The Courier Online--Volume 38, No. 1 - July 11, 2008

July 11, 2008

News for Faculty, Staff, Students & Friends

Volume 38, No. 1

Headlines

Mars lander findings could revive interest in prof’s rocket fuel research

Board approves budget, tenure appointments

Porter to chair conference in D.C.

Tuition assistance deadline for fall is Aug. 1

Longtime faculty member Surendra Tiwari dies

Researchers get $600,000 award for diabetes studies

Prof developing Dismal Swamp documentary

Students travel with Rick McKenzie to attend CARS conference in Spain

Grant supports nursing profs’ cultural competency research

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Biodiesel tutorial U.S. Senate candidate Mark Warner, pictured at left being greeted by Acting President John R. Broderick, and U.S. Rep. Thelma Drake, above, touring a lab with Patrick Hatcher, made visits to the campus on July 2 and 7, respectively, to meet with Hatcher, Batten Endowed Chair in physical sciences, and members of his team to learn more about their research on converting algae into biodiesel fuel. Hatcher is executive director of the Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium. PHOTOS BY CHUCK THOMAS

NIH awards $1.1 million for Reidy Center cancer research
Cancer-therapy research at Old Dominion’s Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics has won critical support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Full story

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