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Senior Elizabeth Erwin began interning on the 100k Mentor Challenge app in June. (Jillian Rush/The News)

Senior encourages students to participate in app

October 28, 2020

Cady Stribling Features Editor [email protected] Elizabeth Erwin, senior double major in public relations and international studies, had...

New app in development may solve Murray State's parking problems

New app in development may solve Murray State’s parking problems

May 5, 2017

Story by Lindsey Coleman, Staff writer   Overcrowded, hectic campus parking lots may have finally met their match: two graduating seniors and...

Rife creates web program to check statistics in reports

Rife creates web program to check statistics in reports

October 21, 2016

Story by Michelle Hawks, Contributing writer Sean Rife, assistant professor of Psychology, created a web program that will allow psychologists to check...

Murray State catches latest Pokémon Go wave

Murray State catches latest Pokémon Go wave

August 23, 2016

By Da'Sha Tuck, Staff writer  When a new semester begins, students are pulled in several directions, but this year, one thing brought them together:...

Yik Yak

Yik Yak

April 21, 2016

Nahiomy Gallardo/The News

LiveSafe outpaces call box technology

March 17, 2016

Story by Alicia Steele, Staff writer Since the activation of the LiveSafe app in August, Public Safety and Emergency Management has received more...

McKenna Dosier/The News
Tinder allows people to find other singles in their area with just the right swipe of a finger.

Swipe right delight

September 4, 2015

Story by Kayla Harrell, Contributing writer Ryan Mahoney, Murray State sophomore from Owensboro, Kentucky, started using Tinder when the app...

Photo illustration by Chalice Keith/The News
LiveSafe is a free app which allows users to connect to emergency services, report tips and virtually follow friends – all in the palm of their hand.

LIVING SAFE

August 28, 2015

Story by Courtney Scoby, Contributing writer Murray State students now have access to a new tool that links directly to local public safety officials:...

New app turns photos into movies

March 5, 2015

A free app, released Wednesday, will allow phones and tablets to become mini-movie editors using nearly any kind of media – photos, GIFs, Vines and video. The...

Photos courtesy of Jon Burdon
Socialcoaster is a mobile app designed to connect people and create online micro-communities based on shared interests.

Murray grad designs app to bring people together

January 16, 2015

Are you having a hard time finding friends with common interests? There’s an app for that. Two Murray State graduates have come together with a team...

 graphic by Summer Bush/The News

Rising Racer Nation

September 26, 2014

Racer Nation, an app that has the potential for great things, hit the app stores Sept. 25, said Vice President of Institutional Advancement Jim Carter. The...

Hunter Harrell

Yakkity Yak

September 26, 2014

I’m sure Yik Yak has been in the news enough that I don’t have to tell you about this application. The app has caused uproars on our own campus, and...

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