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ECU engineering students Hanadee Abu-Zayed, Nicholas Garcia and Carrie Robinson, left to right, conduct experiments using the wind tunnel on campus. (Photos by Jay Clark)
Aug 11, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

AERODYNAMICS LIVE

Seeing the impact of air and speed on objects beats reading a description in a textbook, according to East Carolina University engineering students. The principles of aerodynamics come to life...

ECU business management major Destiny Reid presents educational materials related to adoption to members of Congress, as part of her 10-week internship through the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI). (Photos by Kami Swingle with CCAI)
Aug 10, 2015
  • Kelly Setzer

MAKING AN IMPACT

While many college students spent their summer sleeping late or soaking up the sun, East Carolina University junior Destiny Reid was preparing a presentation to Congress. Reid was one of...

Camp Needles in the Pines participant Dylan Simpson packs his gear in preparation for leaving on the final day of camp. The one-week camp offered each summer by the Department of Pediatrics in the Brody School of Medicine helps children learn strategies for coping with their Type 1 Diabetes. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Aug 04, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

INDEPENDENCE DAYS

Right after breakfast on the final day of Camp Needles in the Pines, the director led 75 young campers in a rousing rendition of the camp song, complete with hand...

ECU School of Dental Medicine professor Dr. Kimberley Gise, left, and Zachary Swanner, fourth year dental student, assist a dental patient. Gise is director of the emergency care clinic. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 30, 2015
  • Kathryn Kennedy

EMERGENCY SERVICES

An East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine clinic is now treating local patients experiencing oral emergencies. The Emergency Care Clinic, located in Ross Hall at 1851 MacGregor Downs Road,...

Campers at East Carolina University's STEM to STEAM camp enjoy hands-on activities that help them learn concepts in art, science, technology, engineering and math. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 29, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

WHOLE-BRAIN ACTIVITIES

Sixty-two campers in kindergarten through 10th grade are taking part in the East Carolina University School of Art and Design’s STEM to STEAM Summer Camp held July 27-31. Throughout the...

Mira Sanchez, left, and Carla Lee attended ECU training to learn how to serve as community breast health educators, thanks to $125,000 in grants from the Susan G. Komen North Carolina Triangle to the Coast Affiliate. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 27, 2015
  • Kathy Muse

COMMUNITY CRUSADERS

Azucena Warren beat breast cancer in 1998, following treatment at the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center in Greenville. Now she is applying her efforts to help other women tackle the...

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Jul 23, 2015
  • Summer Tillman

PIRATE READ

“Enrique’s Journey,” the true story of a Honduran boy’s journey to find his mother, has been selected as the 2015 Pirate Read at East Carolina University. All incoming students are...

ECU Board of Trustees members Danny Scott, left, and Edwin Clark listen to discussion during the July 17 board meeting. At that meeting, ECU Provost Ron Mitchelson presented the plan for reorganization for ECU's College of Human Ecology. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 20, 2015
  • Crystal Baity
  • Jay Clark

REORGANIZATION

The six departments and schools that comprise East Carolina University’s College of Human Ecology will soon migrate to other colleges under a reorganization plan intended to reduce costs and strengthen...

Jul 20, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

LIGHTING A FIRE

Eleven-year-old Ross Pennington came to East Carolina University with no experience but was playing the guitar by the end of his first class at the annual summer Guitar Festival and...

Pictured above at the swearing-in ceremony for the ECU Board of Trustees are, left to right, ECU Student Government Association president Mark Matulewicz with his father, Stephen; Kieran Shanahan and Kel Normann with Steve Jones shown between them holding the Bible; and Leigh J. Fanning and her husband, Paul. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Jul 17, 2015
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

ECU TRUSTEES

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees swore in new members, heard an update on Heritage Hall and broke ground for a new student center during its July 17 meeting....