Vanderbilt News Service

VUStar

Vanderbilt experts are available for live interviews or live on tape interviews directly from campus with network television, cable networks or television stations outside of Nashville. VUStar is a campus broadcast facility that links Vanderbilt experts to you 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

How It Works

VUStar has a dedicated fiber optic link to Vyvx's Nashville connection. From there the signal can be transmitted through Vyvx's fiber backbone to your receiving location or to any teleports in the U.S. for a satellite uplink. We have a 15-year veteran television news producer and experienced photographers who are on-call to help facilitate your requests.

Cost

The staffing of VUStar, phone lines and the fiber optic link from Vanderbilt to Vyvx's Nashville connection are free when using Vanderbilt experts. Costs for signal switching and fiber optic prices must be negotiated directly with the carrier.

VUStar Booking Contact

Emily Pearce
615-322-2706
Cell Phone: 615-294-4017
e-mail: emily.pearce@vanderbilt.edu
After hours call beeper number: 615-951-5472

VYVX Booking: 800-364-0807

Featured Videos

VUCast: Senior Day 2008
An international rock star, a little rain and Chinese lions, oh my . . . check out VUCast's coverage of Senior Day.

Midsouth Emmy-Winning Video
Students from four Nashville universities boarded buses last January to retrace history with many of the original Freedom Riders from the 1960s. Watch this rolling history lesson, and hear first-hand from the civil rights leaders.

VU in the News

Associated Press: Study likely spells end for anti-bleeding drug
An anti-bleeding drug probably will stay off the market, experts say, after a rigorous study found patients getting the medication during heart surgery were much more likely to die than patients given other drugs. Wayne Ray, professor of preventive medicine, and C. Michael Stein, professor of medicine, wrote an editorial that accompanied the publication of the study. Reuters also covered the story: Bayer pulls Trasylol supplies after study.

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