17 4 / 2013
17 4 / 2013
That’s UMass Journalism student Amy Chaunt, class of ‘13, left, and Daniel Rodriguez, class of ‘15, right, with CNN’s Anderson Cooper after his lecture at Smith College earlier this week.
16 4 / 2013
Check out this really interesting infographic from the New Yorker that charts income inequality stop by stop along NYC Subway routes.
16 4 / 2013
Vigil at UMass at 10 p.m. Tuesday for Boston Marathon Bombing
There will be a vigil tonight at 10 p.m. at UMass’s Haigis Mall for the Boston Marathon Bombing. Click through for the Facebook event page.
15 4 / 2013
‘There are a lot of people down’: Dozens injured as two ‘huge’ explosions rock Boston Marathon
Two explosions shattered the finish of the Boston Marathon on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry away the injured while stragglers in the 26.2-mile race were rerouted away from the smoking site.
Fox News is reporting that police say three are dead, as spectators said they saw people being carried off with lost limbs.
Police have not indicated what the source of the two explosions could be.
Competitors and race volunteers were crying as they fled the chaos. Bloody spectators were being carried to the medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
11 4 / 2013
Check out this HTML5 multimedia piece in Switchboard Magazine about two engaged Marines, back from Afghanistan and now studying at UMass.
We’ve been talking with Charlie and Mike about their time in the military, their guns, and their transition back to college life since early February. Today we’re excited to bring you ‘Outside the Wire’, an interactive web story about a pair of engaged Marines that go to UMass.


