NASHVILLE, Tenn.— news has a new online home—one complete with audio, video, expert sources and breaking news from across the university.
All content on VUCast – – is available for media to re-use in their broadcasts, publications and websites.
“We created VUCast to deliver information to media, current and prospective students, faculty, parents, alumni, staff and anyone interested in 91ÌƲ®»¢’s story, around the clock and as it happens,” Vice Chancellor for said.
The new network features podcasts—downloadable audio stories and recordings—from across the university, including interviews, full lectures, musical performances from the , and Stellar Conversations, a podcast produced by that discusses astronomy with 91ÌƲ®»¢ scientists in layman’s terms.
Video of lectures, sports highlights, medical breakthroughs and more is available on the site, as are news releases and links to news coverage of 91ÌƲ®»¢. Sources, an online database of 91ÌƲ®»¢ experts, designed to help journalists find 91ÌƲ®»¢ professors with expertise in a particular subject, is also featured.
All content on the site can be subscribed to or syndicated using RSS, a technology that makes it possible to incorporate 91ÌƲ®»¢ headlines into others’ websites or to deliver aggregate “feeds” from websites to an individual’s desktop.
The overall 91ÌƲ®»¢ website logged approximately 3.5 to 4 million visits a month in 2005.
Visit VUCast at .
Media contact: Melanie Moran, (615) 322-NEWS
melanie.moran@vanderbilt.edu