BU MET’s 2025 Commencement a Day for Inspiration
At this year’s Commencement address, 2025 MET Distinguished Alumni Award winner Michael McCabe (MET’87,87) told graduates that when a fellow BU alum is in need, “Take the call,” and see the favor returned.
Mass. Megaproject Boss Credits MET with Career Success
Luisa Paiewonsky (MET’96) has a big job. In fact, as the executive director of megaprojects for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you might say she’s got the biggest one around. A Master of City Planning alum, she’s currently managing two $500 million assignments for the state: first, she’s tasked with overseeing the construction of two new […]
Award-Winning Father/Daughter Gastronomy Pair Keep MET Tradition Alive, Proud
Gastronomy, and a sense of the exceptional, must run in the Long family blood. Madeline Long (MET’18), an alum of what is now BU MET’s MA in Gastronomy program, is putting her degree to good use. She owns two cafés in the lakes region of New Hampshire, and one of them, her business Cup & […]
Global Marketing Management Alum Parth Mutha Named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List for Soy-Snack Promunch
Parth Mutha (MET’24), the MSGMM graduate responsible for the soybean snack business Promunch, has been named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30: Asia” list. Join us in congratulating him for this success!
Innovation Conference to Continue Growing Thanks to Gift from Distinguished MET Alum
Thanks to a gift made by BU MET alum and Dean’s Advisory Board member Cynthia Cohen, Innovate@BU’s IDEA Con will be funded for five years. Please join us in thanking Cynthia for her generosity!
Fallen Marine Officer, a MET Alum, Honored by US Navy as Ships Named After Her
US Marine Major Megan McClung (MET’06), who completed her master’s in criminal justice online at MET while deployed in Iraq before passing away in 2007, will be memorialized by the Navy as a class of landing ships is named in her honor.
MET Alum Named New NASA Acting Administrator
Janet Petro—an alum of MET’s since-retired business administration program—has been named acting administrator of NASA by the Trump administration.
After Years Online, Gastronomy Alum Opens Brick-and-Mortar Cheese Shop
Gastronomy master’s alum Kimi Ceridon (MET’15) has taken her business, Life Love Cheese, to the next level by opening a storefront in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Get to Know the New Boss of Boston’s Boch Center
This October, Casey Soward (MET’09) took the reins as president and CEO of the Boch Center, the nonprofit group responsible for some of Boston’s most storied performance centers.
MET CPUA Alum Wins Outstanding Paper Award
Congratulations to Master of Urban Affairs graduate Jinwon Jeon (MET’23), who won the Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law’s 2024 Literati Award for Outstanding Paper for his paper “Methodology and framework of comparative urban planning law.”