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Supply Chain Lecturer Peter Mayer was recently interviewed by The Daily Free Press concerning the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, telling the student-run paper, “These political, social things that we call ‘risk’ have actually created more opportunity” for future leaders in the industry.
In recognition of her ongoing support and mentorship of students pursuing futures in innovation, Metropolitan College Senior Lecturer Dr. Megan M Trainor won the Henry Morgan Award at Innovate@BU’s 2026 Innovators’ Night.
Congratulations to BU MET Senior Associate Dean Lou Chitkushev, who has been named to the Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis Oversight Council by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, where he will help oversee the budget of the agency tasked with “promoting a transparent and equitable healthcare system across the Commonwealth.”
“AI is pushing finance education to more closely resemble modern practice: data-driven, model-based, and explicitly ethical.” Read the fascinating interview with BU MET Professor of Finance Irena Vodenska as she examines the role of AI in finance education, and the critical issues it raises like bias, fairness, systemic risk, skill erosion, and academic integrity versus authentic learning.
Congratulations to Food Studies & Gastronomy Director Megan Elias, whose recent book, “Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food (with Recipes),” was named a Lambda Literary Awards finalist, in the LGBTQ+ Anthology category.
New York City is under new leadership, after the 2025 election of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and that means there is the opportunity for new ideas to power the city’s solutions. One age-old challenge, an inflated city budget, has brought renewed energy to the conversation around the city’s parking policy, which has long been unique among […]
Following research conducted at MET’s DSLab, and spinning out of coursework from the supply chain management capstone course, MSSCM graduate Ruthairut Wootisarn (MET'24) and MSABA graduate Jingran Xu (MET'23), both current PhD candidates, worked with Associate Professor of the Practice John Maleyeff to author a paper on “simheuristics” and how they can be used to improve public transport repair.
With a heavy heart, BU MET announces the passing of Food & Wine Programs Founding Director Rebecca Alssid—a pivotal force in the academic study of food, a longtime pivotal contributor to the BU MET community, and the founder of the Evergreen Program.