ODU College Poetry Prize Winners Announced
Old Dominion University contest organizers recently announced that students David Baah and Michael Alessi were named winners of the 2013-14 ODU College Poetry Prize. ( More )
ODU Dance Theatre: Spring Faculty and Student Concert Upcoming April 16-19
Old Dominion University will feature ballroom, jazz and modern dance choreography by faculty members and selected students at the annual University Dance Theatre Spring Concert, which will be held April 16-19. ( More )
Upcoming ODU Art Exhibit to Shed Light on Extraordinary Career of Mr. Imagination
"Fire! The Resurrection of Mr. Imagination," an exhibition of works by the late artist (born Gregory Warmack, 1948-2012), will be on view in the Self-Taught Gallery at the Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries at Old Dominion University from March 29 to Sept. 28. Warmack, who died in 2012, left behind one of the most impressive bodies of work created by a self-taught artist during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. ( More )
ODU Study Abroad Students to Share Experiences from “Paris/Auschwitz” Holocaust Trip
Old Dominion University will conclude a series of Jewish Education Week events Wednesday with a program presented by students who recently returned from a spring break study abroad trip to Europe, where they studied the experiences of French and Polish Jews during the Holocaust. ( More )
Book by Janet Peery Gets Plug on ‘Diane Rehm Show’
Janet Peery, University Professor of creative writing in the English department at Old Dominion, got an unexpected – and pleasant – surprise last week when she learned that her book “The River Beyond the World” (Picador USA, 1996) was highlighted on “The Diane Rehm Show” Wednesday, March 26. The show is produced by National Public Radio member station WAMU and distributed nationally by NPR. ( More )
ODU Launches Inaugural Jewish Education Week on April 3
Old Dominion University will launch its inaugural Jewish Education Week with a slate of events April 3-9 to promote cross-cultural dialogue and awareness of Hampton Roads’ diverse ethnic and religious communities. ( More )
ODU Last Lecture Series to Feature Political Science Prof Simon Serfaty
After receiving numerous faculty nominations, the Old Dominion University Career Management Center has chosen political science professor Simon Serfaty to give the 2014 installment of the Last Lecture series, which adopts the premise: “If this was your very last lecture to students, what would you say?” ( More )
Theater of War: Soldiers & Citizens Tour Performance at ODU to Promote PTSD Awareness, Dialogue
The Theater of War: Soldiers & Citizens Tour will make a stop at Old Dominion University on March 29 for dramatic readings of Sophocles’ “Ajax,” designed to engage the audience in a town hall-style discussion about the visible and invisible wounds of war. ( More )
Steve Yetiv Is Guest Speaker for Friends of the ODU Libraries Dinner; Reservations Due March 26
Steve A. Yetiv, Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Political Science and International Studies at ODU, will be the guest speaker at the 20th annual Friends of the Old Dominion University Libraries Author Dinner and Silent Auction on Wednesday, April 2. ( More )
ODU Business Professor Launches Multiyear Study of China’s ‘2Rich’ Generation
Shaomin Li professor of international business in Old Dominion University's College of Business and Public Administration has co-authored an opinion piece in the Financial Times of London about China's '2Rich' generation. ( More )
ODU Students Preparing Musical Potluck for 10th Annual Concert
Old Dominion University music department students will cook up some fun for their 10th Annual Student Concert, to be held from 12:30-1:15 p.m. Thursday, March 20, in the ODU Libraries’ F. Ludwig Diehn Composers Room. ( More )
Benefit Concert to Feature ‘Music Inspired by Women’
Rudolf Pelaez Golez, one of the Philippines’ notable young pianists, will present a program titled “Music Inspired by Women” Tuesday, March 25, as part of Old Dominion’s Women’s History Month events. ( More )
New Book by ODU Prof Examines Rise of Jewish Political Prominence in America
A forthcoming book by Old Dominion University professor Peter Adams explores the only instance of Jewish expulsion in America and the subsequent assimilation and political mobilization that came to define modernized Judaism in the United States.
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Talk by ODU History Prof Tim Orr to Explore the Battle of Midway through Aviator Accounts
At an upcoming Old Dominion University Alumni Association event, history professor Tim Orr will explore the contributions of American World War II aviators in the decisive allied victory at the Battle of Midway through the telling of first-hand pilot accounts. ( More )
ODU Grad Adelaide Coles Is Finalist for Australian Student Composers Prize
Recent Old Dominion University graduate Adelaide Coles has been chosen as one of three finalists for the prestigious Fairweather Family Prize for Student Composers, in Australia. ( More )
ODU Professor’s Work Plays on Times Square Jumbotrons
Visitors to New York City’s Times Square and Grand Central Station through March 15 have the opportunity to learn more about colorectal cancer through a commercial, edited by Old Dominion University adjunct instructor of film Christopher Free, which is being shown on the city’s iconic Jumbotron screens. ( More )
ODU Prof Blake Bailey Scores Another Critical Hit with New Memoir
Old Dominion University professor Blake Bailey has made a critically acclaimed name for himself documenting the often-turbulent lives of literary greats Charles Jackson, John Cheever and Richard Yates. In his latest effort, Bailey turns an adept biographer’s eye inward on his own troubled family, a memoir The New York Times calls a “vivid, tender book.” ( More )
Twelfth Annual Graduate Research Conference Explores Global Challenges
The Old Dominion University Graduate Research Conference last week drew 34 students from nine institutions to present papers exploring the theme “Dynamics of the 21st Century.” ( More )
New Book by ODU Prof Focuses on Emerging Digital Music Industry
Old Dominion University professor Tim J. Anderson explores the rise of the “social musician” and popular music distribution services, including Spotify, Pandora and iTunes, in his new book, “Popular Music in a Digital Music Economy: Problems and Practices for an Emerging Service Industry.” ( More )
ODU Hosts 37th Annual Model United Nations Conference
This weekend, more than 70 ODU students will lead over 1,000 high school students from more than 50 local and regional high schools in a simulation of the United Nations. ( More )
