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Oct 23, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

HEALTHIER BABIES

Newborn babies whose mothers exercised during their pregnancy have improved motor skills, heart function and body composition, East Carolina University researchers have found. Understanding the health benefits of exercise for...

Oct 22, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

SUPERNATURAL

Have you heard bumps in the night in buildings on East Carolina University’s campus? Maybe a door slamming mysteriously in Christenbury Gym. Cold brushes of air in Joyner Library. Children...

Oct 21, 2019
  • Matt Smith

SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS

SWE president addresses students During Spirt AeroSystems’ visit, members of ECU’s Society of Women Engineers (SWE) were addressed by their organization’s national president. Cindy Hoover, vice president and chief engineer...

Oct 18, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

FEAR IN FILM

Since the earliest days of commercial cinema, filmmakers have produced movies intended to shock and terrify their audience — and viewers keep coming back for more. This Halloween season, Dr....

Oct 18, 2019
  • ECU News Services

HOMECOMING 2019

SATURDAY, OCT. 26 HOMECOMING PARADE AND FLOAT COMPETITION 9 a.m. All along Fifth Street beginning at Hilltop Street and ending at Evans Street Rain or Shine PIRATE DOUGHNUT PARTY 9...

Oct 18, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

MAKING THE CALL

It’s September, and you’re still learning to navigate life on a college campus. Mom isn’t there to get you up for class or make you study. Meals are up to...

Oct 17, 2019
  • Ken Buday

CAREER KICKSTART

East Carolina University has built of reputation of landing jobs for its graduates. Matt Connor should know. The 2019 graduate in economics works at Gibson Consultants in Wilmington, and he...

Oct 16, 2019
  • Matt Smith

INNOVATION MOVES FORWARD

Twelve student-led entrepreneurship teams moved on to the semifinal round of the third annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge after nearly 3,000 votes were cast in Tuesday’s opening round of East Carolina...

Oct 16, 2019
  • Grady Dillon

FALL DANCE 2019

TICKETS Oct. 16-19 – 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19-20 – 2 p.m. $15 Public | $10 Students East Carolina University’s production of Fall Dance 2019 will take place in McGinnis Auditorium...

Oct 15, 2019
  • Kelly Rusk

DESIGNING WITH HISTORY

Architect Zena Howard is known for leading projects such as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. and Atlanta’s Center for Civil and Human...