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Apr 16, 2015
  • Kelly Setzer

OPEN DIALOGUE

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear legal arguments on marriage rights later this month, experts from East Carolina University hosted a panel discussion to explore the issue April...

Dr. Janice Lewis (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 15, 2015
  • Kelly Setzer

COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE

Dr. Janice Lewis has been named director of the J.Y. Joyner Library at East Carolina University. Lewis has been interim dean of academic library services at ECU since August 2012....

The East Carolina University School of Music Chamber Singers, pictured above, were the winners in the 13th International Maribor Choral Competition Gallus in April. They were the only choral group invited from the United States and the first American choir to win the award in the history of the competition. (Contributed photos)
Apr 14, 2015
  • ECU News Services

‘A TRUE HONOR’

The East Carolina University School of Music Chamber Singers became the first American choir ever to win the 13th International Maribor Choral Competition Gallus held April 10-12 in Maribor, Slovenia....

Apr 14, 2015
  • Kathryn Kennedy

WORLD-CLASS WOMEN

Ten inspiring women were honored April 13 in a ceremony at the Murphy Center that celebrated the impacts women have – large and small – on East Carolina University and...

ECU nutrition major Tori Chapman shared her undergraduate research experiences April 9 during the UNC Board of Governors Committee on Educational Planning, Policies and Programs. (Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 10, 2015
  • Steve Tuttle

MEETING ON CAMPUS

96 percent of Pirate Nurses pass 2014 exam ECU’s College of Nursing saw 96 percent of its bachelor of science graduates pass the national licensing exam in 2014, according to...

Apr 08, 2015
  • ECU News Services

DEVELOPING LEADERS

Top business executives shared leadership advice and experiences with more than 1,000 East Carolina University students during a professional conference held on campus March 31 - April 1. The ECU...

ECU professor Dr. MD Motaleb, pictured above, was awarded $423,000 to investigate disease mechanisms related to bacteria that transmit Lyme disease from infected deer ticks. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 08, 2015
  • Amy Adams Ellis

‘DEBILITATING DISORDER’

A researcher in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the...

Apr 07, 2015
  • Doug Boyd

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

An expert in plant evolution who makes research an integral part of her classroom instruction is East Carolina University’s recipient of the University of North Carolina system’s highest teaching award....

Apr 06, 2015
  • Crystal Baity

‘DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENCE’

East Carolina University is receiving praise at the national level for its innovation in preparing teachers for the classroom. ECU is one of only nine institutions across the country and...

ECU participants in a collaborative research project include coastal resource management doctoral student Zaneta Adme, left, and ECU economics professor Andrew Keeler. They are working with researchers from N.C. State University and UNC - Chapel Hill to examine the feasibility of deriving energy from coastal waters. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 01, 2015
  • Doug Boyd

GAME-CHANGING RESEARCH

Researchers from East Carolina University, N.C. State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Coastal Studies Institute will begin work this summer on a project that...