November 3, 2020
Paul Niekamp, an economics professor, tells Inside Higher Ed that student travel has already been blamed for spreading COVID-19 and Thanksgiving travel may produce similar results.
October 12, 2020
Story notes a study by Paul Niekamp, an economics professor. He found that student travel contributed to the spread of COVID-19 last spring.
June 18, 2020
College students who traveled to popular spring break destinations likely contributed to the spread of COVID-19 on college campuses and in surrounding communities, a recent Ball State University study suggests.
April 3, 2017
Story provides a behind-the-scenes look at a group of Ball State students has helped feed the NCAA’s Twitter accounts by monitoring social media posts about March Madness games and curating relevant content. Note: Placement is due to a story idea developed and distributed by UMC’s media team.
December 12, 2014
Story quotes Gary Pavlechko, director of teaching technology in the office of educational excellence.
August 15, 2014
Cathy Day, English professor, pens a guest column.
June 4, 2014
Amid a national push by gun advocates to permit concealed carry on campuses, a new poll of college presidents found that 95 percent of them oppose measures to allow concealed weapons on campus.
November 5, 2012
Stephanie Hedge, a graduate student in the Department of English at Ball State University, penned a guest column about why to consider using tablets to teach and how to use them appropriately.