TARGETED ASSISTANCE
An East Carolina University program that assists college students with learning disabilities will get an important boost from a two-year grant recently awarded by the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable...
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Mercer to co-edit series on human enhancement technologies
East Carolina University professor Calvin Mercer has been named co-editor of a new series, “Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and Its Successors.” The series addresses human enhancement therapies...
Local veteran service experts to convene at ECU
Representatives from the Pitt County Veteran Services Office, the Greenville Veteran Affairs Health Care Center, Region IV for the NC Division of Veterans Affairs and the Greenville Vet Center will...
JUST CHILLING
A record-setting 1,145 Pirates braved temperatures in the 40s Jan. 22 to jump into the icy waters of the outdoor swimming pool at East Carolina University’s Student Recreation Center. In...
German diplomat to speak on transatlantic relationships
German diplomat Knut Abraham will present “The Transatlantic Link in Times of Crisis” at 4 p.m. Feb. 12 in room 130 of the Rawl building, East Carolina University. Abraham, head...
UNDER THE OPEN SKY
East Carolina University archivists are in the middle of a yearlong project to catalogue everything from film reels to financial statements from more than 600 outdoor theaters across the nation....
‘GETTING THE JOB DONE’
Accept responsibility when it comes, the editor-in-chief of Ebony magazine Mitzi Miller told a crowd at East Carolina University Tuesday night. Even though a task may seem overwhelming, she said,...
ECU/Loessin Playhouse to present ‘Dance 2015’
The ECU/Loessin Playhouse will present Dance 2015 Jan. 28 – Feb. 3 in McGinnis Auditorium. Performances will be held nightly at 8 p.m., except for Sunday. Sunday’s performance is at...
Medical & Health Sciences Foundation welcomes new leadership
East Carolina University recently named a new president for its Medical & Health Sciences Foundation – the organization which seeks and manages charitable giving for the Division of Health Sciences....
ECU graduate to use grant to fund Project Opera Camp
A recent ECU music graduate will use a $20,000 prize from the University of South Carolina to fund a non-profit that will introduce opera to disadvantaged children. Brenton O’Hara, who...