Monarchs for Monarchs: ODU Joins in Nationwide Effort to Stabilize Butterfly Population

"We need all of those vines cut away from the plot. But be careful with that machete!" Marcus Jones, greenhouse conservator with ODU's Kaplan Orchid Conservatory, carefully hands a 10-inch blade to a student volunteer. That student takes a few steps down the bank of a grassy area next to Colley Bay on 49th Street, and starts carefully hacking away at thick, hanging vines.

Across the Campus – A Photo Essay

The warm weather on Thursday and Friday prompted many students to spend some time outdoors engaged in a variety of activities.

Sporting his Google Glass, Declan De Paor, professor of geophysics and director of the Pretlow Planetarium, delivers a lesson to students in his Introduction to Astronomy class about the connection between particles discovered in accelerators and our understanding of Big Bang cosmology. "For several years, I've taken students' questions as SMS text messages and now I am experimenting with communication via Google Glass," De Paor said. "In a 390-student class, individual students are often shy to raise their hand but are happy to text. We also communicate via Learning Catalytics." All students are required to have a mobile device in class.