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MSU officials confirm D2L tracks students’ locations

MSU officials confirm D2L tracks students’ locations

MSU officials acknowledged to the Exponent on Sept. 5 that the University’s online learning platform, Desire2Learn (D2L), allows faculty to monitor student activity and potentially track their locations using their Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. IP addresses are unique identification numbers assigned to every device connected to the Internet, according

New Data Science program will expand post-grad career opportunities

New Data Science program will expand post-grad career opportunities

For the first time this fall, MSU is offering students a Data Science Bachelor’s degree program. This program, which was previously offered by the Gianforte School of Computing as a minor, is expected to appeal to a variety of students. The new Data Science program was brought to life

Wrapping Up the Year with Spotify

Each year, Spotify releases the data for each of its yearly listeners, and what was once a yearly roundup has become a device for determining the spectrum of a person’s personality. Music is one transparent way in which people express themselves, so it's not really weird that

Social Media Smackdown on Suspicious Sources

From false headlines to doctored photos and videos, fake news is found in many forms. In particular, social media companies suffer from a glut of fake news originating from disinformation. Misinformation and disinformation are both, at their core, incorrect information. However, the impetus for sharing the content and those who

From Trout to dace, From dungeon to light

Montana’s fishing has been reeling in anglers and nature lovers for years. MSU’s mountain of data on aquatic insects and fish gathered over the last 100 years confirms this. Sadly, these valuable specimens and field notes haven’t been the easiest to access, but this will change thanks