IN THE NEWS
Since the launch of Aspirnaut™, we have generated headlines and made the news for our community impact.
We are very excited to announce that Aspirnaut™ is being featured in the latest issue of People magazine! Read Dr. Billy Hudson’s story in People to learn about his passion for co-founding Aspirnaut™ and his desire to help other students like himself. Pick up a copy from newsstands tomorrow to read the full article.
$5 million gift from Springer-Lu Family Foundation to support VUMC's Aspirnaut program
VUMC News | March 31, 2025
Springer-Lu Family Foundation award $5 million for K-20 STEM program
Philanthropy News Digest | April 5, 2025
Billy Hudson named 2026 Ellis Island Medal of Honor recipient
VUMC Health News | February 25, 2026
Learning to Pivot: Developing Talent and A Championship Team
Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association | 2023
Student researchers at VUMC earn accolades for their report
VUMC Reporter | October 12, 2023
PVAMU Senior Names 2023 White House HBCU Scholar
Prairie View A&M University | July 21, 2023
Aalia Holt will attend Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut
Hector Public Schools | May 2023
As retirement approaches, five siblings finish Berea College
Richmond Register | May 17, 2023
Initiative, hard work create STEM opportunities for BHS student Sahra Hassan
VSAC Blog | February 27, 2023
VUMC's Aspirnaut program to install science lab at Wynne High School in Arkansas
VUMC Reporter | March 2, 2023
VUMC's Aspirnaut program to install science lab at Wynne High School in Arkansas
Nashville Medical News | March 3, 2023
Aspirnaut: a rural high school pipeline to increase diversity in STEM
Nature Reviews Nephrology | August 2019
Columbia State Students Excel During Summer Research Experience
The College System of Tennessee | August 2019
Former Neshoba Central Student Spending Summer In Research Labs
The Neshoba Democrat | May 2019
HCPA Student Takes Part in Vanderbilt University Internship Program
Hmong Times Online | 2019
Aspirnaut program helps launch students into science
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Reporter | July 2017
One BOLD-Fellows Journey from Cellular Platelet Biologist to Discovery Science Educator
Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching | June 2017
Ancient sea creature unlocks a mystery of how tissue developed
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Reporter | April 2017
You aspire, you seek, you achieve, and you pay it forward
National Institutes of Health | July 2016
Henderson biology major attends Vanderbilt biomedical program
The Sentinel-Record | June 2016
‘Pipeline’ Programs Try to Steer Minority Students to Careers in Medicine
The Wall Street Journal | February 2016
Barber Finds Success in Summer 'Aspirnaut' Program
Belmont University News & Media | July 2016
Journey to Discovery: From Aspirnauts to the Class of 2014
Watch the inspiring story of two members of the Vanderbilt Class of 2014 and a science program that changed their lives. VUCast followed Cody Stothers and Domonique Bragg through the twists and turns each faced from high school to seniors at Vanderbilt
Aspirnaut™ Announces Successful Completion of Summer Research Experience at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center
KIPP Delta Public School: Recent Press | September 2014
Adamsville High School Student Accepts Summer Internship at Vanderbilt University
Summer Science Experience | May 2014
House Joint Resolution 787 108th Regular Session Commending Dr. Julie Hudson
State of Tennessee | March 2014
A Unique Covalent Bond in Basement Membrane is a Primordial Innovation for Tissue Evolution
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science | December 2013
A Shining Light: Aspirnaut Program guides students to educational opportunities beyond poverty
Vanderbilt Medicine | Summer 2013
Distance learning program links rural students to Vanderbilt student and research faculty
Bangor Daily News | March 2013
From One-Room Schools to Ph.D.s, Aspirnaut helps poor kids reach for the stars
Article25 | October 2012
USET honors two students and Vanderbilt announces new opportunity
Cherokee One Feather | October 2012
USET Honors Two Students at Annual Meeting and Vanderbilt Announces New Opportunity
USET Press Release | October 2012
Patterson: USET’s Leaders Using “The Good Mind” to Build a Legacy
Indian Country | October 2012
Vanderbilt courts rural students for STEM
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | September 2012
Stothers Accepted to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
The Sheridan Headlight | August 2012
USET Member Students attend summer internship at Vanderbilt University
Cherokee One Feather | July 2012
Josh Avance Earns Berea College Scholarship the Pinnacle Awards
The Sheridan Headlight | July 2012
Join Aspirnaut for a special science lab based on “We Can’t All Be Rattlesnakes”
Island Readers and Writers | April 2012
Students Participate in Science Labs with Vanderbilt University via Skype
STEM Events | March 2012
Springfield Middle Attend Lecture by Nobel Laureate at Vanderbilt
Robertson County Times | March 2012
Five Years of Giving Rural Students Second Chances
ASBMB Interview with Dr. Billy Hudson | December 2011
Aspirnaut, Poyen School District student receives Pinnacle Scholar Award
Sheridan Headlight | November 2011
Berea College and Vanderbilt University Collaborate on Internship Program
Berea College- BC Now! | March 2011
Internet Access Turns School Buses into Rolling Classrooms
The Wall Street Journal | December 2008
District turns bus into classroom, Project’s Internet hookups let Sheridan kids ride and study
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | December 2007
The Long Way Home- Billy Hudson’s ambitious math, science education plan honors his rural roots
VUMC Reporter Profile | April 2007
Vanderbilt scientist reinvents one-room schoolhouse for rural students
Vanderbilt Register | March 2007