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A 1911 image from a Wright brothers' flight at Kill Devil Hills shows a crowd of observers and reporters viewing the event. (Photo courtesy of ECU Joyner Library Digital Images Collection)
Oct 21, 2011
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Soaring Flight: ECU students study Wright Brothers’ flights in 1911

East Carolina University students have focused on Wright Brothers’ discovery of “Soaring Flight” in an exhibit that documents their last expedition to Kitty Hawk in 1911. In the years following...

Oct 20, 2011
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Annual ECU Army ROTC run set for Nov. 12

The ECU Army ROTC “Pirate Battalion” will hold its fourth annual Patriot Run on Nov. 12 to benefit the Fort Bragg Survivor Outreach Services program and the Captain David “Jp”...

Oct 20, 2011
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Lecture to celebrate ECU diversity

Harvard professor Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. will speak on “African-American Lives: Genetics, Genealogy and Black History” at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 in Wright Auditorium. The lecture celebrates 50 years...

Oct 20, 2011
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Health communication leader to speak at ECU

Dr. Gary Kreps, an innovator in health communication and visiting scholar at the East Carolina University School of Communication, will speak about the importance of scholarship in the growing field...

At the Middle School Innovators Academy graduation ceremony at ECU June 23, creative young thinkers showed their new product concepts. The Pitt County middle schoolers developed the concepts during a two-week program using facilities at ECU's Innovation Design Lab. The academy won first place in a national competition in talent development.
Oct 20, 2011
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ECU Middle School Innovators Academy wins first place in national competition

An East Carolina University program that teaches innovation and creative thinking to Pitt County middle schoolers has taken top honors in a nationwide competition in Indianapolis. The ECU Middle School...

Oct 20, 2011
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Health communication leader to speak at ECU

Dr. Gary Kreps, an innovator in health communication and visiting scholar at the East Carolina University School of Communication, will speak about the importance of scholarship in the growing field...

Oct 20, 2011
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USAF general and ECU alumnus to speak at ECU

East Carolina University alumnus and U.S. Air Force General Gary L. North will speak at ECU at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 10 in Wright Auditorium. The free, public event is part...

Oct 19, 2011
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In Memoriam

Elaine Fisher Spurr, wife of ECU mathematics professor Dr. Michael Jerome Spurr, died Oct. 13. A funeral mass was scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Oct. 20 at St. Peter Catholic Church...

Oct 19, 2011
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In Memoriam

Dr. Sudesh Kataria, retired faculty from the Brody School of Medicine, died Oct.16. She was the wife of Dr. Yash Kataria, also a retired medical faculty member. The funeral was...

Oct 19, 2011
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ECU graduate student awarded for educational video

http://youtu.be/woUHXfPlwMY ECU graduate student Ken Hubbard won a first place award for his educational video posted above.   An East Carolina University graduate student won a first place award for...