Job opening for the next MacGyver: guys need not apply

2015/03/07 21:09:40 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

The 1980s US television character, secret agent Angus MacGyver, could do it all. Late last month, the National Academy of Engineering launched what it called & quot;The Next MacGyver Project, & quot; aimed at coming up with ideas for a scripted TV series featuring a female engineer as the leading character. Thirty years after that cult series riveted TV viewers, & quot;the objective here is not a MacGyver reboot, but to inspire a new generation of young women interested in science and technology by creating a strong female role model, & quot; said Lee Zlotoff, creator of MacGyver. The project is joint initiative by Adam Smith, an engineering professor at the University of Southern California, and Randy Atkins, head of communications at the National Academy of Engineering.
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