VUCast Extra: Making a Difference in Latin America
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Channel: Vanderbilt University · 2015 · Education
See how undergraduates and grad students work side-by-side with faculty to help solve problems and make a difference in Latin America. From a new product to combat malnutrition in children in Guatemala to a low-cost capsule for stomach cancer screening to preserving the history of slave societies, Vanderbilt helps find solutions, makes discoveries and changes lives. Vanderbilt ranks in the top 5 in the nation for Latin America studies programs . For more information on projects featured: Center for Latin American Studies: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/clas/ Latin American Public Opinion Project: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/ Maniplus: http://www.maniplus.org/ Preservation of Slave Societies: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/esss/index.php VISE affiliate, Christopher Lyne, a member of the STORM lab, works to develop low-cost capsule for gastric cancer screening: http://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/summer-research/SummerReOpps/MESummerResearch/Valdastri-1.php More about STORM Lab: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/stormlab/ More about VISE: https://www4.vanderbilt.edu/vise/ (A special thanks to Nutriplus and the Shalom Foundation for the Maniplus documentary footage and to the Owen Latin Business Students’ Association.) Follow Vanderbilt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanderbiltu, on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vanderbiltu and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vanderbilt. See all Vanderbilt social media at http://social.vanderbilt.edu.
