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Those associated with ODU’s Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative no doubt paid close attention to the local flooding conditions that resulted from last week’s rain. Here, water from the Lafayette River inlet behind Rogers Hall begins to enter the parking lot Thursday afternoon. Photo by Steve Daniel

ODU Researchers Find New Evidence of Accelerated Flooding

Researchers at Old Dominion University have discovered a trend of sea level rise in their new study of flooding events on the Atlantic coast of the United States over the past four decades.



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Across Campus - A Photo Essay

Old Dominion University hosts a slew of popular summer camps designed to educate and inspire youth in a variety of academic and extracurricular endeavors. In these photos, ODU's Bob Ash, professor and eminent scholar in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, leads a group of campers in an exercise flying balsam wood airplanes on Kaufman Mall to see who could reach maximum flight. Photos by David Hollingsworth.


A Picture is Worth...

thepicturePhoto: Ericha Forest

The summer heat may be blistering, but these Crape Myrtles lining a sidewalk outside Koch Hall don't seem bothered. While some plants wilt under the high temperatures, the trees are bursting with pink and white blooms that harken to the cooler days of spring.


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