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Dr. Rebecca Asch, assistant professor of biology at ECU, teaches a class in the Howell Building.
Feb 15, 2018
  • Matt Smith

RESEARCH RECOGNIZED

An East Carolina University assistant professor of biology received a prestigious fellowship Thursday, Feb. 15, as she was recognized as one of 126 recipients of the 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships....

From left to right, (top) Blake West, Megan Piggott, Jean Christian Barry, Drew Wells, (bottom) Caitlyn Joyce, Jane Kiley Simmons and Casey Scarboro perform in “Hands on a Hardbody.” (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 14, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

‘HANDS ON A HARDBODY’

Ten hopeful Texans vie for a dream and a brand new truck as “Hands on a Hardbody” hits McGinnis Theatre at East Carolina University on Feb. 15. The musical tells...

(Photos by Cliff Hollis and Rhett Butler)
Feb 14, 2018
  • ECU News Services

SPRING COMMENCEMENT

The following information was included in a memo to campus from Chancellor Cecil P. Staton: For more than 110 years, ECU Commencement has been a time to recognize and celebrate...

Feb 14, 2018
  • Morgan Tilton

Love in Pirate Nation

A partnership between ECU and analytics leader SAS will help boost the university’s work to improve economic, health and education conditions in rural North Carolina and beyond. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 13, 2018
  • ECU News Services

INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE

East Carolina University and analytics leader SAS will join forces to help rural areas overcome economic, educational and health disparities. Using analytics and data visualization, ECU and SAS will work...

Retired Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré met with students Thursday afternoon , Feb. 8, prior to his evening Voyages of Discovery presentation on “Resilient Leadership.”
Feb 09, 2018
  • Lacey L. Gray

RESILIENT LEADERSHIP

Retired Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré, commander of Joint Task Force Katrina and Global Preparedness Authority, spoke to an audience of students, faculty and the public at East Carolina University’s...

A $75,000 fund will create scholarships for public health students.
Feb 08, 2018
  • Erin Ward

‘EVEN STRONGER’

A new public health scholarship will help East Carolina University students interested in working in long-term care, an increasingly important area of study as the state and nation’s population ages...

The expanding College STAR program will balance direct support for students with instructional support for faculty who teach diverse groups of learners. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Feb 07, 2018
  • ECU News Services

$1.5 MILLION GRANT TO EXPAND STUDENT LEARNING

Students with learning differences at East Carolina University and across the country will have better avenues to learning thanks to a $1.5 million grant awarded to ECU by the Oak...

Dr. Linc Conn (right) inspects the work of first-year dental student Rudy Oxendine. Oxendine is a former Greenville police officer. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Feb 07, 2018
  • Rich Klindworth

FROM SERGEANT TO STUDENT

Being a police officer and a dentist are more similar than one might think. That’s what former Sgt. Rudy Oxendine is realizing as a first-year dental student. “It’s all about...

Dr. Tommy Ellis, medical director for ECU Physicians’ Firetower Medical Office, discusses educational materials on diabetes with a patient. (Photos by Gretchen Baugh)
Feb 06, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

PROJECT CORE

Getting an appointment to see a medical specialist can be a lengthy and costly process for patients. The high demand for appointments, coupled with the limited number of available specialists,...