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University News for Saturday, November 7, 2009

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Ben Bailey (left), host of Discovery Channel's "Cash Cab" and Scott Sechrist, associate professor of nuclear medicine technology and a member of the Alumni Association board.

ODU Presents Awards at Alumni Honors Dinner Nov. 5

The ODU Alumni Association hosted the Alumni Honors Dinner on Nov. 5 at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott.

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Profacts Received Through Oct. 31, 2009

Announcements from faculty and staff regarding professional achievements.

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GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2009

The Research Foundation announces the following grants and contracts for September 2009.

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Homecoming Football Game to be Saluted by U.S. Navy Fighter Jets

Homecoming is the time when former students traditionally visit their alma mater for football games, reunions and parades, and one alumnus in particular will be making a spectacular return trip to Old Dominion University Saturday, Nov. 7.

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ODU Hosts Panel Discussion on Quay Exhibit Nov. 9

A panel discussion will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, at University Theatre, in conjunction with "Dormitorium: An Exhibition of Film Décors by the Quay Brothers," now on display at the Old Dominion University's Baron and Ellin Gordon Galleries.

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Funeral is Nov. 7 for Eugene 'Gene' Walters, former BOV member

Per university policy, the university flag has been lowered to half-staff in memory of former Old Dominion University Board of Visitors member Eugene "Gene" Walters, 86, of Virginia Beach, who died Nov. 4, 2009. He served on the ODU board from 1982-89.[ Complete Story ]

Laroussi Invited to Present Plasma Medicine Seminar on Capitol Hill

Mounir Laroussi, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Old Dominion University, will present a program on plasma medicine to members of Congress and their staffers on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Nov. 10.

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Hirschfeld School of Dental Hygiene Celebrates 40 Years

As part of Homecoming 2009, Old Dominion University's Gene W. Hirschfeld School of Dental Hygiene is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its first graduating class of dental hygienists in 1969.

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Speaker Will Share Latest News about Ocean Monitoring Technologies

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is always looking for newfangled ways monitor the oceans, and Mark Bushnell, the speaker at a public seminar at Old Dominion University Monday, Nov. 9, is well-positioned to report on the quest.

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Four Centuries of the Chesapeake Bay Is Public Seminar Topic

How has the Chesapeake Bay changed over the past four centuries? Kent Mountford, who has devoted much of his adult life to studying the bay and historical records about it, will present a program addressing that question at Old Dominion University Thursday, Nov. 12.

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Final Performances of 'Dracula' This Week at University Theatre

Out of the darkness, HE comes. … Count Dracula! Bloodthirsty vampires fill this chilling tale about a young Englishman's confrontation with the King of Vampires, playing in its final week now at the Old Dominion University Theatre.

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Former ODU Student Ben Bailey, Host of Discovery Channel game show, to perform Homecoming week

The host of The Discovery Channel game show "Cash Cab" will perform a standup routine during Homecoming week.

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ODU-Habitat for Humanity Home Construction Project Kicks Off

The sound of hammers and saws paused momentarily on Monday, Nov. 2 , so the Old Dominion University/Habitat for Humanity Homecoming 2009 home construction project could have its official kickoff.

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