The Hechinger Report, an education news website, interviewed Saint Mary's Communication Professor Dan Leopard for an article on MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses). In the article "MOOCs keep getting bigger. But do they work?" which explores the effectiveness of MOOCs, Leopard questioned the growing acceptance of MOOCs by many in the fields of politics, education and journalism.  The Hechinger Report is a nonprofit, nonpartisan education-news outlet based at Columbia University's Teachers College. Its stories are carried by several major news outlets, including Time.com.

The New York Times recently spotlighted Saint Mary's alumna Paige Palmer '12. The newspaper's business section featured a story about how unemployed parents and their children are finding new employment opportunities by opening business franchises.

More than a half-dozen news outlets, including the NBC News web page, the San Francisco Chronicle, KGO-TV, KPIX-TV, KTVU-TV, KCBS radio and KGO radio, reached out to several Saint Mary's communicty members for faculty insight on, and student reaction to, the unexpected resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

Vatican Radio spoke with Saint Mary's Communication Professor Rev. Michael Russo about the re-election of President Barack Obama and the pressing concerns facing the 44th Commander in Chief in his second term. 

KTVU-TV reporter Jana Katsuyama visited Saint Mary's Dryden Hall to field student perspectives on the second presidential debate between Presid

In her ‘Happy Wanderer column, “LaMorinda vintners aim to boost reputation,” Bay Area News Group columnist and SMC Communication adjunct Ginny Prior gives a shout out to students in a travel journalism course.

The Madison Courier, the hometown newspaper of SMC’s Shawny Anderson, profiled the efforts of the communication professor, and student volunteers from Saint Mary's, who help