Press Coverage

2011

• December 2011
  Aspirnaut^TM Newsletter - "Five Years of Success: in Innovative STEM Education for Rural Students"
• December 2011
  ASBMB Interview with Dr. Billy Hudson - "Five Years of Giving Rural Students Second Chances"
• November 23, 2011
  Sheridan Headlight- Aspirnaut & Poyen School District Student Receives Berea College Pinnacle Scholar Award of Excellence
• October 4, 2011
  T.H.E. Journal - T.H.E. Journal article "Skyping Science" highlights the Aspirnaut^TMInitiative
• August 10, 2011
  Robertson County Times - Aspirnauts launch at Springfield Middle School
• July 11, 2011
  The University of Iowa Distinguished Alumni Interview with Billy Hudson, Ph.D. - Dr. Billy Hudson discusses the Aspirnaut^TMInitiative
• June 17, 2011
  Aspirnaut^TM Summer Research Internship Program - Aspirnaut researchers are featured on Vanderbilt University's VUCast
• March 31, 2011
  Berea College- BC Now! - Berea College and Vanderbilt University Collaborate on Internship Program
• February 23, 2011
  KNWA NBC FOX Fayetteville, AR - The Magic School Bus: Commuting Kids Get Lessons on the Go

2010

• December 21, 2010
  Hector Arkansas School District - Hector School District: Transforming Learning
• December 14, 2010
  Government Technology - High-tech school bus teaches students on the road
• November 30, 2010
  KTHV Channel 11 CBS - Hector high-tech school bus extends learning
• November 30, 2010
  Arkansas Democrat Gazette - Screens extend learning to buses; Mounted computers play educational programs for students
• October 27, 2010
  Bangor Daily News - Improving local education with innovation
• October 21, 2010
  WCSH6.com Portland, Maine - Web brings university chemistry class to Otis school
• October 13, 2010
  Sheridan Headlight - Aspirnauts launch in Poyen
• October 12, 2010
  Fenceviewer.com - Beech Hill school pilots science program with Vanderbilt University
  
• August 23, 2010
  House Organ - Aspirnauts landing on campus this fall
  
• August 4, 2010
  Sheridan Headlight- Local Aspirnauts tour Vanderbilt University
  
• March 15, 2010
  Profile of Keyunta Mathews by Esther Ellis - Aspirnaut^TM: Keyunta
  
• March 12, 2010
  Vanderbilt Reporter - Cech describes a career of discoveries
  
• March 5, 2010
  Vanderbilt Reporter - Aspirnaut^TM students conduct experiments at VU remotely
  

2009

• October 2009
  NIDDK Highlights Aspirnaut^TMProgram - NIDDK Recovery Grant Funds Innovative Kidney Research Project for Students
• September 4, 2009
  VUMC REPORTER - Aspirnauts get chance to assist researchers on study
• September 3, 2009
  Vanderbilt University myVU (includes video interview with Dr. Billy Hudson) - High school students do groundbreaking biological research at Vanderbilt
• August 19, 2009
  Channel 5 TV Nashville - School Patrol: Vanderbilt Researchers Host High School Students
  
• March 19, 2009
  BLOG: Disrupting Class Finding nonconsumption: Time on a school bus
  
• January 16, 2009
  Education Week's Digital|Directions - Learning on the Ride

2008

• December 29, 2008
  The Wall Street Journal - Internet Access Turns School Buses into Rolling Classrooms
• December 12, 2008
  The New York Times - The One-room School Bus
• September 29, 2008
  US News and World Report - Turning School Buses into Classrooms
• March 7, 2008
  Featured on MSNBC's "Making a Difference" - Read the blog and watch the video
• January 10, 2008
  US News and World Report - This Bus Is Plugged In
  

2007

• December 27, 2007
  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Arkansas Online - District turns bus into classroom, Project's Internet hookups let Sheridan kids ride and study
• September 5, 2007
  BusinessWeek Online - Back To School 2.0
• April 20, 2007
  VUMC Reporter Profile - The Long Way Home- Billy Hudson's ambitious math, science education plan honors his rural roots
• April 17, 2007
  ars technica Rural Arkansas school turns school buses into classrooms
• April 11, 2007
  Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach - Aspirnauts Launch is a Big Success
• April 10, 2007
  Today's THV - School Bus Becomes Mobile Classroom Thanks To iPods (Video newscast also available)
• March 22, 2007
  Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach -Aspirnauts Get Connected on the Road
• March 20, 2007
  Vanderbilt Register - Vanderbilt scientist reinvents one-room schoolhouse for rural students

2006

• July 21, 2006
  VUMC Reporter - Education project takes Hudson back to his roots

Factoid: Did you know?

The Aspirnaut^TM program has been discussed in several publications including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and US News and World Report. We even were spotlighted on MSNBC's "Making a Difference". The local Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Sheridan Headlight and Vanderbilt Reporter have also published stories and videos about the Aspirnaut^TMexperience!