College of Sciences Newsletter   Edition 27                  March  15, 2006

College News







Fund the Sciences
Many thanks to individual donors who have chosen to fund the sciences. Donations go to support research and scholarly activities (including Study Abroad programs and scholarships) in the college. If you, too, want to help ..
Batten Endowed Chair To Direct Instrumentation Center
The word among geochemists is that Patrick G. Hatcher—Old Dominion University’s new Batten Endowed Chair in physical sciences—should be 10 times more famous than he is. That ..
9th Annual Blue Crab Bow
The 9th annual Blue Crab Bowl brought some of Virginia’s smartest high school students to the campus Feb. 11 ..
Classified Service Recognition
The following classified employees were recently honored for their years of service to the University at the Annual Recognition Program, sponsored ..
ODU'S College Of Sciences Opens State-of-the-art Instrumentation Center
Old Dominion University’s College of Sciences Major Instrumentation Center (COSMIC@ODU), which took shape early February on the first floor of the Oceanography and Physics Building, represented a giant step forward for an institution ..
Gifted Middle Schoolers To Explore Marine And Ocean Sciences At ODU
Fifty gifted middle school students from mid-Atlantic states attended “Explorations in Marine & Ocean Sciences,” a one-day forum presented Nov. 5, by the Old Dominion University ..
Old Dominion University Research Park
Old Dominion University broke ground on the first building to be constructed in the new Research Park, which will be located in the University Village, adjacent to the Ted Constant Convocation ..
ODU At Virginia Beach To Meet City'S Workforce Needs With 4-year Campus
Responding to the workforce needs of Virginia Beach, Old Dominion University President Roseann Runte and Virginia Beach Mayor E. Meyera Oberndorf announced plans to open a four-year branch campus at ODU’s Virginia Beach ..
Physical sciences professor seen as key for ODU research
Old Dominion University lured Patrick G. Hatcher from Ohio State based on his awardwinning work tracking the fate of pollutants. And before Hatcher ..
Despite Movement To Contrary, Parental Involvement Can Aid Student Success
College and university advisers at the fall 2005 annual conference of the National Academic Advising Association in Las Vegas could attend one session titled "Parents Gone Wild." Some conferees ..
Phyllis Brown, Editor
College of Sciences Newsletter
SciNews@odu.edu
(757) 683-3280
(757) 683-3034 (fax)


OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY | COLLEGE OF SCIENCES NEWSLETTER | COLLEGE OF SCIENCES

COPYRIGHT: OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY 02/10/2006