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Radford’s Brian Hemphill named new ODU president
Radford University President Brian Hemphill has been hired as Old Dominion University’s ninth president, ODU announced Friday. He will succeed John Broderick, the Norfolk university’s president of 13 years, who is retiring this year. Hemphill, who has led Radford since 2016, will join ODU this summer, according to a news release Friday from the university. […]
ODU professors receive nearly $1M for cybersecurity research projects
Five Old Dominion University professors have been awarded nearly $1 million in Coastal Virginia Center for Cyber Innovation (COVA CCI) funding for several cybersecurity research projects, the university announced Monday. Hongyi Wu, Chunsheng Xin, Sachin Shetty, Rafael Diaz and Kevin Moberly are the principal investigators working on the six projects. COVA CCI is led by […]
Disrupting racism
In the months after a blackface scandal threatened his governorship, Gov. Ralph Northam announced that he would appoint a chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer who would report directly to him — the first Cabinet-level position of its kind in any state in the nation. In September 2019, Janice Underwood took on the challenge. A […]
Sentara announces $10M community health investment
Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare announced Thursday a $10 million investment to be split among grants to local universities as well as public health and health equity improvement initiatives. The Sentara Healthier Communities Fund will be disbursed during a two-year period among Sentara’s partner universities, including Old Dominion University and Norfolk State University; as well as Eastern [&h[...]
Changing course
For the first time, James Madison University’s College of Business offered spring 2020 students in its MBA program an elective course focused specifically on diversity. By the end of the semester, JMU had hired the course’s instructor, visiting professor Demetria Henderson, as the business school’s director of diversity, equity and inclusion. The appointment was a […]
ODU mapping tool to help site wind turbines
The answer, they say, is blowin’ in the wind. In August 2020, Old Dominion University won a $775,000 grant from the Department of Defense that will help create a “wind energy siting solution,” enabling offshore and onshore wind-energy developers to avoid potential conflicts with military operations and trainings. The ODU grant followed Dominion Energy Inc.’s June 2020 installation [&hel[...]
Pandemic brings end to decade of job gains
The public health crisis brought an unanticipated end to 11 straight quarters of economic growth and nearly a decade of job gains in Virginia, according to Old Dominion University’s 2020 State of the Commonwealth Report, released on Dec. 20 by ODU’s Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy. “The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected how […]
ODU names vice president for student engagement and enrollment
Following a national search, Old Dominion University has named Don Stansberry as its vice president for student engagement and enrollment services. Stansberry has held the position on an interim basis since July 2019; his permanent post will begin on Jan. 10. After national trends predicted a steep decline in college enrollment because of the pandemic, […]
Va. hotel revenue is still down by more than 50% from 2019
Despite the fast-approaching holiday season, Virginia hotel revenues continue to decline when compared with last year, according to data from STR Inc., a CoStar Group division that provides weekly market data on the U.S. hospitality industry. While COVID-19 cases spiked during the week of Nov. 29 through Dec. 5, hotel revenues in Virginia dropped by […]
Norfolk startup initiative launches
The Norfolk Innovation Corridor (NIC), an initiative to attract and retain startups in the region, launched on Thursday, Old Dominion University announced. Qualifying startups and company expansions can receive tax incentives (abatement of Business, Professional and Occupational License taxes at 100% for two years and 50% for three years) through the NIC, in collaboration with […]
ODU, EVMS, Sentara name partnership executive director
Old Dominion University, Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) and Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare announced Tuesday that Kevin Leslie has been named executive director of its new partnership, the Hampton Roads Biomedical Research Consortium (HRBRC). The HRBRC was recently approved by Gov. Ralph Northam and the General Assembly with a goal of strengthening relationships among the three […[...]
Va. hotel revenues likely to remain low through holidays
With the holiday season looming, Virginia hotel revenues continue to decline when compared to last year, according to data from STR Inc., a CoStar Group division that provides weekly market data on the U.S. hospitality industry. For the week of Nov. 1 through Nov. 7, hotel revenues in Virginia decreased by 53% and rooms sold […]
