Researchers: Organic Material in Glacial Ice a Reason for Concern

A team of researchers, including three from ODU, reports in the influential journal Nature Geoscience this week that their analysis of organic matter in glacial ice raises new concerns about biomass burning and fossil fuel use by humans. (Full Story)

Nanoscale Cover Article Highlights Work of Xu, Huang, Browning

The research group of Nancy Xu, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, reports in the journal Nanoscale that the group's proprietary nanoparticle biosensors and single-molecule imaging techniques are now able to spy on cellular signaling pathways that are tied to diseases such as cancer. (Full Story)

Vision Lab Wins Grant to Study Brain Tumor Modeling and Detection

Khan Iftekharuddin, director of ODU's Vision Lab, has received a grant of nearly $350,000 from the National Institutes of Health to use machine vision technology in brain tumor modeling and detection. (Full Story)

CCSLRI Speaker Calls for Public-Private Cooperation on Climate Change Adaptation

An executive with an international insurance firm told audiences at ODU on Feb. 20 that private insurers are taking the climate change warnings of scientists very seriously, and that she believes communities should be hard at work right now collecting data to inform their decisions about how to react to the risks. (Full Story)

Concerts Include Program of Popular Music from Civil War (Full Story)

Waste Audit Reveals Need for More Recycling (Full Story)

Black History Month: East Coast Gospel Festival Set for Feb. 24-25 (Full Story)

Students Can Apply for New Broderick-Evon Award for Community Engagement and Service (Full Story)

ODU Research Spurs World Interest in Lost Tweets from Egyptian Revolution

Hany SalahEldeen, a Ph.D. student in computer science, never would have guessed how much social media traffic he would generate when he posted the article "Losing My Revolution" on the Web page of the Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group. (Full Story)

NYC Artist Judith Braun Creates a Mural with Help from ODU Students

New York-based artist Judith Braun said she wanted to recruit two or three ODU fine arts students to help her create the 48-foot-long mural, "Diamond Dust," that is now complete and open for viewing at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk. (Full Story)

Many of Region's Brightest Students Get Lesson in International Relations at Model UN Conference

More than 1,000 students from 53 schools took part in this month's Old Dominion University Model UN Society high school conference, the largest in many years. The 35th annual conference met Feb. 16-19 in downtown Norfolk. (Full Story)

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