April 9, 2004

News for Faculty, Staff, Students & Friends

Volume 33, No. 10

Headlines

“Darwin, Kant and Biodiversity” is title of next Lecture Series talk Speakers announced for commencement Mengistu awarded Fulbright to Ukraine VMASC lands multimillion-dollar contract Research Award goes to professor of psychology, Tom Cash Thanks to all for a successful regional tournament Michael Fanizza, former member of art dept., dies Fine and performing arts offerings abound this spring Faculty Senate votes on variety of issues at recent meetings Hip-hop impressario Russel Simmons coming to campus for NAACP program, “Poetry Jam” CLT workshops offered for faculty More news		Photo by Sonja Y. Foster Down the homestretch Members of the ODU lacrosse team carry the Stars and Stripes on their mile run around the campus as part of Run for Freedom, a project conceived by Jason Redman, student battalion commander of the Navy ROTC, to honor the servicemen and women who have died in the War on Terror. More than 700 members of the campus and local communities, led by ODU Army and Navy ROTC students, ran one-mile legs continuously in the April 3-8 relay. The event generated thousands of dollars to benefit the families of the fallen service members. Board approves tuition/fee rates, tenure, emeritus appointments Old Dominion will raise its tuition and fees for in-state undergraduate students by 6.9 percent, effective with the summer 2004 term. Full story Work expected to resume soon on maglev Work on the stalled magnetic levitation transportation system on campus, known as maglev, could resume sometime this month, following a settlement reached by American Maglev Technology (AMT) and three of its subcontractors over the issue of non-payment for work. Full story

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