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COO David F. Harnage Reflects on Helping Five Presidents Build the Old Dominion University Campus
President John R. Broderick said Harnage, "was the heart, soul and architect for the way our campus looks today."
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Weisel Wants to Keep Pushing ODU M&S in New Directions
Eric Weisel was installed June 10 as interim executive director of ODU's Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center.
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Mobile Learning Technologies Could Provide Vital Educational Link for Refugees, ODU Researcher Believes
Helen Crompton, a UN-recognized expert in mobile learning technologies, was recently invited to the Greek Island of Lesbos, for an international symposium aimed at helping Syrian refugees.
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$2 Million Grant Awarded to ODU’s Special Education Program
Old Dominion University was recently selected as the sixth institution in the country, out of 400 applicants, to receive a $2 million grant from the U.S Department of Education to prepare teams of educators to assess and instruct English learners with and without disabilities.
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VMASC Researchers Develop Groundbreaking Simulation Showing how Migration Process Batters Refugees
Innovative work at Old Dominion University's Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center has resulted in a potentially groundbreaking simulation of the cataclysmic effects for people trapped in the refugee migration process.
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Across Campus - A Photo Essay
Volunteers from Old Dominion University's Young Alumni Advisory Committee and ODU Athletics served as ambassadors for ODU Day at Richard Bowling Elementary School. Participants ate lunch with students, performed the "Ice Cream and Cake" dance, read the book "Big Blue Goes to School," assisted with a royal ball and talked to students about the importance of going to college. Photo Chuck Thomas
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Francesca Ketchum and her son James Payne watch the BAP Union, a training ship in the Peruvian Navy, as it passes Whitehurst Beach on June 8. The tall ship was part of Norfolk's Harborfest Parade of Sails.