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We’re proud to be offering the first MOOC at UMass...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:59:28 -0400

We’re proud to be offering the first MOOC at UMass Amherst, a course called “Building a Basic Website.” Check out the course page if you’re interested!

Via doree, here’s a list of 65 Books You Need To Read In...

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:37:09 -0400

Via doree, here’s a list of 65 Books You Need To Read In Your 20s from Buzzfeed if you’re looking for some summer reading!

Check out photos of Journalism and Communication graduates at...

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:13:09 -0400

Check out photos of Journalism and Communication graduates at the SBS Graduation Ceremony on May 11. Photo above by Brian McDermott.

Here’s a picture from the archive of the campus pond...

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:50:34 -0400

Here’s a picture from the archive of the campus pond before the bridge and the Fine Arts Center lobby. Photo posted by f***yeaumass.

Congratulations, UMass graduates! Photo...

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:01:21 -0400

Congratulations, UMass graduates! Photo by speakofmeinpresenttense.

In most states, the highest paid state employee is a sports...

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:44:50 -0400

In most states, the highest paid state employee is a sports coach– but not in Massachusetts, where the Chancellor of the Medical School has that distinction. The graphic is via Deadspin.

Here’s a Watergate Video Game, where you play Bob...

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:13:00 -0400

Here’s a Watergate Video Game, where you play Bob Woodward. It’s 8-bit and a little bit nuts.

It’s the last day of classes! Photo by dont-bottle-me-up.

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:20:21 -0400

It’s the last day of classes! Photo by dont-bottle-me-up.

Check out this week’s Monday Memo, with information on...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:02:00 -0400

Check out this week’s Monday Memo, with information on Commencement. And seniors, join us Thursday, May 2, a noon for the Senior Lunch, with Bub’s BBQ and free t-shirts! Photo of UMass cake by girlwithatruck.

Check out UMass Amherst Economics graduate student Thomas...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:25:00 -0400

Check out UMass Amherst Economics graduate student Thomas Herndon on The Colbert Report last night. Herdon’s paper debunked a study by two Harvard economists often cited by those who wanted austerity government policies– in part because he found a spreadsheet error.

Here’s this week’s Monday Memo. Photo...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:35:34 -0400

Here’s this week’s Monday Memo. Photo by ammiemahmood.

usatodaysports: Touching tribute from UMass.

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:41:00 -0400

usatodaysports:

Touching tribute from UMass.

mediaite: 25 Haunting Photos Of Boston Under Lockdown

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:40:35 -0400

mediaite:

25 Haunting Photos Of Boston Under Lockdown

Here are photos from the April 16 vigil at UMass Amherst for the...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:44:00 -0400

Here are photos from the April 16 vigil at UMass Amherst for the Boston Marathon bombing taken by journalism student Shaina Mishkin.

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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:19:06 -0400

That’s UMass Journalism student Amy Chaunt, class of...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:01:29 -0400

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.

Check out this really interesting infographic from the New...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:30:36 -0400

Check out this really interesting infographic from the New Yorker that charts income inequality stop by stop along NYC Subway routes.

Vigil at UMass at 10 p.m. Tuesday for Boston Marathon Bombing

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:50:09 -0400

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.

nationalpost: ‘There are a lot of people down’: Dozens injured...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:04:38 -0400

nationalpost:

‘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)

Check out this HTML5 multimedia piece in Switchboard Magazine...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:50:41 -0400

Check out this HTML5 multimedia piece in Switchboard Magazine about two engaged Marines, back from Afghanistan and now studying at UMass.

switchboardmag:

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.

Check it out