Old Dominion University Resilience Collaborative

05/08/2019

04/15/2019

Certain neighborhoods in the Hampton Roads region are bearing the brunt of the flooding burden from sea level rise as home values sink.

03/20/2019

What are some of the decision support models used to assess approaches for restoration of critical civil and social infrastructures following disruptions from extreme events such as hurricanes? Hear about the research from Richard Little of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute during the next Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography at ODU and ODURC seminar series on Monday, March 25.

Cynthia Tomovic Department of STEM Education and Professional Studies, ODU andVukica Jovanović Department of Engineering Technology, ODU

03/18/2019

ODU faculty and students will simulate a tornado drill at Webb Center at 9:45 a.m.Tuesday as part of the statewide drill. Stop by to learn more!

In partnership with the National Weather Service, Virginia will hold its annual tornado drill Tuesday morning.

03/18/2019

Sunny-day flooding, which Norfolk has more of than in previous years, is creating a new source of water pollution. Margaret Mulholland, a biological oceanographer at ODU, has started measuring what kinds of pollutants the high tides bring into our local waters.

Column: One of the most obvious results of global climate change is found in Norfolk, Wilmington and Charleston.

03/14/2019

[Seminar alert!] The next Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography at ODU and ODURC seminar will feature Dr. Jacob Hochard from the Department of Economics at East Carolina University presenting a study linking hurricane forecasts and birth rates, illustrating feedbacks in human-natural systems and shows the social implications of projected increased hurricane activity. Join us in person on Monday, March 18 at 3:30 p.m. in IRP II, or online.

Cynthia Tomovic Department of STEM Education and Professional Studies, ODU andVukica Jovanović Department of Engineering Technology, ODU

02/20/2019

A local group, Stop the Flooding NOW, partnered with ODU's own Michelle Covi, has been recognized for their community engagement and efforts.

Stop the Flooding NOW was founded by Virginia Beach residents who wanted to take action to address the chronic flooding in their community.

02/11/2019

Seminar alert! Monday's seminar from Dr. David Pezza from the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at ODU will describe an approach based on integrated systems thinking that can be used to guide decisions about responses of coastal communities to climate change. Join us in person or via the streaming link:

Cynthia Tomovic Department of STEM Education and Professional Studies, ODU andVukica Jovanović Department of Engineering Technology, ODU

02/06/2019

When asked about flooding in Hampton Roads, 63 percent of survey respondents said it had increased and 23.9 percent said it had stayed the same, staying consistent with the past four years of surveys.

More than half of the respondents interviewed for the annual survey say the flooding in Hampton Roads has increased over the past 30 years.