When Jessica Weddington builds
a tower with her new light blocks, you forget the odds were stacked
against the 2-year-old, who was born with congenital cataracts. Those
new light blocks are learning toys designed by our student engineers.
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Student activist Erick
Veliz speaks for those whose voices often aren't heard in Washington:
the poor, the victims of human rights abuses. Why this 22-year-old
fights for the little guy.
Microbiologist Sharon
Berk studies how potentially deadly bacteria may be so well hidden
- thanks to the help of other microbes - that they may survive disinfection
and cause food poisoning.
Master distiller Jimmy Bedford travels
the globe as Jack Daniel's ambassador. The animal science grad is
probably one of America's most recognizable faces.
Once the leader
in the race for technological knowledge, America has fallen behind
other industrialized nations. What we're doing about it.
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