diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
index abcb9d988b..53d1c72cc4 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ def index(request, extra_context={}, user=None):
'''
# The course selection work is done in courseware.courses.
- domain = settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('FORCE_UNIVERSITY_DOMAIN') # normally False
- if domain == False: # do explicit check, because domain=None is valid
+ domain = settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('FORCE_UNIVERSITY_DOMAIN') # normally False
+ # do explicit check, because domain=None is valid
+ if domain == False:
domain = request.META.get('HTTP_HOST')
courses = get_courses(None, domain=domain)
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diff --git a/lms/templates/feed.rss b/lms/templates/feed.rss
index 07335bd22a..ca24d584c5 100644
--- a/lms/templates/feed.rss
+++ b/lms/templates/feed.rss
@@ -6,9 +6,18 @@
EdX Blog
- 2013-04-03T14:00:12-07:00
+ 2013-05-03T14:00:12-07:00
- tag:www.edx.org,2012:Post/17
+ tag:www.edx.org,2013:Post/18
+ 2013-05-02T14:00:00-07:00
+ 2013-05-02T14:00:00-07:00
+
+ edX project at San Jose State featured in New York Times
+ <img src="${static.url('images/press/nytimes_240x180.png')}" />
+ <p></p>
+
+
+ tag:www.edx.org,2013:Post/17
2012-12-19T14:00:00-07:00
2012-12-19T14:00:00-07:00
diff --git a/lms/templates/index.html b/lms/templates/index.html
index f2fc34c8ec..109ab6fb2f 100644
--- a/lms/templates/index.html
+++ b/lms/templates/index.html
@@ -190,18 +190,11 @@
edX in the News:
- BBC,
- Technology Review,
- The Tech,
- The New York Times,
- Reuters,
- Financial Times,
- Campus Technology,
- Chronicle of Higher Education,
- Times Higher Education,
- Bloomberg.com,
- BusinessWeek,
- Associated Press
+ The New York Times,
+ The Wall Street Journal,
+ The Washington Post,
+ CBS Television,
+ The Boston Globe
Read More →
diff --git a/lms/templates/press.json b/lms/templates/press.json
index 9cc79783ae..43c295b63e 100644
--- a/lms/templates/press.json
+++ b/lms/templates/press.json
@@ -1,4 +1,106 @@
[
+ {
+ "title": "Adapting to Blended Courses, and Finding Early Benefits",
+ "url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/education/adapting-to-blended-courses-and-finding-early-benefits.html?ref=education",
+ "author": "Tamar Lewin",
+ "image": "nyt_logo_178x138.jpeg",
+ "deck": null,
+ "publication": "The New York Times",
+ "publish_date": "April 29, 2013"
+ },
+
+ {
+ "title": "Colleges Adapt Online Courses to Ease Burden",
+ "url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/education/colleges-adapt-online-courses-to-ease-burden.html?pagewanted=all",
+ "author": "Tamar Lewin",
+ "image": "nyt_logo_178x138.jpeg",
+ "deck": null,
+ "publication": "The New York Times",
+ "publish_date": "April 29, 2013"
+ },
+
+ {
+ "title": "Online Education Lifts Pass Rates at University",
+ "url": "http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323741004578414861572832182.html?mod=googlenews_wsj",
+ "author": "Geoffrey Fowler",
+ "image": "wsj_logo_178x138.jpg",
+ "deck": null,
+ "publication": "The Wall Street Journal",
+ "publish_date": "April 10, 2013"
+ },
+
+ {
+ "title": "Software Seen Giving Grades on Essay Tests",
+ "url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/science/new-test-for-computers-grading-essays-at-college-level.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0",
+ "author": "John Markoff",
+ "image": "nyt_logo_178x138.jpeg",
+ "deck": null,
+ "publication": "The New York Times",
+ "publish_date": "April 4, 2013"
+ },
+
+ {
+ "title": "Stanford to help build edX MOOC platform",
+ "url": "http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/stanford-to-help-build-edx-mooc-platform/2013/04/02/5b53bb3e-9bbe-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_story.html",
+ "author": "Nick Anderson",
+ "image": "wash_post_logo_178x138.jpg",
+ "deck": null,
+ "publication": "The Washington Post",
+ "publish_date": "April 3, 2013"
+ },
+
+ {
+ "title": "Could online ed end college as we know it?",
+ "url": "http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50143164n",
+ "author": "CBS This Morning",
+ "image": "cbsnews_178x138.jpg",
+ "deck": null,
+ "publication": "CBS Television Network",
+ "publish_date": "March 19, 2013"
+ },
+
+ {
+ "title": "The Professors’ Big Stage",
+ "url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/opinion/friedman-the-professors-big-stage.html?_r=1&#commentsContainer",
+ "author": "Thomas L. Friedman",
+ "image": "nyt_logo_178x138.jpeg",
+ "deck": null,
+ "publication": "The New York Times",
+ "publish_date": "March 6, 2013"
+ },
+
+
+ {
+ "title": "Universities Abroad Join Partnerships On the Web",
+ "url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/education/universities-abroad-join-mooc-course-projects.html",
+ "author": "Tamar Lewin",
+ "image": "nyt_logo_178x138.jpeg",
+ "deck": null,
+ "publication": "The New York Times",
+ "publish_date": "February 20, 2013"
+ },
+
+
+ {
+ "title": "Georgetown to offer free online courses",
+ "url": "http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/georgetown-to-offer-free-online-courses/2012/12/09/365c4612-3fd3-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_story.html",
+ "author": "Nick Anderson",
+ "image": "wash_post_logo_178x138.jpg",
+ "deck": null,
+ "publication": "The Washington Post",
+ "publish_date": "December 9, 2012"
+ },
+
+ {
+ "title": "Wellesley College teams up with online provider edX",
+ "url": "http://bostonglobe.com/2012/12/04/edx/AqnQ808q4IEcaUa8KuZuBO/story.html",
+ "author": "Peter Schworm",
+ "image": "bostonglobe_logo_178x138.jpeg",
+ "deck": null,
+ "publication": "The Boston Globe",
+ "publish_date": "December 4, 2012"
+ },
+
{
"title": "The Year of the MOOC",
"url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/massive-open-online-courses-are-multiplying-at-a-rapid-pace.html",