My online reputation, as I expected, isn’t overly strong. When I typed my name into Google, the results weren’t heartening. The top results were related to Jack Mitchell, the photographer, who was apparently a pretty big deal. For this reason,…
African-American student enrollment at the University of Connecticut has been steadily rising over the last 10 years. But in most years, female African-American students outnumbered male African-American students. The increasing number of African-American students at UConn falls in line with…
“When the World Ends” is a song by Dave Matthews Band, a group led by Dave Matthews, a South African-born alternative rock musician who rose to fame in the 1990s. It first appeared on “Everyday,” a 2001 album by the…
Alban Murtishi, a 19-year-old fifth-semester UConn economics major from Danbury, Conn., said that while there are many things he likes about Connecticut, he will go where the jobs and opportunities take him after graduation. That willingness to migrate runs counter…
The outlook for journalism on the Internet, both now and moving forward, remains foggy and uncertain. Over the last six or seven years, journalists have seen their tradition role as “gatekeeper” gradually disintegrate, and keeping track of who produced content and…
It’s not often that I’m able to listen to anything that’s an hour long, especially if it’s a news-oriented podcast. Usually I can only bear a couple of episodes of a TV show or a good movie or documentary, but…
Sierra Leone recently emerged from a three-day, nationwide lockdown that lasted from Sept. 19–21, a measure that the country deemed a success. The lockdown arose out of the country’s desperate hopes to muffle the spread of the Ebola virus, which has wreaked havoc…
1. Death, Suffering, and now the Economy WHO — The people of the West African nations affected by the Ebola epidemic, predominantly Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. WHAT — The economic ramifications of the outbreak, which has already resulted in over…
Re/code, the tech arm of CNBC, reported news from Apple’s highly anticipated Live Event on Tuesday in a methodical, organized way, posting stories about each of the company’s new products as they were announced and later fleshing them out with probing…
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