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Old Dominion University

EVMS, ODU merger pushed to July 2024
Nov 3, 2023

EVMS, ODU merger pushed to July 2024

The merger of Eastern Virginia Medical School into Old Dominion University has been pushed back six months, to July 1, 2024, instead of January as originally planned, ODU President Brian O. Hemphill announced Friday during his State of the University address. While that date still meets the deadline set by Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the […]

Jennifer Boykin (L), president of Newport News Shipbuilding and executive vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries, and Old Dominion University President Brian O. Hemphill.
Oct 24, 2023

NNS funding helps launch ODU engineering program

Newport News Shipbuilding will be the lead industry sponsor of Old Dominion University‘s program to graduate more engineers, the two organizations announced Tuesday. NNS, a division of Newport News-based Fortune 500 military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries, will make a five-year financial commitment to the Monarch Accelerator Program to Engineering (MAP-to-E), ODU‘s program t[...]

Executive insights
Sep 28, 2023

Executive insights

Virginia Business asked six Hampton Roads leaders to discuss how their organizations are contributing to the region’s success and meeting challenges such as workforce recruitment and inflation. DAWN GLYNN President and chief experience officer, Corporate Services Group, TowneBank, Suffolk How are your customers responding to inflation and higher interest rates?  After many years of historic[...]

Gazing into the future
Sep 28, 2023

Gazing into the future

The waterways and shorelines that make up Hampton Roads harbor a historic reputation as ideal hosts for commerce, trade, shipbuilding, military installations and government research. Its beaches and historical sites attract millions of visitors, and the region is home to farms, businesses and universities. We know the past and present, but what about the future […]

Teamwork makes dreams work
Sep 28, 2023

Teamwork makes dreams work

Talk with researchers a few minutes, and they’ll explain how many stages it takes for an idea to become a medical treatment, and for the treatment method to be tested, approved and brought to market. In many cases, it can take several years. Founded in June 2020, the Hampton Roads Biomedical Research Consortium is a […]

ODU and IALR to launch manufacturing engineering tech degree
Sep 27, 2023

ODU supply chain/logistics school approved by SCHEV

Old Dominion University‘s School of Supply Chain, Logistics, and Maritime Operations was approved Wednesday by the state’s higher education council, and it’s set to start programming on Oct. 1, according to the university. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) OK’d the new school, which will support ODU‘s Maritime Consortium, which was created [&h[...]

University of Virginia Rotunda and Lawn. Photo courtesy University of Virginia
Sep 18, 2023

44 Va. schools make U.S. News and World Report’s 2024 list

Forty-four Virginia schools ranked on the U.S. News and World Report’s 2024 best lists of more than 600 universities and liberal arts colleges in the country, released Monday. The University of Virginia ranked No. 24 in national universities, tying with Carnegie Mellon and Emory universities and Washington University in St. Louis. U.Va. ranked No. 5 […]

Education 2023: BRIAN O. HEMPHILL
Aug 30, 2023

Education 2023: BRIAN O. HEMPHILL

Hemphill arrived at Old Dominion in 2021 with big goals for the 93-year-old public R1 research university, like the April opening of the Hampton Roads Biomedical Research Consortium, a partnership among ODU, Norfolk State University, Eastern Virginia Medical School and Sentara Health. The consortium aims to jumpstart scientific research and address health care disparities in […]

Hotel industry recovering, but unevenly
Aug 18, 2023

Va. hotel revenues up, rooms sold still lower than 2019

Virginia’s hotel industry is continuing its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but revenue increases are being driven by high room rates, rather than more travelers. That’s according to a report released Friday by Old Dominion University‘s Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy. According to the center’s analysis of data from STR Inc., a division […]

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Aug 18, 2023

ODU hires director for cybersecurity school

Old Dominion University has named Daniel Takabi to direct its School of Cybersecurity. Takabi joins the school from Georgia State University, where he worked for four years and served as an associate professor of computer science, according to his LinkedIn account. Takabi started in his new role July 25; the university announced his new role […]

Reaching the majors
Jun 29, 2023

Reaching the majors

Reaching the “major league” in academic research boosts Old Dominion University‘s clout in attracting top talent and grants, emphasizes the university’s vice president for research. Achieving the R1 research classification “enhances the reputation of the university,” says Morris Foster, and “helps in the talent [recruitment] area … [because] some students will only go to an[...]

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Jun 21, 2023

2023 Va. hotel revenues up 12.9% over pre-pandemic

Hotel revenues in the commonwealth this year were 12.9% higher from January through May, compared with pre-pandemic business during the same period in 2019, according to data released Tuesday by STR Inc., a division of CoStar Group Inc. that provides market data on the U.S. hospitality industry. Hotel rooms sold were about the same compared […]

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