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Mar 08, 2016
  • Doug Boyd

VITAL PROCEEDS

Gov. Pat McCrory stopped at East Carolina University on Monday to tout the $2 billion Connect NC bond act, saying its proceeds are vital to educating workers for the future....

Elizabeth Ables, assistant professor of biology, has received an NIH grant to fund her lab's research into cell fate mechanisms. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 04, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

FLY PAPER

Researchers believe stem cells may be a key to resolving birth defects and diseases such as cancer, and now a project in East Carolina University's Department of Biology is aimed...

Third-year medical student Kevin Harris (second from left) leads a study session for first-year medical students (from left) Shannon Osborne, Adrian Ambrose and John Hurley. Such leadership is a requirement of students engaged in the Brody School of Medicine’s new Medical Education Distinction Track. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 03, 2016
  • Amy Adams Ellis

RIGHT ON TRACK

A new program at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University encourages medical students to pursue their individual passions and get academic recognition for those pursuits. According to...

Chancellor Ballard gives remarks at Tuesday’s reception celebrating university accomplishments over the past 12 years. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 02, 2016
  • Jackie Drake

HIGHLIGHTS OF AN ERA

It was not the past accomplishments of one man but the collective future of a university that was the focus of a reception for outgoing East Carolina University Chancellor Steve...

Dr. Carol Summerhays, president of the American Dental Association, visited ECU this week where she said the university's statewide dental clinics are a fine example of bringing care to communities in need. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 01, 2016
  • Kathryn Kennedy

A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine earned some national recognition this week as the American Dental Association President spent two days on campus. Dr. Carol Summerhays is the...

Opal Tometi, executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, was the keynote speaker for Saturday’s N.C. Civility Summit. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 29, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

NO MORE SILENCE

Opal Tometi, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement and executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, challenged East Carolina University students to make a difference during the...

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Feb 24, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

NOTORIOUS KILLERS

From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, notorious presidential assassins will tell their stories in an East Carolina University musical opening Feb. 25 in McGinnis Theatre. Based on the...

Feb 22, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

CALL FOR CIVILITY

The N.C. Civility Summit, aimed at promoting understanding and positive change on East Carolina University’s campus and beyond, will feature keynote speaker Opal Tometi, executive director of the Black Alliance...

Feb 19, 2016
  • Doug Boyd

READY TO WORK

Business suits and resumes were making the rounds Wednesday as students in the College of Engineering and Technology had the chance to talk with representatives of nearly 70 companies looking...

Head football coach, Scottie Montgomery (center), talks with J. Batt (right), senior associate athletic director, and Board of Trustees chairman Steve Jones before Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 19, 2016
  • Jamie Smith

LEGACY HALL

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees voted unanimously to rename Building 71, formerly Aycock Residence Hall, as Legacy Hall during its regularly scheduled meeting Friday, Feb. 19. The motion...