Venue Change: "Indiana Jones of Entomology" to Give ODU Lecture on Adventurous Lives of Ants
Biologist, explorer and nature photographer Mark W. Moffett will speak on “Adventures Among Ants” for the Lytton J. Musselman Natural History Lecture at Old Dominion University Thursday, March 20. ( More )
ODU International Festival Shines Light on Diverse Cultures within Hampton Roads
The Ted Constant Convocation Center will soon play host to a melting pot of vibrant cultures found throughout Hampton Roads as thousands of attendees gather for the Old Dominion University International Festival. ( More )
Science and Engineering Fair Bringing Elite Teens to ODU
Students in grades 6-12 from throughout southeastern Virginia will compete Saturday, March 15, in the Tidewater Science and Engineering Fair at Old Dominion University. This 63rd annual fair is a production of Tidewater Science Congress, and ODU is a sponsor as well as the host.
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Old Dominion Ranked Highly Among Business Schools for Veterans
Old Dominion University has been ranked 32nd in the country among best business schools for veterans in a national ranking released Monday, March 10 by the national publication Military Times. ( More )
Business Professor Samuel Coppage Remembered Fondly By Colleagues, Students
Samuel Coppage, associate professor of information technology and decision sciences in Old Dominion University’s College of Business and Public Administration, died Sunday, March 9 at the River Pavilion of Sentara General Hospital. He was 65. ( 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 Joins Coalition to Double Number of Students Who Study Abroad by End of Decade
Old Dominion has pledged to join the Institute of International Education’s Generation Study Abroad initiative to double the number of American students who study abroad by the end of the decade. The university has committed to increasing the number of undergraduate students who study abroad by 252 students over the next five years. ( More )
Sportswriter Christine Brennan Shares Stories from Sochi at President’s Lecture Series Address
Nationally renowned sportswriter Christine Brennan told a President’s Lecture Series audience March 4 that she was honored to speak at Old Dominion University because of its commitment to equality in women’s athletics. ( More )
ODU’s Center for Real Estate and Economic Development to Share Annual Market Review and Forecast
For almost two decades, leading real estate, mortgage and lending experts have gathered every March at Old Dominion University for the annual Hampton Roads Real Estate Market Review and Forecast. Sponsored by the E.V. Williams Center for Real Estate and Economic Development (CREED) at ODU, the 19th annual event will be held from 3-6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at the university’s Ted Constant Convocation Center. ( More )
National Magazine Features Good Deeds of ODU Chemistry Club
One good deed deserves another for the student chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS) at Old Dominion University. When the ACS learned about the outreach program through which ODU students and faculty members have helped 350 Boy Scouts from eastern Virginia earn chemistry merit badges, it devoted three pages of its national student magazine, inChemistry, to the project. ( More )
Follow Researcher Victoria Hill's 'Outreach' from the Arctic
Victoria Hill could be mistaken for a student, but the assistant research professor in the Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (OEAS) at Old Dominion University is also one of the institution’s most seasoned Arctic Circle researchers. ( More )
ODU Prof Studying Virginia Beach Surf Scene
Lindsay Usher, an assistant professor of park, recreation and tourism studies in Old Dominion University’s Department of Human Movement Sciences, conducted focus groups with local surfers in Virginia Beach last November and December and now has plans to expand that study. ( 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 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 )