Monarchs for Monarchs: ODU Joins in Nationwide Effort to Stabilize Butterfly Population
Students, staff and faculty from Old Dominion University have joined a nationwide effort to provide habitat for migrating monarch butterflies. The ODU effort involves planting native milkweed at select spots on campus. ( More )
ODU Featured in 2014 Edition of Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges
Old Dominion University is among the 332 most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada, according to The Princeton Review. ( More )
ODU Business Prof Leads Effort to Create International Corporate Governance Society
An Old Dominion University business professor has been selected by academic colleagues from around the world to spearhead the creation of the International Corporate Governance Society. ( More )
Students Asked to Provide Course Feedback Via Online, Anonymous Surveys
From April 16-30, Old Dominion University students are being asked to complete online course surveys to provide anonymous feedback about their instructors, course content and overall classroom experience during the semester. ( More )
ODU Pres. Broderick to be Grand Marshal at ‘Walk A Mile In Her Shoes’ Event
Old Dominion University President John R. Broderick will serve as a grand marshal Thursday at the YWCA South Hampton Roads’ third annual “Walk A Mile In Her Shoes” event to raise sexual assault awareness.
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Student Entrepreneurs Present Business Plans in First ‘Start-Up’ Competition
Eight student teams presented their business ideas at the first-ever "Start-Up" competition for student entrepreneurs, hosted by the College of Business and Public Administration. ( More )
ODU Spring Commencement Ceremonies Scheduled for May 9 and 10
At Old Dominion University’s 120th commencement exercises on Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10, graduates will hear words of wisdom from prominent executives in the film and media industries, and a nationally recognized children’s advocate. ( More )
President Broderick Featured as Guest on ‘Thinking Out Loud’
Old Dominion University President John R. Broderick was a featured guest this week on the City of Chesapeake’s community access television show, “Thinking Out Loud.” ( More )
ODU Online Programs Ranked in Top 25 Nationally by AffordableCollegesOnline
Old Dominion University’s online programs have been ranked 23rd in the nation by the national nonprofit website AffordableCollegesOnline in a combined metric of affordability and quality of education offered. ( More )
Accounting Watchdog Francine McKenna Slated to Address Economics Club of Hampton Roads
Francine McKenna, a freelance writer and CPA who runs an influential news website about the business of the Big 4 audit firms, will be the guest speaker at the Economics Club of Hampton Roads luncheon on April 23. ( More )
Illuminating Talk by Jose Antonio Vargas Draws Large Audience
Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant, engaged a standing-room-only crowd at Old Dominion University Tuesday night with humor and unexpected insights from his personal experiences during a President’s Lecture Series address that delved into the controversial issue of immigration reform. ( More )
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 )
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 )
Former ODU President to Discuss His Book, “The Caterpillar Way,” at Friends of the Libraries Program
James V. Koch, Board of Visitors Professor of Economics and President Emeritus of Old Dominion University, will be the guest speaker at a Friends of the Old Dominion University Libraries event on Friday, April 25. ( More )
‘El- Niño’s Family Tree’ Will Be Topic for Ludwick Lecture on April 10
George Philander, the Knox Taylor Professor of Geosciences at Princeton University, will give the 27th endowed Ludwick Lecture at Old Dominion on Thursday, April 10. His talk begins at 3 p.m. in Room 200 of the Oceanography and Physics Building. ( More )
Morris Foster Named ODU Vice President for Research
Morris W. Foster, a medical anthropologist who has been on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma for 27 years and has received more than $12 million in independent research funding, has been named vice president for research at Old Dominion University. ( More )