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ECU sophomore Emmett Sarkorh asks a question during the Brewster Forum, part of the Voyages of Discovery Lecture Series, on Jan. 26. Attendees explored the challenge of reconciling history with contemporary realities in the naming of memorials. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Jan 27, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

MONUMENTAL DISCUSSION

The controversy and debate surrounding memorials and building names, and the role they play in shaping our collective memory and understanding of history, have played out in recent years locally,...

College of Nursing student Dr. Amy Jnah, a neonatal nurse practitioner, is among those benefiting from three new academic options intended to help more nurses earn PhDs. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Jan 25, 2016
  • Alyssa Gutierrez

NURSE SCHOLARS

Many people have a fixed mental image of what modern nursing looks like – one that’s based on countless trips to physicians’ offices, clinics and hospitals across a lifetime. “It’s...

Chris Morgan, an ECU art graduate student, is shown in her studio space in the Jenkins Fine Arts Center. Morgan is involved in effort to make simple hand-sewn shoes for the children to improve their physical and economic condition by creating a cottage industry in the area.
Jan 21, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

‘A PERFECT FIT’

Chris Morgan’s lifelong interests in art and science converged in a tiny village in Africa this fall. The East Carolina University alumna and art graduate student traveled to Mozambique as...

More than 1,100 participants braved the icy waters of the outdoor pool for the annual ECU Polar Bear Plunge last year. Organizers are hoping to break records once again during the 20th anniversary of the event on Jan. 21.
Jan 20, 2016
  • Jackie Drake

ALL ABOUT ANTICIPATION

The secret to staying warm after jumping into the icy waters of an outdoor pool in the middle of January is simple for Stephen Gray: just stay in. That’s exactly...

A sabretooth cat skull is one of the drawings by ECU School of Art and Design alumnus David Dodge Lewis to be displayed in a new exhibit opening Jan. 21 in ECU’s Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery. Lewis began using wax in large-scale works in the mid-1980s after adapting the techniques of 20th century English sculptor Henry Moore who used wax as a resist for ink washes on a small scale.
Jan 19, 2016
  • Harley Dartt

QUICKENING IMAGE

East Carolina University School of Art and Design alumnus artist David Dodge Lewis (MA, ’81, MFA, ’87) and artist collaborator Ephraim Rubenstein will bring a radically new art technique to...

From left, Alyssa Adams, Dr. Doyle “Skip” Cummings and Dr. Hope Landrine are on a team of ECU researchers receiving $1.67 million for their participation in a project to improve blood pressure among minorities within the nation’s “Black Belt” region. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Jan 14, 2016
  • Amy Adams Ellis

REDUCING THE RISK

East Carolina University researchers are part of a multi-institutional team receiving a large grant to tackle health disparities related to uncontrolled high blood pressure in the rural South. Boosted by...

Jan 13, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

SERVING THE COMMUNITY

For some it may be a day off from work, but for hundreds of East Carolina University students, faculty and staff, Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be a day...

Jan 12, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

BEST IN THE NATION

Four online graduate programs at East Carolina University have been ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report. ECU’s programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing...

Jan 11, 2016
  • Summer Tillman

Student: Roberta Bellamy

Doctoral student Roberta Bellamy is dedicating her life to helping Latino immigrant students and their families.While volunteering in eastern North Carolina elementary schools, Bellamy was struck by the health disparities...

Jan 08, 2016
  • Jay Clark

SHARED EXPERIENCES

Patrick Young was told early in life that he was not college material; that he wouldn’t make it. He and his parents – especially his mother, who also grew up...