News :: Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach

The Vanderbilt AIDS Outreach ("AIDSO") team presented their first interactive videoconference to high schools in Massachusetts and Louisiana through the Center for Science Outreach's Virtual Scientist Program this afternoon. Prior to the videoconference, students were asked to fill in a "pre-test" to find out their basic understanding of HIV/AIDS-related topics and during the videoconference they discussed the answers and their questions with AIDSO team members. Following the videoconference, students and teachers were asked to complete an evaluation, describing their experience and suggesting what impact the program may have had on them. As an ongoing resource, students and teachers have the option to confidentially ask additional questions of the AIDSO team by emailing vandyAIDSO@gmail.com. With the help of HIV-positive people from Nashville Cares — a non-profit agency in Middle Tennessee that "promotes and participates in a comprehensive and compassionate response to HIV and AIDS through education, advocacy, and supportive services" — the AIDSO team has just completed a video, "Living with HIV," that is now available for viewing online (view in Windows Media | QuickTime [coming soon]). Also, listen to Brenna Simon's interview on a recent Snacks4theBrain! podcast.

The CSO's Virtual Scientist Interactive Videoconferencing program is back! Read about the program and sign your class up for a session or two before they fill up! If you aren't already on our videoconferencing email list, sign up for it! You'll receive notices of when we have new videoconferences and other programs available. It will not be shared with anyone else.

After two videoconferences with schools in Kentucky, the Center for Rural Development's CenterNET2 Network highlighted the CSO in their newsletter that is shared with 139 videoconferencing sites and many others in Kentucky. View the newsletter and take a look at the CenterNET2 website.