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Chancellor Cecil Staton awards the Amethyst vase twice a year to individuals, couples, foundations, and corporate partners who generously support ECU.
Apr 20, 2018
  • Erin Ward

CHANCELLOR’S AMETHYST

Thanks to donor initiatives, an East Carolina University student with dyslexia is succeeding in his classes, a nursing student with financial need is getting help paying for her education, and...

Jayme Johns as Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, and Joseph Webster as Theseus, Duke of Athens. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 19, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

PAIN AND PASSION

A tale filled with lovers and fairies takes stage at McGinnis Theatre as William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opens at East Carolina University on April 19. “‘Midsummer’ is a comedy...

ECU junior Chaniya Tingley has been awarded the Captain Christopher Cash Memorial Scholarship.
Apr 19, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

IN MEMORY

Chaniya Tingley didn’t know Capt. Chris Cash but her father, Craig, served in the same N.C. National Guard infantry battalion as Cash in Iraq. Now an East Carolina University junior,...

ECU surgeons conduct POEM procedure at Vidant Medical Center. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 17, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

TREATING ACHALASIA

Eating is one of the basic functions of life, but something that is often not possible for the approximately 200,000 U.S. residents living with achalasia. The rare disorder occurs when...

ECU Pirates cut their hair to raise money for pediatric cancer research during the 2018 Pirates Vs. Cancer event. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 16, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

PIRATES VS. CANCER

Music from a live band pumped through speakers outside of ECU’S Health Sciences Student Center on Friday afternoon, as gusting winds provided relief from the eastern North Carolina springtime heat...

Dr. Jami Rhodes is congratulated after receiving the Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award .
Apr 13, 2018
  • Jamie Smith

TEACHING AWARDS

Excellence in teaching at East Carolina University was celebrated during the annual Teaching Awards Ceremony in Harvey Hall on Monday, April 9. Faculty members representing departments and programs throughout the...

J.H. Rose High School student Noah Murray throws a baseball wearing a sleeve that transmits data on his movement.
Apr 12, 2018
  • Crystal Baity

SCIENCE MEETS FUN

Running, swinging, dancing and jumping are more than human movement. They’re biomechanics. And they’re fun. That’s the message that Dr. Paul DeVita and other East Carolina University faculty and students...

Apr 11, 2018
  • ECU News Services

MCMAHON NAMED COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

Linda McMahon, Administrator of the United States Small Business Administration, will be the speaker for East Carolina University’s Spring Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m. McMahon’s visit...

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Apr 10, 2018
  • Spaine Stephens

PATIENTS AS TEACHERS

Ernestine Wilkins couldn’t recall having ever won anything — until Brody School of Medicine student Shahzeb Khan chose to honor her for the impact she had on his path as...

Apr 05, 2018
  • Harley Dartt

JACOBS RECEIVES GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP

East Carolina University School of Music composition and theory professor Edward Jacobs has received a prestigious Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. The foundation recognized Jacobs on April 4 for his work as...