Sustainable Living Fair Returns to Webb Center This Weekend

Last year's keynote speaker is returning for ODU's annual Sustainable Living Fair this weekend in Webb Center, and he's bringing his own film. (Full Story)

VMASC Researchers Developing 100-Year Sea Level Rise Decision Model

According to scientific projections, global seas are projected to rise noticeably in the next 100 years as the climate warms and polar ice caps melt. (Full Story)

Saturday Science Series Looks at Lasers and Very Cold Atoms

Ever seen one of those videos in which the beam from an improvised laser burns a hole in wood or metal? You might be surprised to know that laser light can also make a target turn very cold. This is the fascinating subject to be explored in the Saturday Morning Science Series. (Full Story)

Middle School Students to Take Part in Design Contest at Engineering Open House

Middle schools in Newport News have taken seriously Gov. Bob McDonnell's push for more applied science education in the earlier grades, and changed their curriculum to incorporate more engineering design. (Full Story)

'Improving the Graduation Rates of Students of Color' Is Topic for BHM Lecture (Full Story)

Iraq Veteran Discharged Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' to Speak Feb. 23 (Full Story)

Al-Hazza to Address 'Developing Rapport with Students' for Provost's Conversations Series (Full Story)

HACE Hosting Coffee Social Feb. 23 for Current and Prospective Members (Full Story)

Reservations Due Feb. 21 for Friends of Women's Studies Dinner (Full Story)

ODU Selected as Regional Site for 2013 NCAA Women's Basketball Tourney (Full Story)

ODU Delivers First of Sophisticated Detector Components to JLab

A couple of years from now, when the $310 million energy upgrade at the Jefferson Lab is completed and atom smashing experiments begin to probe deeper into the building blocks of matter, physicists at ODU will look back on Feb. 13, 2012, as a red-letter day. (Full Story)

Major Conference Showcases Health Care Modeling and Simulation at ODU

ODU's growing research emphasis on health care modeling and simulation, and the university's successful collaborations in this field with EVMS, were evident at the 12th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare last month. (Full Story)

School of Dental Hygiene Gives Children Much to Smile About

ODU's School of Dental Hygiene and the Tidewater Dental Association partnered on Feb. 11 to provide preventive dental services and examinations to locally underserved children as part of the Give Kids a Smile initiative. (Full Story)

Media Room at the Ted Named for Old Dominion SID Carol Hudson (More)

Student-Athletes Recognized for Academic Achievement (More)

SCHEV Award Winner, Naval ROTC Heroes Honored (More)

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