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Dr. Adam Nowakowski from Krosno State College in Poland teaches intercultural communication in ECU’s Joyner East. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Oct 23, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

READING BETWEEN LINES

East Carolina University’s School of Communication has welcomed two faculty members from Poland this semester as part of a partnership formed almost a decade ago. Dr. Ewa Rusek and Dr....

Oct 23, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

ZOMBIE CRABS

A parasitic barnacle present in eastern North Carolina’s estuaries is highly damaging to its mud crab hosts — castrating them and replacing the crab’s reproductive system with its own, fooling...

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...