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Located near Windsor, Hope Plantation was the home of former N.C. Governor David Stone and is one of six eastern N.C. historic sites included in research aimed at increasing minority visitation. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 04, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

REFLECTING HISTORY

One East Carolina University student’s research could help museums, plantations and Civil War sites in ongoing efforts to present a balanced view of history and to attract more minority visitors....

Dr. Christopher Geyer and his team at the Brody School of Medicine are researching the earliest stages of the male reproductive process. The results of the project could significantly advance understanding of how fertility is maintained throughout the male reproductive lifespan.
Feb 03, 2016
  • Jules Norwood

DELICATE BALANCE

Throughout a decades-long reproductive lifespan, the human male body maintains a delicate balance related to sperm production that has direct public health implications related to both infertility and testicular cancer....

Steve Jones, head of the search committee and chair of the Board of Trustees, leads the discussion at the Jan. 28 Chancellor Search Committee meeting. Lucy Leske, senior partner of Witt/Kieffer, right, provided the committee with an evaluation rubric. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jan 28, 2016
  • Jamie Smith

EVALUATING CANDIDATES

Members of the Chancellor Search Committee met Jan. 28 to discuss how they will review potential candidates for the next leader of East Carolina University. “The process is going as...

Drew Yowell, an ECU junior, will be performing in Dance 2016 which opens Jan. 28 at McGinnis Theatre. Here, Yowell dances in “Rhapsody” choreographed by Zalman Raffael Grinberg, who is choregrapher in residence at the Carolina Ballet. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jan 27, 2016
  • Crystal Baity

REHEARSAL TO STAGE

From contemporary to classical ballet, a diverse mix of styles will highlight East Carolina University’s Dance 2016 opening Jan. 28. Drew Yowell, an ECU junior who will dance in works...

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...