VUCast for Aug. 14, 2009: Rare look at a Vanderbilt giant & doing the robot at the Med Center
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Vanderbilt University
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Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP4 file: "Video @ Vanderbilt - Videos - VUCast for Aug. 14, 2009: Rare look at a Vanderbilt giant & doing the robot at the Med Center." By Vanderbilt University. Amy Wolf hosts. Scholar and former Vanderbilt Chancellor Alexander Heard, who had recently died, is profiled; an extended film clip from 1965 is shown. Vanderbilt associate professor of physics and astronomy Keivan Stassun, who is getting a series of grants to assist his efforts to recruit minorities into careers in science, is featured. The grants will support the Fisk-Vanderbilt Master's-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program. Viewers are encouraged to "follow Vanderbilt on Twitter." Two robots being used to deliver medical supplies at the Vanderbilt Medical Center are featured; employees Lori Greer, Jeff Gaglino and an unidentified woman speak.
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Science careers, News stories, Chancellor, Stassun, Keivan, Fisk-Vanderbilt Master's-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program