualities of our project management programs (click on “pages” and scroll down to page 13, and Vijay is to the left of page 13):
http://www.pmitoday-digital.com/pmitoday/200901open/

Vijay was also interviewed in the Westford Eagle newspaper on the value of project management in our economy:
http://www.wickedlocal.com/westford/news/x497781104/Project-management-looms-large-in-tight-economy

The Real Estate programs, offered by MET's Center for Professional Education, were featured in the Boston Herald.

January 8, 2009

Richard L. Cravatts,  director of our Program in Publishing at the Center for Professional Education, wrote this essay for The Jewish Press.
http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/37725

Professor Eric Braude is pictured and interviewed in an extensive article on MET's interactive media and game engineering graduate certificate in BU Today.

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