Bob O’Dell, a distinguished research professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department, and Katherin Carroll, an assistant professor of political science have been included in the Nashville Scene’s second edition of their People Issue, a special publication that introduces Music City to “people whose stories will make you lean a little closer and listen.”
The issue’s story on O’Dell, titled “Bob O’Dell – The Star Salesman,” discusses O’Dell’s penchant for naming astronomy-related items, like the Hubble telescope and the word for the leftover material from 300,000-year-old stars – “proplyds.” O’Dell outlined how the Hubble telescope was almost never built, and how he became a “salesman” to get the project going.
Carroll’s story “The Battlefield Professor” chronicled how a tumultuous year of her life led her to become embedded in a combat brigade in Baghdad. According to the article, Carroll used her political science doctorate and specialty in Middle Eastern politics to predict, “where violence might break out during elections,” around Baghdad.
Read O'Dell's and Carroll's full articles on the Nashville Scene Web site.
