March 2013

• Timothy J. Motley, Stiffler Professor of Botany, Dies
• 'Very Special' Biology Student Does Award-Winning Study of Virginia Zoo Monkeys
• Team Tidewater Breaks Ground on This Year’s Solar Decathlon Entry, ‘Canopy House’
• ODU’s ECOnference ’13 to Address Issues from Environmental Sustainability to Sea Level Rise
• ODU Student Adds Dusky Flycatcher to Virginia Bird List
• ODU Economics Prof to Discuss Economic Forecast at Retail Alliance Forum on March 28
• Groundbreaking Is March 27 for Team Tidewater’s Solar Decathlon House
• Students Design and Test Movement Algorithms for Mobile Robots
• ODU Business Gateway Chosen as Host Site for Regional Small Business Transportation Resource Center
• Lecture by ODU’s Kasparov and Guest Scholar to Explore Creation of New Opera
• Adam Is National Geographic's Expert on Nature's Circles
• ODU Musical Showcase to Benefit Portsmouth Community Concerts
• Neukrug Publishes New Counseling Texts, Launches ‘Great Therapists’ Website
• Faculty Members Awarded QEP Grants for Plans to Improve Disciplinary Writing
• ODU Climbing Wall Presents No Obstacle to Disabled Students’ Fun and Excitement
• ODU’s Sonia Yaco Interviewed for C-SPAN Program on School Desegregation Project
• Ludwick Lecture to Feature California Oceanographer
• Burdige Speaking at Biogeochemistry Symposium in Philadelphia
• Grants & Contracts for January 2013
• Popular Women's Film Festival 'Lunafest' Returns to Campus March 27
• Human Movement Sciences Students Share Their Passion for Learning
• Ocean Glider Expert Speaking at CCPO Seminar
• York County Students Are Top Winners in Science and Engineering Fair
• ODU ‘Arab Spring’ Forums to Provide Insight from Egypt and Iran Scholars
• Baumgart Is Principal Investigator for Air Force Grant Involving Next Generation of Thermoelectric Devices
• ODU International Festival Returns to the Ted Constant Convocation Center on April 7
• ‘Honor Flight’ Documentary about World War II Veterans Landing at ODU for Free Screening
• NSF Supports Major's Gender Studies in STEM Job Embeddedness Theory
• Royal Society Invites Bernath to Present His Innovations in Probes for Life on Exoplanets
• ODU Initiative Hosts Coastal Inundation Forum
• Sandy Waters Elected to NACADA National Board of Directors
• ODU’s Drew Lopenzina to Discuss Writing Skills of Native Americans on the ‘With Good Reason’ Public Radio Show
• Area Students to Visit Campus March 25 for Shipbuilding, Repair and Maritime Career Day
• Norfolk Southern Executive Deborah Butler Is Next Landmark Executive-in-Residence Speaker
• Classical Bassist Edgar Meyer to Perform March 18 for Diehn Concert Series
• ODU Offers Children with Disabilities Guided Opportunity to Climb Rock Wall
• Engineering Students Tour Surry Nuclear Power Plant
• ODU Named to President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
• U.S. News Ranks ODU Darden College of Education Among Nation’s Best Graduate Schools
• Memorial Service Is March 18 for Bill Patterson, Former Business College Prof, Administrator
• Visiting Distinguished Lecturer Spreads Philosophy of Science
• ODU to Participate in Statewide Tornado Drill Tuesday, March 12
• Governor Applauds ODU for Effort to Get More Mathematics, Science Teachers into Va. Classrooms
• Profacts Received Through Feb. 28
• ODU Graduate, Swedish CEO Peter Yngwe, Is Next Speaker for Economics Club of Hampton Roads
• Arbor Day Foundation Recognizes ODU’s Environmental Stewardship with ‘Tree Campus’ Designation
• ODU Experts in the National Media
• VDBA to Offer ‘How to Grow Your Sales’ Seminar March 14 at ODU
• Engineering Dean Delivers Keynote Address at NASA Langley Program for Middle School Counselors
• ODU International Studies Grad Student Sydney Sheppard Awarded National Fellowship
• New Faculty Member Wins ODU Summer Research Fellowship to Study Sediment Suspension
• ODU Meeting Need by Offering For-Credit Graduate Procurement Programs
• Applicants Sought for $1,000 Space Grant Bridge Awards
• Sam Simon, Co-creator of Hit TV Show The Simpsons, Visits ODU Class
• ODU Professors’ Work Featured in International Book Design Exhibition
• Tidewater Physics Olympics Coming to Salem High March 16
• Entertaining Talk by Famed Ethnobotanist Includes Serious Message