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Sep 27, 2019
  • Erin Ward

DEDICATED TO DENTISTRY

On a hot summer day in New Bern, long lines of people waited to get into the Garber United Methodist Church, but not to worship. On this day, the pews...

Behavioral health consultants provide ongoing services for short-term behavioral health concerns. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Sep 26, 2019
  • Spaine Stephens

COLLABORATIONS IN CARE

A unique grant celebrates East Carolina University’s commitment to using interprofessional collaboration to address emerging and challenging trends in health care, including opioid use and substance abuse prevention and treatment....

Sep 26, 2019
  • Kelly Rusk

CONNECTING PAST AND PRESENT

One thousand high school students from across the region visited East Carolina University’s campus last week but it wasn’t for an admissions tour. They came to experience a performance of...

Sep 25, 2019
  • Grady Dillon

‘THE WOLVES’

TICKETS Sept. 25-27, 30; Oct. 1-4 - 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28-29 - 2 p.m. $15 Public | $10 Students East Carolina University students will perform “The Wolves,” a story about...

ECU Assistant Professor David Lagomasino, center, travels on a boat with students and research colleagues in West Africa. Lagomasino visited the region in August to study the coastal ecosystem which resembles North Carolina’s coast.
Sep 24, 2019
  • Matt Smith

EYE IN THE SKY

What does West Africa’s coastline have in common with eastern North Carolina’s Outer Banks? A lot more than you might think, says East Carolina University assistant professor David Lagomasino. Lagomasino,...

Sep 23, 2019
  • Natalie Sayewich

NURSES ADDRESSING NEEDS

Thanks to new grant funding, graduates from several ECU College of Nursing departments will be poised to provide health care that makes a big difference in small communities. The four-year,...

Sep 20, 2019
  • Ken Buday

A NEW CYBER SPACE

It’s not just what you see in the new cybersecurity lab in the Science and Technology Building at East Carolina University. It’s also what you don’t see. The Department of...

Sep 19, 2019
  • Lacey L. Gray

TELLING AMERICA’S DIVERSE STORIES

Award-winning journalist, entrepreneur and philanthropist Soledad O’Brien visited East Carolina University on Sept. 18 as the premier lecturer in the 2019-20 Voyages of Discovery Series. Early in the day, O’Brien...

Sep 19, 2019
  • Spaine Stephens

CELEBRATING SIMULATION

For ECU dental student Toyosi Coker and other students on the Health Sciences Campus, practice makes a perfect blend of confidence and capability. Access to state-of-the-art equipment and technology in...

Sep 18, 2019
  • Ken Buday

DIVERSITY RECOGNIZED

East Carolina University’s focus on diversity and inclusiveness has been recognized for the eighth consecutive year with the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award. The HEED award, sponsored by...