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Pregnant women exercising at ECU
Jan 04, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

MATERNAL EXERCISE STUDY

A researcher at East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine was recently awarded a grant from the American Heart Association (AHA) to continue her groundbreaking study of the effects that...

Jenyqua Young in front of Trillium Health Resources
Jan 02, 2019
  • Bri Deel

Student: Jenyqua Young

East Carolina University’s Jenyqua Young, a senior in health services management, dedicates her time to helping people in need. Her journey with helping others began in high school when she...

An Access Scholarship helped Jonelle Romero attend ECU, and after excelling in her undergraduate classes, Romero is now a first-year student at the School of Dental Medicine. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Dec 21, 2018
  • Erin Ward

ACCESS SCHOLARSHIP

Jonelle Romero wants to be a dentist. An Access Scholarship helped her attend East Carolina University, where she excelled in her classes, volunteered locally and shadowed an oral surgeon. The...

Dec 21, 2018
  • Kristin Zachary

2018: Year in Review

actor portraying a gunman
Dec 19, 2018
  • Jamie Smith

OPERATION HILLTOP

Planning for the worst. Hoping for the best. That was the attitude at East Carolina University as ECU staff and local responders participated in Operation Hilltop, a full-scale crisis training...

Division of Health Sciences campus (Photo by Robbie Passell)
Dec 19, 2018
  • Amy Adams Ellis

VISIONARY LEADER

East Carolina University has named Dr. Mark Stacy vice chancellor for its Division of Health Sciences, effective January 1, 2019. He has served in the role as interim vice chancellor...

Mendenhall
Dec 18, 2018
  • Kristin Zachary

MENDENHALL HISTORY TIMELINE

NEW MAIN CAMPUS STUDENT CENTER

Dec 17, 2018
  • ECU News Services

POLICE TRAINING

East Carolina University will stage a full-scale, emergency training exercise Tuesday, Dec. 18 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the College Hill area of main campus. College Hill Drive...

Orville and Wilbur Wright fly the first airplane at Kitty Hawk on Dec. 17, 1093. Photo courtesy of Library of Congress
Dec 17, 2018
  • Erin Ward

FIRST FLIGHT

One hundred and fifteen years ago, on Dec. 17, 1903, just south of Kitty Hawk, Wilbur and Orville Wright flew the first successful airplane. Their Wright Flyer was the first...

Dec 14, 2018
  • Crystal Baity
  • Jules Norwood
  • Lacey L. Gray
  • Natalie Sayewich

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