College of Sciences Newsletter   Edition 32                  January 21, 2008

Student News







ODU Botanists' Research Graces The Cover Of American Journal Of Botany
The cover photo and a related article in the September 2007 issue of the American Journal of Botany are the work of botanists at Old Dominion University. Jay Bolin, a doctoral student in ecological sciences, took the cover photo, which is of the flower of an exotic root parasite, and is an author of the article.
Snake Smitten: Doctoral student doesn’t let impaired vision keep her from passion for reptile research
Julie Ray’s deteriorating vision has left her unable to drive a car or use a high-powered microscope. But the Old Dominion University Ph.D. student in ecological sciences has not given up her dream to establish a center for the study of snakes and other wildlife in a remote jungle of Panama.
Physics Student selected as Outstanding Teaching Assistant
Donika Plyku was selected as the outstanding graduate teaching assistant by both the College of Sciences and the University. She is shown here with a Van der Graff generator during our Earth Day Open House in 2006.
Dana Oblak, Editor
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