Yesterday in the USA Today, UCrime was mentioned in Kim Komando’s column about specialized maps. She wrote, “UCrime shows crimes on college campuses. Select a university with the dropdown box. You’ll see reported crimes plotted on a map. Click on categories to see different types of offenses. Learn more about them by clicking on a crime.”
To see this article on USA Today’s website. go to: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kimkomando/2008-09-18-specialized-maps_N.htm.
UCrime also received a mention in the Daily Targum, Rutger’s school newspaper. To see this article, go to: http://media.www.dailytargum.com/media/storage/paper168/news/2008/09/19/PageOne/Web-Site.Highlights.Crime.On.Campus-3440490.shtml.
There was also a story about UCrime in the Daily Illini, the newspaper for University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign. Link to view story: http://media.www.dailyillini.com/media/storage/paper736/news/2008/09/19/News/Web-Site.Maps.Crimes.On.Campus-3440457.shtml.
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