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Jul 18, 2016
  • Doug Boyd

HEARTFELT RECOGNITION

Robert B. Morgan, an East Carolina alumnus and small-town lawyer who rose to the U.S. Senate, died Saturday at his home in Buies Creek. He was 90. He was a...

Jul 15, 2016
  • ECU News Services

MERITORIOUS SERVICE

A senior East Carolina University leader has been honored by a state hospital organization for her outstanding service to the health care field. Dr. Phyllis N. Horns, vice chancellor for...

Dr. Darrell Neufer, director of the East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, works with Maria Torres, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in bioenergetics, in an East Carolina Heart Institute lab. Torres is studying how menopause affects insulin-resistance. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 15, 2016
  • Amy Adams Ellis

RAISING THE GAME

On the first three floors of the East Carolina Heart Institute at East Carolina University, medical specialists are immersed in providing world-renowned care to patients living with cardiovascular diseases. But...

From left to right: Secretary Alex Prunka, Vice President Janae Brown, President Ryan Beeson and Treasurer Dallas Owens. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 13, 2016
  • Sophronia Knott

NEW PIRATE LEADERS

East Carolina University’s new Student Government Association officers are excited for the upcoming school year. The new officers are President Ryan Beeson, Vice President Janae Brown, Treasurer Dallas Owens, Secretary...

ECU College of Education alumni traveled to the Dominican Republic to work with the people of La Romana. Pictured left to right: Joelle Trongone ’09, Stephanie Powers ’08, Hilary Patty ’11, Michelle Kessler ’00, Michelle Money ’96, Megan Neal ’09, Jami Dickerson ’09, Cathy Kirkland ’90 ’04; Rear: Andrew Kievit ’96; Not pictured: Toni Sheriff ’11, Nicole Hitchens ’11 ’16. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 08, 2016
  • Jamie Smith

‘YOU MATTER’

Two words – you matter – inspired 11 East Carolina University College of Education alumni to take the message of love and encouragement they helped cultivate at Eastern Elementary School...

With the use of telepsychiatry, Brody School of Medicine psychiatrists like Dr. Toni Johnson (on screen) can connect with patients in hospital emergency departments statewide. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 08, 2016
  • ECU News Services

RESTORING LIVES

In any industry, the quality of service or whether one receives services at all hinges on one critical element: access. For those needing mental health services, the North Carolina Statewide...

Before the new student center on main campus can go up, vital underground utilities must be laid down, like power, water, storm water, sewer and communication lines. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 06, 2016
  • Jackie Drake

CHANGE ON SCHEDULE

Members of the East Carolina community walking or driving by campus can see lots of construction this summer - but there's even more going on that can't always be seen....

Alani Guillaume, age 10, from Chesapeake, Virginia searches through a seine net for fish and crabs to examine during the CSI summer camp. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Jul 05, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

COASTAL CAMP

The campers filed back into the lab after spending the morning collecting water samples at several sites in the ocean and sound along North Carolina’s Outer Banks. After watching a...

ECU’s 11th chancellor, Dr. Cecil Staton, orders a morning coffee before beginning his first day on the job. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 01, 2016
  • Jamie Smith

FIRST DAY

East Carolina University’s 11th chancellor, Dr. Cecil Staton, started his first day like most anyone else – ordering coffee. He walked to Wright Plaza and chatted with students and staff...

ECU Police has earned dual accreditation from two nationally recognized law enforcement organizations. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jun 28, 2016
  • Jamie Smith

EXCELLENCE IN POLICING

The East Carolina University Police Department is one of two universities in the UNC system to earn dual accreditation from nationally recognized law enforcement organizations. ECU Police has been certified...