Instead of a Facebook news feed cluttered with tidbits about friends’ FarmVille progress, Boris Revsin wants a social media site that alerts college students to the latest in academic news from their peers—information that could connect students and form study groups.
Since 2007, CampusLive.com has been a one-stop shop for college students looking for local eats, perusing campus headlines, and connecting to their school’s library.
And Revsin, a former University of Massachusetts Amherst student and CEO of CampusLive, said the site’s next iteration will allow users to pull their Facebook profiles into a more academically-focused site dedicated to campus goings on.
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