Portsmouth native Bismarck Myrick, who served as a public servant in three separate careers, spending 20 years each with the U.S. Army (as a decorated Vietnam veteran), U.S. Foreign Service (as a career diplomat and two-time ambassador) and Old Dominion University (as Ambassador-in-Residence and lecturer in political science and history), has died. He was 83.
Join professional talks on geospatial technologies, a GIS forum, student map competitions, a GIS Web Application Contest, and door prize drawing. Free and open to the public, GIS professionals, students and faculty.
In advance of the November election, Old Dominion University’s Social Science Research Center has released the politics section of its 2024 Life in Hampton Roads Survey.
Political Scientists Benjamin Melusky and Jesse Richman will discuss the various candidates, issues and races.
Democratic House candidates appear well positioned in regional races; GOP may have slight edge in Senate contests.
He leads ODU’s Center for Geospatial Science, Education and Analytics and recently received a doctorate in oceanography.
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Junior Samiyyah Bashir-Davis and four other ODU students spent the beginning of the spring semester working full-time with state senators and delegates.
He spent his entire academic career at ODU and was passionate about geography education and travel.
ODU Geography launches YouTube channel
ODU Geography launched a YouTube channel. Featured videos include Geography Awareness Week 2022, a Drone Demo Flyover of ODU East Campus and King Tide Flooding in Norfolk.
ODU Geography launched a YouTube channel. Featured videos include Geography Awareness Week 2022, a Drone Demo Flyover of ODU East Campus and King Tide Flooding in Norfolk.
With the help of two new grants, ODU researchers hope to inform decision makers on ways to mitigate the impacts of sea level rise on roadway flooding and public health.
Dr. Jesse Richman, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at ODU, spoke about the upcoming November 2022 election on topics including redistricting, early voting, polling and election results.
ODU political scientists will discuss the midterms at Yetiv Auditorium in the Batten Arts and Letters Building.
It is more than law and politics. How does the Constitution shape American society, the way we live and our expectations for the future? The campus community is invited to the forum on Tuesday, September 20th, 12:20-1:30 in Batten Arts & Letters Rm. 1012
Through special courses and events, the ODU community can join a collective learning adventure this fall.
The Resilience Adaptation Feasibility Tool helps residents bolster resilience while balancing economic and social concerns.
Nicholas Fegreus will spend two months in Kyrgyzstan enhancing his Russian language skills.
ICAR will move to a building directly across from what will be the Elizabeth River Project’s Pru and Louis Ryan Resilience Lab.
Thirty-one new officers, including 24 from ODU, swore an oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic."
Five University faculty members were selected as program scholars and one was named an Alumni Ambassador.
The Outstanding University Scholar, Evon-Broderick honorees and Provost’s Awards for Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher were also announced.
The percentage of county population with a BA is one of the strongest predictors, with highly educated counties becoming more Democratic and less educated counties becoming more Republican.
The ambassador in residence at ODU will serve a two-year term.
Ukrainians want to escape Russia’s imperial shadow. Putin wants to reextend that shadow – to erase Ukraine as an independent national identity.
Known for his commitment, for speaking his mind, his haircut and insistence on being called Mr. Ramsey despite a doctoral degree, John Warren Ramsey was 91.
Former colleagues remembered him as a man who “never put on any airs” and was dedicated to his students.
He worked for nearly 30 years at the University and served two terms as chair of the Department of Political Science and Geography.
A team from the University developed experiential learning modules to train students, offer advice on port cybersecurity and create a workforce pipeline.
A team from the University developed experiential learning modules to train students, offer advice on port cybersecurity and create a workforce pipeline.
The presentation, on view through May 29, features visual interpretations of how climate change affects Hampton Roads.
The network’s “At A Crossroads” project explores the local impact of rising waters caused by climate change.
Maass writes that the most policy-relevant questions in the 21st Century concern how states compete in the shadow of major war, rather than through it.
The Nov. 19 event will test GIS skills, including a competition for students to create a useful data map.
Michael Clemons will moderate the event, which will feature Athena King, Benjamin Melusky and Jesse Richman.
ODU Adjunct Professor Gary Gomez evaluates the flood of intelligence and collection technology for intelligence.
How does political accountability in democracies affect leaders’ incentives for international cooperation?
ODU researchers will lead two of seven transdisciplinary projects funded by the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI).
Only one U.S. team finished ahead of the Monarchs in the event sponsored by NATO’s Atlantic Council.
The team earned its way into the competition with its performance in March at the Ninth Cyber 9/12 Challenge, which was held virtually in Washington, D.C.
The startup program sported the highest GPA among Monarch teams in the fall and has exceeded expectations in Conference USA competition.
The event is scheduled for March 16 and is being held during Severe Weather Awareness Week.
Robert Cahill ’91 will cover students’ free-speech rights, fundamental liberties and equal protection.
He joined ODU in 2008 and has served as chair of the Political Science and Geography Department since 2017.
Nicole Hutton and Jennifer Whytlaw create webapp to address hurricane evacuation of vulnerable populations during COVID-19.
David R. Hager was ODU Political Science professor, department chair, five-time acting provost during his 39-year career at the University.
He also served as associate vice president for academic affairs, dean of graduate studies and chair of political science.
‘It's a challenging election to look at… It's good to have, more or less, a final decision,’ said Dr. Jesse Richman, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Old Dominion University.
‘Said ODU Political Science Professor Aaron Karp, ‘If you're going to abandon an ally, be extraordinarily sure of what you're doing and how you go about it.'
ODU and the University Innovation Exchange Space Initiative are using satellite data to address a host of issues.
The data collected will inform a hazard mitigation plan and grant applications for structural and natural flood prevention measures to be developed by tribe members.
The Future Sea Level and Recurrent Flooding Risk for Coastal Virginia report by CCRFR, released earlier in 2020, suggests that by 2040, 424 square miles of land in coastal Virginia will be at risk of permanent flooding from relative sea level rise.
The virtual event, which is sponsored by the Department of Political Science and Geography and Pi Sigma Alpha, is scheduled to run from 12:20 to 1:20 p.m.
“Dr. Bill,” who joined the faculty 70 years ago, retired in May at age 95.
Raise your questions for ODU experts.
The 2020 presidential election is already setting records. With just shy of two months to go, presidential campaigns and associated groups have already eclipsed the record fundraising of 2016 by hundreds of millions of dollars.
The virtual presentation is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30.
The award enhances the University’s efforts to be a leader in the development and implementation of offshore wind technology on the Virginia coast.
The overall picture is of a president who is not very popular in Hampton Roads, and who appears to be less popular than he was four years ago with survey respondents.
Residents say concerns about the pandemic could alter their response to a storm, possibly putting them more at risk.
Overall and on most issues the public was quite divided, with divisions often falling along party lines. But President Trump and the CDC seemed to elicit the strongest negative and positive responses, respectively.
ODU Professor Dr. Michael Allen says heat kills more people than weather events like hurricanes and tornadoes. He believes heat waves will get longer and more frequent, with a huge impact on health and the environment.
The funding will allow them to pursue a wide range of interests.
The curated collection encompasses topics such as mass incarceration, social movements, African American history and contemporary race issues.
Political Science and Geography Professor Tom Allen and researchers from the Center for Geospatial Science, Education and Analytics analyzed nearly 70 years of tornado records for the Commonwealth.
12 Monarchs received commissions, along with students from Norfolk State, Hampton and Regent universities.
ODU researchers say medical geography and data science can help track diseases and viruses.
Faculty from the Department of Political Science and Geography will talk about what’s happened thus far and make projections and predictions for Super Tuesday.
Political Science & Geography will host a panel discussion on the Presidential Primaries on Tuesday 3 March, the day of the Virginia Presidential Primary, featuring ODU professors Michelle Kundmueller, Benjamin Melusky, Jesse Richman and Joshua Zingher.
Old Dominion University is a co-sponsor of the event, which will be held Jan. 25-26 at Norfolk’s Slover Library.
The $ 1.5 million in funding for the project comes from the Department of Defense’s Minerva Initiative.
Faculty, staff and student volunteers are participating in the initiative, which is being held in conjunction with the Oct. 27 King Tide.
In her new book, "Homer's Hero: Human Excellence in the Iliad and the Odyssey", ODU Political Science Professor Dr. Michelle Kundmueller shows how Homer elevated private life as the locus of true friendship, human excellence, justice and political honor.
Hear from our alumni about life after graduating from the Department of Political Science & Geography.
Hear from our alumni about life after graduating from the Department of Political Science & Geography.
The festival, now in its fourth year, will feature an interdisciplinary event with a resilience focus.
Build experience working full-time in Richmond with Virginia state legislators. The 2020 session runs from 7 January to 7 March.
The three-day excursion in May included visits to the United Nations and the Permanent Missions of Lesotho, Russia and Spain.
Part of a partnership with WHRO, they are scheduled for June 18 and 25.
Political Science major Jeff Davis won an ODU Honors College Undergraduate Research & Creativity Fellowship for summer 2019.
Sachin Shetty, Jesse Richman, C. Ariel Pinto and Jay Walker will participate in the international program.
The University will host a tornado drill education exhibit and a panel discussion for Severe Weather Awareness Week.
The 76-year-old, first-generation graduate finished his bachelor's degree program Saturday more than 50 years after starting it.
Old Dominion University’s Department of Political Science & Geography will host a panel discussion ahead of the Nov. 6 mid-term election featuring four of its nationally recognized political science experts.
ODU researchers Tom Allen and George McLeod will discuss using technology that helps to predict community impacts and develop local policy.
The team was honored by Esri -- the global leader in location intelligence.
The ODU political science lecturer presented The Small Arms Survey data, collected for the first time in a decade, at the United Nations in New York.
Ideally good health care, and access to it, should remain consistent regardless of class or color. However, widespread racial equity and social justice disparities continue.
Old Dominion University political science experts Benjamin Melusky and Jesse Richman shared their insights into how Virginia election dynamics will play out in November.
A double whammy of major hurricanes left a destructive path across Puerto Rico that has disabled its already-challenged economy.
North Korea’s latest missile test launch, which experts say proves the country could strike Alaska, could pose a grave threat to global stability, said Old Dominion University political science and foreign policy researcher Regina Karp.
Regina Karp, a political science and foreign policy expert at Old Dominion University, said the days ahead could be challenging, but what worries her the most is a potential crisis and the United States’ future relationship with its allies.
The Senate’s recent decision to eliminate the filibuster option for opponents of nominees to the Supreme Court, is opening the door to a new era of American politics.
The group of 11 students and three faculty members spent spring break in Cuba, learning about a country long-closed to American visitors.
ODU professors Tom Chapman and Avi Santo will be featured on the public radio program that features the research of Virginia's public universities
The retired ODU geography professor died Feb. 2. He was 77.
Serving as one of the first gauges of public sentiment after a rancorous 2016 election November's Virginia elections will loom large in the legislative session, which starts Jan. 11.
The recent presidential election saw an avalanche of fake or distorted news appear in our social media feeds. This includes a study of non-citizen voters led by ODU's Jesse Richman
Political scientist Jesse Richman will offer insights at the event Nov. 15.
Presidential politics comprises the final installment of the six-part Life in Hampton Roads survey, by ODU's Social Science Research Center.
The Mapping Lambert's Point project has resulted in the creation of an interactive website of the historic Norfolk neighborhood.
Old Dominion University has been neighbors with Lambert's Point for its entire existence. The Mapping Lambert's Point project is aimed at forging closer ties. <br>
The University of Virginia political scientist is headlining a fundraising event by the Friends of ODU Libraries.
Olsen, Serfaty address rising seas other global challenges for business and military audience.
Three candidates will take questions Wednesday, April 13 at the Constant Convocation Center.
A one-of-a-kind nomination season led to a lively discussion hours before Super Tuesday votes were counted.
The March 1 session is being hosted mere hours before ballots are counted in the Virginia Primary.
Author is popular op-ed writer and interview subject. <br>
GIS Day part of Geography Awareness Week.
With NATO headquarters a few miles away from campus, a unique opportunity was presented to Old Dominion students.
In "Myths of the Oil Boom," his latest book on the global politics of oil, Old Dominion University political science professor Steve Yetiv examines what the American oil boom (or era of dramatically heightened U.S. oil production) means for American and global security. And, in the process, he challenges a range of myths and misconceptions about the role of oil in world politics and offers a panoramic view of the global impact of the most politicized commodity in history. <br>
Two Old Dominion University political science professors have authored an opinion piece in Canada’s leading newspaper, The Globe and Mail, about the shifting dynamics around the proposed Keystone XL pipeline following the U.S. midterm elections.
After a midterm election which saw a surprisingly dominant performance by the Republican Party, a panel of Old Dominion University political scientists tried to put the events of Election Day in perspective.
Steve A. Yetiv, the Louis I. Jaffe Professor of International Relations at Old Dominion University, was a guest on Al Jazeera America on Thursday, June 12, speaking about energy security in the wake of recent instability and insurrection in Iraq.
Steve A. Yetiv, Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Political Science and International Studies at ODU, will be the guest speaker at the 20th annual Friends of the Old Dominion University Libraries Author Dinner and Silent Auction on Wednesday, April 2.
Steve A. Yetiv, Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Old Dominion, has written his seventh book, “National Security through a Cockeyed Lens: How Cognitive Bias Impacts U.S. Foreign Policy.”
More than a dozen students from six Hampton Roads high schools participated in the first-ever Coastal Adaptation and Resilience Education (CARE) summer camp in-person from July 24 to July 28 at Old Dominion University.