http://www.odu.com/content/odu/news/_jcr_content/par/list News @ ODU promotes University's activities and accomplishments including world-class faculty research, student achievement and engaging activities for the campus and broader community." 2013-05-17T14:50:26-04:00 Old Dominion University Adobe CQ http://www.odu.com/content/odu/news/2013/5/reality_check_hampto_0.html 2013-05-17T14:19:30-04:00 2013-05-17T14:17:00-04:00 Three hundred civic leaders gathered at Old Dominion University on May 17 last year to discuss the next 25 years of growth for the region in an innovative program known as Reality Check Hampton Roads. Almost exactly a year later, many of the participants gathered on campus again, on Thursday, May 16, to discuss the collective plans they had formed share ideas on how help make them a reality. http://www.odu.com/content/odu/news/2013/5/sea_level_rise_initi.html 2013-05-17T14:16:46-04:00 2013-05-17T14:09:00-04:00 Diane Horn is a visiting scholar from the University of London’s Birkbeck College, working on a study with Michael McShane of Old Dominion University’s Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative about flood insurance. http://www.odu.com/content/odu/news/2013/5/hans_peter_plag.html 2013-05-15T14:25:12-04:00 2013-05-15T14:20:00-04:00 Berlin-born researcher Hans-Peter Plag will join the Old Dominion University Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative (CCSLRI) in June as a senior faculty member, Provost Carol Simpson announced Tuesday. http://www.odu.com/content/odu/news/2013/5/philosophy_book.html 2013-05-15T11:48:00-04:00 2013-05-15T11:42:00-04:00 In his teaching and writing, Old Dominion University’s D.E. Wittkower strives to bring philosophy, his chosen academic discipline, back into the public dialogue. To do that, he has given us all homework. http://www.odu.com/content/odu/news/2013/5/system_of_systems_en.html 2013-05-14T09:08:24-04:00 2013-05-13T16:06:00-04:00 Throughout the school year, 11 senior computer science students have been working to help solve problems facing the National Centers for System of Systems Engineering while it performs complex engineering systems tasks for military, government and private-sector agencies. http://www.odu.com/content/odu/news/2013/5/kaufman_award.html 2013-05-10T15:38:14-04:00 2013-05-10T09:53:00-04:00 The Kaufman Prize, the highest honor given to a graduating Old Dominion University student, was presented to LaCheryl Ball, a biology/pre-veterinary studies graduate from the College of Sciences, during the annual Student Honors and Awards Dinner. http://www.odu.com/content/odu/news/2013/5/rotc_commissioning.html 2013-05-10T17:04:05-04:00 2013-05-10T16:00:00-04:00 NASA administrator Charles F. Bolden reflected on his 34-year career as a Marine and offered encouragement to a new class of fellow officers at the Joint Army ROTC and Hampton Roads Naval ROTC commissioning ceremony at Old Dominion University on Friday, May 10. http://www.odu.com/content/odu/news/2013/5/college_scholars.html 2013-05-10T10:04:29-04:00 2013-05-10T10:00:00-04:00 The Old Dominion University Alumni Association presented Outstanding College Scholar awards to six graduating students at the Student Honors and Awards Dinner on Thursday, May 9. One of the students, biological sciences major Hassan Elzein, also was honored as the overall Outstanding University Scholar. http://www.odu.com/content/odu/news/2013/5/broderick_evon_award.html 2013-05-10T10:11:07-04:00 2013-05-10T09:56:00-04:00 An award created by Old Dominion University President John R. Broderick and his wife, Kate, to recognize students who have given their time, knowledge and hearts to make the ODU community a better place has been presented to Eslam M. Abuhmad. http://www.odu.com/content/odu/news/2013/5/public_procurement_c.html 2013-05-10T11:22:42-04:00 2013-05-10T11:19:00-04:00 The first group of graduates of Old Dominion University's graduate certificate program in public procurement were recognized by the College of Business and Public Administration http://www.odu.com/content/odu/news/2013/5/stem_students_comput_0.html 2013-05-10T14:32:26-04:00 2013-05-10T13:33:00-04:00 Students in Petros Katsioloudis’ STEM 221 course, Materials Process, had a rewarding conclusion to spring semester classes with the culmination of their final project. Their assignment: design and build an easily accessible computer desk for a wheelchair-bound woman with cerebral palsy. http://www.odu.com/content/odu/news/2013/5/odu_community_develo.html 2013-05-08T09:06:30-04:00 2013-05-07T16:04:00-04:00 Olympic gold medalist Francena McCorory will speak at the fifth annual Hampton Roads Conference for Girls and Young Women at Old Dominion University on Saturday, May 18. http://www.odu.com/content/odu/news/2013/5/odu_garrison_keillor.html 2013-05-06T15:42:29-04:00 2013-05-06T15:34:00-04:00 Garrison Keillor recently turned 70 – an accomplishment that came as something of a shock because it was not something he intended to do. Host of the popular longtime radio show “A Prairie Home Companion,” Keillor made the remark to Old Dominion University faculty members, staff and students during an hour-long question-and-answer session last week at the Goode Theatre. http://www.odu.com/content/odu/news/2013/5/dreams_will_come_tru.html 2013-05-06T15:14:37-04:00 2013-05-06T14:57:00-04:00 The dreams of three Old Dominion employees will be realized this year, thanks to the ODU Staff Dream Fund.