Two new millipede species named for ECU employees
What’s long and flat, has many pairs of jointed legs, and is named for an East Carolina University employee? Two newly described species of millipedes, Nannaria breweri and Nannaria spruilli,...
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FLYING FISH
Scott Eagle’s “School of Flying Fish” mural has made the jump from Greenville all the way to Beijing in a showcase of American street art at the U.S. Embassy. Eagle,...
ENCOURAGING ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Preserving history and heritage is a prominent goal in the field of archaeology, and East Carolina University’s Maritime Studies Program helps students gain the knowledge to meet that goal through...
White coat to graduation: Dr. Brittany Means Lee reflects on journey
On Aug. 4, 2017, Brittany Means Lee (or Brittany Lorraine Means as she was known then) was called up to the stage in the Brody School of Medicine’s Auditorium to...
A FINE FEELING
For the first time in too many months, cheers of “PURPLE!” and “GOLD!” rang through Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Friday as East Carolina University celebrated the accomplishments of more than 4,200 graduates...
SEASON FINALE
A Lumbee dentist who will return to practice in his hometown, a prison sergeant, a dancer, a clinical lab scientist, a future lawyer, a graduate school-bound neuroscientist and a Gold...
THE THIRD DEGREE
Adam Alston is on a quest for knowledge. That quest led him to East Carolina University where he decided he would obtain not one, and not even two, but three...
SERVICE IN HIS BLOOD
Travis Barton knew that he was meant to help people since childhood. At the time, he didn’t know exactly what that would look like. Joining the military allowed him to...
FOCUSED ON RESEARCH
A passion for research and an interest in how the brain works drew William Guiler to neuroscience. He will join the ranks of East Carolina University alumni on Friday before...
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
As a high schooler, Chanelle Turnbull attended Weaver Academy — a magnet school in downtown Greensboro where she was one of about 300 student artists, composers, dancers, actors and musicians...