When Marine Species are Endangered, the GMSA at ODU Raises the Red Flag

Kent Carpenter and his small band of researchers exercise global influence on marine-life conservation efforts from their office in the Physical Sciences Building. A marine biologist, Carpenter manages the Global Marine Species Assessment. One of GMSA's sponsors is the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which produces the Red List Assessment for threatened species. Carpenter's position with GMSA makes him the leader – and ODU the headquarters – of the IUCN Red List for marine species. (Full Story)

Engineering Management Graduate Program Selected as Best in U.S.

Old Dominion's graduate program in engineering management has been awarded the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) Founder's Award for "Excellence in Academic Leadership." (Full Story)

Researchers Developing Tests to Determine Soldiers' Fitness for Duty Following Head Trauma

A team of Old Dominion researchers has won a $270,000, two-year Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) phase II grant to supply research expertise for Advanced Anti-Terror Technologies in the continued development of a virtual reality-based system to determine whether soldiers who have suffered mild traumatic brain injury are fit to return to duty. (Full Story)

Tierney Sutton Band to Perform for Diehn Concert Series Nov. 8 (Full Story)

There's an App for That: Announcing ODUMobile (Full Story)

Faculty Innovator Grant Proposals Due Dec. 1 (Full Story)

The District, Runte Quad Receive Awards in Development Design Competition (Full Story)

Michael Pearson and E.A. Poe: Making the Bronx Proud

ODU's Michael Pearson is being mentioned in the same breath as Edgar Allen Poe these days, thanks to a website posting by Kathryn Clemens' seventh-grade class at Immaculate Conception School in the Bronx. (Full Story)