Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University (ODU) is a public research university in Norfolk, Virginia. Established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary, an extension school of the College of William & Mary for people with fewer financial assets, members of the military, and non-traditional students in Norfolk-Virginia Beach area of the Hampton Roads region. The university has since expanded into a residential college for traditional students and is one of the largest universities in Virginia with an enrollment of 23,494 students for the 2023 academic year. The university also enrolls over 600 international students from 99 countries. Its main campus covers straddling the city neighborhoods of Larchmont, Highland Park, and Lambert's Point, approximately north of Downtown Norfolk along the Elizabeth River.The university offers 175 undergraduate and graduate degree programs from seven colleges and three schools. Deriving its name from one of Virginia's state nicknames, "The Old Dominion", given to the state by King Charles II of England for remaining loyal to the crown during the English Civil War, Old Dominion has approximately 165,000 alumni in all 50 states and 67 countries.
ODU has a Carnegie Classification of "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". According to the National Science Foundation, ODU spent $73.6 million on research and development in 2021. For 2024-2025, WSJ/College Pulse ranked Old Dominion #501-600 out of U.S. universities while ''US News & World Report'' ranked the university #278 out of U.S. universities and #973 out of global universities. Provided by Wikipedia
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10by Alexander B. Bochdansky (Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University), Robert B. Dunbar (Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University), Dennis A. Hansell (Department of Ocean Sciences, University of Miami), Gerhard J. Herndl (Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna)Get access
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14by Celebi-Ergin, Billur, Zimmerman, Richard C., Hill, Victoria J.Contributors: “...Old Dominion University...”
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15by Murphy, E.J., Hofmann, E. E., Watkins, J. L., Johnston, N.M., Piñones, A., BALLERINI, Tosca, Hill, S. L., Trathan, P.N., Tarling, G. A., Canavagh, R.A., Young, E. F., Thorpe, S.E., Fretwell, P.Contributors: “...Old Dominion University Norfolk (ODU)...”
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16by Einarsson, Sveinn V., Lowry, Kate E., Lin, Peigen, Pickart, Robert S., Ashjian, Carin J., Chappell, P. DreuxContributors: “...Old Dominion University...”
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17by Whiteman, John, Newsome, Seth, Bustamante, Paco, Cherel, Yves, Hobson, KeithContributors: “...Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University,...”
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18Evidence for ephemeral middle Eocene to early Oligocene Greenland glacial ice and pan-Arctic sea iceContributors: “...Old Dominion University Norfolk (ODU)...”
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20by Whiteman, John, Newsome, Seth, Bustamante, Paco, Cherel, Yves, Hobson, KeithContributors: “...Old Dominion University Norfolk (ODU)...”
Published in Journal of Animal Ecology (2021)
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